Shannon Sharpe broke the internet after accidentally getting on a livestream while getting busy. The 56-year-old admitted his mishap hours after the footage went viral. However, that hasn’t stopped a plethora of celebrities from having a little kiki about his mistake.
Here’s Why Shannon Sharpe Is Going Viral
As The Shade Room previously reported, on Wednesday, September 11, social media users noticed that Sharpe’s official account on Instagram was livestreaming. When Instagram users tuned into the stream, they reportedly heard moaning, although Sharpe’s face was not shown in the footage.
After the stream, Sharpe apparently took to his Instagram account and shared a message alleging it had been hacked.
“Beware my @shannonsharpe84 Instagram was hacked this morning, my team and I are working vigorously to figure this out,” he wrote at the time.
The Host Details Katt Williams’ Reaction As He Speaks Out Afterward
On Wednesday evening, Sharpe appeared on his podcast, ‘Nightcap,’ alongside his co-host Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, per The Shade Room.
During the show, Sharpe admitted that he was “embarrassed” to have audio of an “extremely private” moment heard by the “entire world.” Additionally, the 56-year-old explained that his account was not hacked.
“This was not staged. [I] came in, I threw my phone on the bed [and] engaged in an activity. I did not know IG Live, I’ve never been on IG Live… All of a sudden, my other phone is going off, and people are calling me, FaceTime that I’ve never talked to a day in my life,” he said.
While speaking with Ochocinco, Sharpe explained that one of the first people to get in touch with him after his viral mishap was Katt Williams.
“The first thing out of his mouth — guess what he said, Ocho? [He said,] ‘You ain’t gay today.’ I said, ‘Man… come on, Katt.’ He said, ‘Na-uhhh,” Sharpe recalled.
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Meanwhile, Celebrities Weigh In With Reactions: See Rick Ross's
On Wednesday evening, Rick Ross took to his Instagram Story to poke fun at Sharpe’s viral moment.
Shannon Sharpe, now, we forgive you because we know you old n****s don’t know how to work that technology… You was vibing with your lil’ shorty last night — you were trying to film it and when you tried to sit that motherf*****r down on that lil’ dresser that motherf****r went live,” Ross said before breaking out into laughter.
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Snoop Dogg
Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to share a humorous video of himself listening to Sharpe’s explanation.
“What’s understood don’t need to be explained. U beat it up 🤣🤷🏾♂️🤔🐾🔥👏🏿👏🏿” Snoop wrote in the caption of his video.
Additionally, Snoop then shared another video of Sharpe. In the clip, he was speaking about giving everything he had.
“Gave everything 😆,” Snoop humorously added.
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Gillie Da Kid
Furthermore, Gillie Da Kid also took to Instagram to share his own NSFW video poking fun at Sharpe.
“Unc crashed the car in a minute and sixteen seconds,” Gillie said between multiple jokes. “Damn, Unc.”
Additionally, Gillie captioned his clip with:
“Unc said I gotta Strong Min 16 😂😂😂”
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Meek Mill
Meek Mill shared a brief reaction to the viral footage from Sharpe’s livestream via X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Unc in his bagggg lol,” he wrote.
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Joe Budden
Meanwhile, Joe Budden also shared a few words on X.
“Shannon gotta stop man lol,” he wrote.
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Additionally, Budden shared another tweet, which said:
“Poor Michelle lol”
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Cam'Ron & Mase
On Thursday, September 12, Cam’Ron and Mase released a new episode of their podcast, ‘It Is What It Is,’ via YouTube.
About five minutes into the show, Cam and Mase touched on the topic. Cam explained that he believed Sharpe purposely went live while doing the do.
“You gotta push like four buttons to go live,” Cam said.
Ultimately, Cam explained that Sharpe possibly wanted to go viral and did so intentionally. Meanwhile, Mase alleged he hadn’t been informed of what went down.
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Stephen A. Smith
On Friday, September 13, a recent clip from Stephen A. Smith’s self-titled show was published via YouTube. In the 12-minute clip, Smith shared his initial reaction to the viral footage of Sharpe.
“I was minding my own business when my phone started going off,” Smith said. “…Let me just say he may want to change the name of his from ‘Club Shay Shay’ to ‘Club—something else.'”
Watch his additional sentiments below.
