Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens appeared to be one of the many social media followers of Shannon Sharpe who saw a wild sexually explicit video posted to the ESPN personality’s Instagram.
Owens couldn’t help but poke fun at the situation on X by replying to a user who posted clips from the Instagram live that featured a woman clearly moaning.
“I guarantee to you @espn HR is BUSY RIGHT NOW!!! Let’s see what they draft up to smooth this over,” Owens wrote on social media. “I know @NightcapShow_ is about to be LIT.”
The second part of the post is a reference to the show Sharpe co-hosts with Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson.
Johnson also seemed to react to the situation with a Denzel Washington GIF.
Sharpe’s face never appears in the video at any point and while it was taken down from the ESPNer’s Instagram, clips have circulated on social media.
There is one point in the video it appeared as though his name was used by the unidentified voice.
Sharpe initially blamed the post on his account being hacked in a post on X, which was later deleted.
“Beware my @shannonsharpe84 Instagram was hacked this morning, my team and I are working vigorously to figure this out — UNC,” Sharpe wrote in the post that was eventually deleted.
Sharpe made his name on the football field winning three Super Bowls over the course of a 14-year career in the NFL and making eight Pro Bowl appearances.
Sharpe was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011 after a career in which he recorded 10,060 receiving yards and 62 touchdowns.
After his playing days ended, Sharpe has carved out a second career in sports media butting heads with Skip Bayless on FS1 on “Undisputed” and now is a contributor at the World Wide Leader in Sports, including appearing on “First Take” with Stephen A. Smith
