Shannon Sharpe apologizes for viral Instagram Live sex video

After initially claiming he had been hacked, Football Hall of Fame member Shannon Sharpe admitted on Wednesday that he accidentally live-streamed an audio recording of himself having sex to his approximately 3.2 million followers on Instagram.

In an emergency episode of the podcast “Nightcap,” which he co-hosts with former NFL colleague Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, the longtime Denver Broncos tight end apologized for his mistake.

“Of course I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for a number of reasons when someone whose private life is extremely private makes one of their most intimate details – the audio recording – available to the whole world,” Sharpe said.

“A lot of people rely on Shannon to always behave professionally, and I always try to behave professionally, even when I'm behind closed doors.”

The incident went viral after thousands of people started commenting and reposting the link to Sharpe's Instagram account. He later deleted the post, which he attributed to his lack of technical knowledge.

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“I threw my phone on the bed and was busy doing some activity,” he said. “I didn't know about IG Live. I've never turned on IG Live before, so I don't know how it works, and suddenly my other phone started ringing.”