ESPN's Shannon Sharpe Cops To Instagram Live Sex Act, Says He 'Let A Lot Of People Down' — Watch Video

ESPN personality Shannon Sharpe is coming clean after he mistakenly broadcast an intimate act on Instagram Live.

On Wednesday, the three-time Super Bowl champion accidentally went live as he engaged in a sexual activity with an unknown female. Though the video only showed his 3.2 million Instagram followers a wooden floor, Sharpe and his partner could be heard during an "extremely private" moment; it continued for just under two minutes before the video was cut off.

Shortly thereafter, Sharpe took to his Instagram Story and claimed that his account "was hacked this morning," and that his team was "working vigorously to figure this out." But several hours later, on the latest installment of his web-series Nightcap, "Unc" 'fessed up.

"There was an event that happened today," the First Take host began. "Obviously, I'm embarrassed." He described himself as someone who is "extremely, extremely private, and to have one of your most intimate details — the audio, for the entire world to hear — I'm embarrassed for a number of reasons.

"There are a lot of people who count on Shannon to be professional at all times, and I always try to be professional at all times," he continued. "Even when I am behind closed doors, I still try to remain a level of professional... and I'm very disappointed in myself. Not for the act — I think there are millions and billions of people of consenting age that engage in activities — but to have your most intimate detail on the audio to be heard. I'm disappointed in myself. I let a lot of people down."

Sharpe also wanted to clarify that the incident was not staged. "I came in, I threw my phone on the bed, engaged in an activity," he said. "I did not know IG Live. I've never been on IG Live. I've never turned IG Live on, so I don't know how it works." His phone started "going off," and "after a while, Jamie Fritz, my long-time marketing guy, finally got through to me.

"My heart sank. It dropped," Sharpe said. "I called my agent, I called the agency, I called ESPN, and I thought, 'Just tell them the truth....' My phone wasn't hacked. It wasn't a prank. It was me being a healthy, active male.... In all sincerity, I am extremely embarrassed that [in] a very, very private, intimate situation, that the audio [could] be heard, and I'm extremely disappointed in myself."

Watch Sharpe address the matter in the video above.