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.

“I’m saying to myself, ‘Me, too.’ Cam, man, I put my shoes on and booked it out of there.”

Sharpe was drafted in the seventh round of the 1990 NFL Draft after playing all four years at Savannah State University.

Despite how frightening that moment was, it still wasn’t enough to stop him from making the same mistake a second time three years later.

Shannon Sharpe stated he had gone back to Savannah State for homecoming when the Broncos had a bye week during the 1993 NFL season, so he decided to meet up with a woman in the area.

Unfortunately, the situation went terribly as another man showed up at this location, but this time, he came carrying an assault weapon with him.

“I set my stuff down. And I’m looking at the door handle, it’s turning. … Dude, come in. He got that [AK-47]. Oh lord, have mercy. I said, ‘Lord.’ And he look at me, and he said, ‘My man.’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ He’s about to ask me if I’m Sharpe. I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘I thought so.’ I said, ‘My man, is this your people?’ He said, ‘Yeah. Two years,’” Sharpe said.

“I said, ‘My man, I ain’t know.’ I said, ‘You know who I am now.’ I said, ‘Man, my bad. You saved me.’ Because if I had not been [interrupted], I ain’t telling this story right now.”

Sharpe made it clear that was the final time he would stay at a woman’s house.

“I have not closed my eyes at another woman’s house in 31 years,” Sharpe said.

Sharpe went on to have an illustrious career with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens for the next twelve years. His resume includes three Super Bowl titles. He also was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

Shannon Sharpe Issues Formal Apology To Megan Thee Stallion

Shannon Sharpe took personal responsibility for his comments during the latest taping of his unfiltered podcast, Club Shay Shay.

He formally apologized to Houston, Texas, rap superstar Megan Thee Stallion after he stated last year, “I’d have her stretched out like quarter to three.”

Even though he apologized at the time, he made sure to do it in her face during the interview.

Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup.

Joining Lorraine Kelly on Monday’s episode of the ITV show, the TV presenter, 43, also gave an health update after having two tumours removed from jaw.

Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood, in December after 10 years of marriage.

She has since made swipes at Jesse and moved on with TV director Elliot Hegarty, with the pair having been seen kissing during a recent night out.

Fearne has had a difficult few months after undergoing surgery to remove two benign tumours from her jawline, just days before her split with Jesse emerged.

She told host Lorraine: ‘It’s all very amicable and kids are doing great. I am in a very good place.’place.’

Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup

Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood , in December after 10 years of marriage (both pictured in February 2024)

Discussing her recent surgery, she added: ‘I feel very grateful to have completely recovered.

‘I feel really good. I have a lot of people reaching out who have had the same thing.’

Davina McCall, 56, announced in November she’d been diagnosed with a colloid cyst, a rare type of benign brain tumour, and has supported Fearne.

She continued: ‘Everyone needs a Davina. She’s been amazing, weird that we had the same health thing going on at the same time. She’s so calming and we speak every day. She is just the best

It comes after Fearne has seemingly made another thinly-veiled dig at her ex-husband as she gushed that she is the happiest she’s ever been in a positive update.

Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, Fearne gushed that she is ‘really happy’ and is ‘springing out of bed in the morning ready for life’.

Scott, who has known Fearne for 25 years, said he has never seen her ‘more positive or happier’, prompting Fearne to agree and reply: ‘Yeah I feel great!’

She told how her health scare has changed her outlook and said she has been seeking comfort from Davina.

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Joining Lorraine Kelly on Monday’s episode of the ITV show, the TV presenter, 43, also gave an health update after having two tumours removed from jaw