Sharpe made an NFL career-high of $5 million in 2000.
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Shannon Sharpe‘s Club Shay interview with Katt Williams netted him the greatest payday of his expert profession, including his time in the NFL
According to Sharpe, speculative quotes relating to the figure he made from his viral discussion with Williams are a far cry from what he’s in fact gotten, and surpasses his highest-paid football season.
“Everybody was talking ’bout, ‘well just how much cash [he] made doing the Katt Williams interview;’ I simply got the check,” the previous Indisputable cohost informed Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson throughout an episode of their Nightcap podcast.
“Put it like this here, I made more cash on Katt Williams alone than I made in any year I played in the NFL.”
Football legend Shannon Sharpe participates in the First Entertainment x Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis Partnership Launch Event at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on March 4, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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While the 55-year-old picked not to expose the dollar quantity he’s made from the sit-down, he mentions the overall being upwards of a minimum of $6 million. “So whatever you believe I made, 3x it. If you believe I made 5 hundred thou, 3x it. If you believe a million, 3x it. If you believe I made $2 million, 3x it.”
Sharpe’s claim would line up with the interview earning more than any specific football season, as he made an NFL career-high of $5 million in 2000 throughout his very first season with the Baltimore Ravens. As he and Johnson discussed his current success, Sharpe displayed a green-faced “John Mayer” Rolex he had actually simply acquired in event of his huge windfall.
“My pockets is a wonderland,” he jokingly sang, changing the lyrics to Mayer’s 2001 hit “Your Body Is a Wonderland.” “A great deal of times, that’s what they call it,” he stated of a watch being called after a star“Because he used it and it ignited since they saw him have it on. They called it ‘The John Mayer.'”
Shannon Sharpe speaks onstage throughout The Volume– Nightcap Live Show with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco at Redtail on February 08, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The three-time Super Bowl champ likewise talked about how efforts to mock him have actually led to him getting branding handle the similarity Total Wines, as a current clip of him beyond the retail chain motivated others to simulate the video, down to Sharpe’s clothing and speech.
“Guess what took place, Ocho? Male, Total Wines struck us up, they stated, ‘Well, hang on, we desire a few of that.’ Thanks to y’ all, I’m about to be in California, Texas, Florida,” he stated, while chuckling.
“Louisiana, Baltimore. Keep on doing it. I require y’ all to continue doing it. Do not you stop now. Do not y’ all disliking mofos stop. Take y’ all raggedy a ** right back in front of them Total Wines [locations] and do it all over once again. ‘Cause thanks to y’ all, your young boy, ooh!”
Sharpe continued to reveal defiance in the face of his critics and criticsfirmly insisting that the energy directed towards him has just benefited him. “They attempted to be adorable … they gon na retire old Shay before he wish to retire,” he stated of his giants.
After cleaning his hands tidy, the media experience swore to keep concentrated on optimizing his chances, in addition to his savings account, while welcoming the hate. “I’m finished with it,” he stated of resolving his foils. “I’m finished with it, Ocho! I’ma get this paper. I’m gon na get this paper!”
View Shannon Sharpe discuss the success from his Katt Williams interview listed below.
Shannon Sharpe exposes he made more cash off his Katt Williams interview than he made in any year he played in the NFL?
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