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Shannon Sharpe was a trending topic early Wednesday (Sept. 11) after his Instagram followers speculated his Instagram account live-streamed what appeared to be an intimate act. Sharpe’s account has since shared a message saying his account was hacked. Still, social media users have been going IN with reactions.
Editor’s Note: Shannon Sharpe addressed this incident in a video, admitting that no one hacked his account. Tap the link below to see the update, and keep scrolling for the initial story.
It appears that Shannon has implied he wasn’t responsible for the intimate act allegedly seen on his social media account. According to TMZ, the clip did not show Sharpe’s face at any point, but a woman was seemingly heard moaning.
“Beware my @shannonsharpe84 Instagram was hacked this morning, my team and I are working vigorously to figure this out,” Sharpe wrote, signing his message with “Unc.”
It’s unclear if Shannon entirely lost access to the account or if someone just cracked his password. The clarification post is no longer available on the former athlete’s Instagram Stories. He also didn’t explicitly say whether the screen-recorded clips involved him or not.
As mentioned, the jokes have been rolling as social media users speculate who the intimate video stars were. Reactions ranged from people guessing what Shannon’s response would be to others expressing their complete shock.
X (formerly Twitter) user @ethan_v3 shared a video of Stephen A. Smith saying, “It wasn’t me,” and captioned it, “Shannon Sharpe in about 45 minutes.”
User @BxtchImWoo used a clip of Sharpe to represent how he might’ve been feeling after seeing why he’s trending.
Meanwhile, @hey_sita isn’t buying Shannon Sharpe’s “hacked” story, and used a clip of Saucy Santana to shade the podcast host. “Shannon Sharpe was in there grunting and growling like a Cane Corso but wants us to believe he got hacked,” @hey_sita wrote.
User @NewMediaSports_ threw in a lil’ jokey joke, suggesting Shannon might be denied from entering ESPN’s premises for the intimate act shown on his account.
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