Shannon Sharpe was hit with a $50 million greenback civil lawsuit from a lady claiming he raped her, bodily abused her, and even threatened to kill her. The lady, listed in courtroom paperwork as Jane Doe, additionally accused Sharpe of utilizing bodily power on her and inflicting emotional misery. Not lengthy after the bombshell lawsuit made headlines, Sharpe claimed the go well with is a complete “shakedown” on Instagram. He promised to “be open, clear and defend myself as a result of this isn’t proper.” Sharpe went on to say he believes there’s one man on the heart of the civil go well with, and that’s Texas legal professional Tony Buzbee, who he alleges targets Black males.
However followers on-line aren’t so satisfied its a race difficulty — at the very least not this go ‘spherical. Black Twitter, and TikTok for that matter, is bursting with commentary encouraging Black of us to face down as a result of it merely isn’t our struggle.
“Oh no Shannon Shay Shay Joe-Netta Sharp! Don’t come over right here bothering the Black folks now! You was over there taking part in in snow such as you couldn’t get pneumonia,” one TikToker mentioned.
He went on to “write a track on the spot” to “hopefully get you although all of your hassle and ache.” He rapped: “What number of instances will we gotta inform you how this sh*t go? / Y’all so fast to provide these white b*tches the cash and the celebrity / Go away the Black girls to deal with the trauma and the ache.”
TikTok person @themuthaof3 mentioned, “Sistas, this not our struggle. Completely not.” She additionally known as out how the girl allegedly wished Sharpe’s “child gravy” by way of textual content messages.
“I assumed y’all don’t ignore no extra pink flags or its solely pink flags in Black girls, huh? … And also you simply regular gon’ on with it? You must’ve run when she wished a canine collar round her neck!” She added the caption: “Shannon sharp this isn’t for us sistas good luck although.”
One other TikTok creator mentioned: “You can’t persuade me that Shannon Sharpe doesn’t let these non-Black girls name him the N-word for enjoyable. As a result of what do you imply, that you simply, Shannon Sharpe allowed a non-Black girl to say, ‘I would like you to place an enormous Black child in me?’ And also you continued to interact together with her?! The dialog, the connection ought to have ended proper there as a result of, what do you imply?”
She described how the previous Denver Broncos’ participant “clearly have his choice, however… it’s giving self hate.”
One other TikToker posted an image of a white rabbit, a refined dig at “snow bunnies,” slang for a Black man’s white girlfriend, with a Stephen A. Smith meme.
Smith says within the clip, “I’m right here to inform you proper now, we don’t care. We don’t care!” with the caption: “Pov: Blk Girls minding our enterprise relating to Shannon Sharpe Snow bunny case” with a laughing emoji.
Black Twitter even famous how Mo’Nique tried to warn him about messing with younger girls on “Membership Shay Shay” again in October 2023.
“You betta take yo previous ass and get someone to like you! … He want him an previous fats gal who can bake good desserts, make some smothered turkey wings, who gone rub his toes on the night time time and have a sip of his cognac to make him really feel higher about himself when he come dwelling at night time.” The comic cautioned him that he doesn’t want “no 26-year-old woman, you don’t want no 36-year-old woman.”
Sharpe enthusiastically replied: “I do!” Welp.