After claiming to have unintentionally uploaded an Instagram Live video of himself having sex with an anonymous woman, Shannon Sharpe is grabbing the opportunity.
The ESPN star was selling t-shirts that seemed to make reference to the viral event. On Monday, she made her first appearance back on television since the incident on “First Take.”
A $32 shirt bearing the slogans “69 Michelle” and “Official Fuel of Nightcap,” a parody of the 76 gas station emblem and the NASCAR logo, was promoted on Monday by Sharpe’s “EIGHTYFOUR” brand.
Both of the $32 “69 Fuel Tee” shirts were removed from the internet later that day after they sold out.
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The phrases “That’s My Michelle” and “Nightcap Film Dept.” are printed on another vintage white t-shirt, which costs $32. Shirts that read “Nightclap” and “I gave it everything I had!” were taken down from the website.
On his “Nightcap” podcast last Wednesday, Sharpe discussed his since-deleted Instagram Live video. Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson expressed his gratitude that “it was a Michelle” and “not a Michael” involved in the scenario.
A male voice appeared to declare, “That’s my Michelle,” at one point during the Instagram Live, which only featured audio and no visuals of anyone on camera, according to Larry Brown Sports.
Sharpe continued to make jokes about the event after he admitted his embarrassment and accepted responsibility.
It was just me being an active, healthy man. You everyone believed that I was deceiving. Unc, get that in, please. Genuine conversation,” remarked the Pro Football Hall of Famer.
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“I was involved in something, so I threw my phone on the bed,” he stated. “IG live was unknown to me. I don’t know how Instagram Live works because I’ve never used it, but all of a sudden my second phone started ringing.
Sharpe acknowledged that he felt bad about revealing such a personal and sensitive experience.
“I’m embarrassed for a number of reasons, someone who is extremely, extremely private, to have one of your most intimate details—the audio—heard for the entire world to hear,” he uttered.
TMZ Sports revealed last Thursday that ESPN would not sanction the former NFL player for his Instagram Live.
The reason for Sharpe’s absence from “First Take” on Thursday and Friday piqued the interest of some fans. But on those days, he doesn’t appear on the ESPN program.
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