Shannon Sharpe Talks About His IG Live Sex Scandal, Other Celebs React

When Shannon Sharpe was caught having sex with a woman on Instagram Live yesterday, he claimed that he was hacked.

But Sharpe later said that was untrue, and he addressed the situation on his Night Cap podcast.

Shannon Sharpe breaks his silence after going viral for the IG live s*x

"I'm very disappointed in myself I let a lot of people down"

he admits he was not hacked and that it was an accident, he says he's embarrassed, and he already called ESPN and let them know

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"I'm very disappointed in myself. I let a lot of people down," he said. "My kids, I reached out to them. I called my sister, my friends obviously reached out. "

Sharpe then explained what happened.

"I came in, threw my phone on the bed and then engaged in an activity," he detailed. "I never been on IG Live. I've never turned IG Live on, so I don't know how it works."

Sharpe also denied staging the sex romp, but some will probably believe that he did it on purpose to dispel the gay rumors that's been following him.

Do you think that's a possibility? Plus, you can see some of the celebrity reactions to the sex session below.