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Shannon Sharpe played in the NFL for many years and became accustomed to seeing men his size or bigger barrelling toward him in an effort to tackle him to the ground.
Despite his once fearless attitude, Sharpe is revealing the frightening reason why he refuses to sleep over at women’s houses anymore.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer was talking to former NFL quarterback Cam Newton on the “Funky Friday” podcast when he explained that two separate occasions led him to change his ways, both of which led to unwanted drama with women.
The first incident for Shannon Sharpe was after he was drafted when a man came into the home.
He was getting back into town late and didn’t want to startle his grandmother by walking into the home late, so he called a woman to see if she was single and asked if he could stay at her place for the night. He had no idea all hell would break loose after this.
“Cam, something told, ‘Boy, keep your clothes on.’ So, I got on shorts, and I got on a T-shirt,” Sharpe explained. “Man, have you ever had sleep paralysis? You can hear things, but you can’t move … . I can hear, and it’s getting louder, it’s getting louder, and they’re arguing. So, by this time – boom! The door flies off the hinges. … So, I’m jumping up like, ‘Hey, what’s up, boy, what’s it about to be?’ I said, ‘Oh lord, he’s got some bodies on his resume.’ Yeah, I’m talking about those kind of bodies.’”
Luckily for Shannon Sharpe, the man directed his anger only at the woman, not him.
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“I’m saying to myself, ‘Me, too.’ Cam, man, I put my shoes on and booked it out of there.”