Shannon Sharpe Under Fire For Showing Sympathy To Sherrone Moore

Shannon Sharpe‘s message of hope for former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore wasn’t received well by his fans.

Online, some of Sharpe’s supporters and everyday social media users responded negatively to his statement regarding Moore’s recent string of personal issues.

Shannon Sharpe, of course, experienced his own scandal this year, as a 22-year-old woman in Nevada sued him for alleged sexual assault, claiming it occurred more than once throughout their relationship.

According to a previous report from The Blast, Moore was let go from the University of Michigan on Wednesday, December 10, for cause, after officials there found “credible evidence” that he was involved in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a staff member he supervised. Later reports confirmed that the staffer in question was his former executive assistant, Paige Shiver.

After news of his firing spread online, further reports surfaced, revealing that the father of three had been arrested after allegedly breaking into Shiver’s home with a knife in hand. A 911 dispatcher revealed in subsequently released audio that Moore had an even more complicated relationship with the woman. “Male at the location is attacking her … said he’s been stalking her for months,” a voice stated in the audio.

Moore was later arrested and held at the Washtenaw County Jail.

On a recent episode of his podcast, “Nightcap,” Sharpe spoke about the situation with his co-hosts, NFL star Chad Johnson and NBA standout Joe Johnson. “I think the thing is that all the situations that you’ve heard, you never think a situation like this can happen to you, even though you’re doing what you’ve heard about,” Sharpe said, appearing visibly crestfallen over the situation.

He went on, stressing that some men enter these relationships knowing they’re morally wrong, believing it would be different. “‘Nah, this going to be different. She ain’t like that. It ain’t going to happen. It ain’t gonna get out. Don’t nobody know but her and I.’ … And I can imagine six, seven months ago, I went through something very similar,” Sharpe said. “So I can know what that storm is like.”

As the episode continued, Sharpe implied that people wouldn’t truly understand the weight Moore was under unless they had experienced it for themselves. “Until you in that pressure cooker. Until you in the eye of the storm,” he said. “Everything that you worked your entire life for, you feel like it’s crumbling right before your eyes. And the only people that’s going to be there, it’s going to be a select few. That’s the hardest part.”

Sharpe later commented on Moore’s eventual arrest and explained that he wouldn’t wish what Moore was experiencing on his worst enemy. “Think about Samson and Delilah, David and Bathsheba. … I don’t hate anybody, but there’s a few people I really have a strong disliking for. I wouldn’t wish what I went through on them.”

A clip of Sharpe’s response was shared on X (formerly Twitter) and sparked a heated reaction from fans who slammed him for showing sympathy, despite Moore’s problems appearing self-inflicted.

“Self inflicted. No sympathy. Powerful rich men who can’t control sexual urges and ruin everything,” someone wrote. “Sharpe talking like this could’ve happened to anyone … motherf-cker it was a consensual affair,” another wrote.

“Dude talking bout the eye of the storm when the storm is literally lack of self-control and respect,” a third posted, while a fourth shared, “I don’t feel any sympathy for these losers. People don’t take accountability anymore. They both put themselves in that position.”

The comments didn’t end there. One X user fired back at Sharpe, blasting him for acting like a “victim.” They continued, “Both were self-inflicted.”

“Why is Shannon talking like this is something that happened to Moore instead of something that Moore literally caused himself? We don’t know what it’s like to be in that situation cause most of us aren’t dumb enough to put ourselves there,” another shared.

Following his arrest, Moore was charged with felony third-degree home invasion, misdemeanor stalking-domestic relationship, and misdemeanor breaking and entering.