Shannon Sharpe Finally Comes Clean About Getting Down & Dirty On Instagram Live!

Shannon Sharpe is owning up to his Instagram Live disaster!

On Wednesday, the legendary Denver Broncos tight end made headlines after accidentally going Live on the photo sharing app while having sex with an unnamed woman. After realizing what he’d done, Unc attempted to play the nightmare situation off by claiming his account got “hacked” — but fans weren’t sold.

Shannon Sharpe claims IG was hacked — (c) Shannon Sharpe/Instagram

If you saw the footage, you were likely shocked at all the grunts, groans, and graphic comments. But no one is more shocked than the man himself!

During an episode his and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson’s podcast Nightcap on Wednesday night, he admitted it WAS in fact him… As if there was any doubt! LOLz! He explained:

“Obviously I am embarrassed. [I’m] someone that is extremely, extremely private and to have one of your most intimate details, the audio heard for the entire world to hear, I’m embarrassed for a number of reasons.”

Yeah we bet! That’s seriously such a nightmare situation!

Speaking in the third person, the 56-year-old continued:

“People count on Shannon. Shay Shay Media … ESPN, there are a lot of people that count on him at all times. Even when I’m behind closed doors, I still try to remain a level of professional, although I’m in the privacy of my own home, and I’m very disappointed in myself, not for the act — there are millions and billions of consenting age that engage in activities.”

Poor guy! Shannon confessed that it was “not staged, and that he “came in, threw [his] phone on the bed,” and “engaged in an activity.” He’s also said he’s “never turned IG Live on,” so he didn’t “know how it works.” So it was clearly all just a very, very, VERY bad accident. And people immediately began hitting him up about the NSFW footage, which left him terrified: