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Shannon
Sharpe
Shannon
Sharpe’s
exit
from
Undisputed
and
his
efforts
to
build
up
his
empire
are
paying
off
immensely.
Shannon
Sharpe
and
his
podcast
Club
Shay
Shay
broke
the
internet
thanks
to
his
explosive
sitdown
with
Katt
Williams,
and
now
we
know
it
also
earned
the
former
NFL
pro,
Super
Bowl
champion,
and
Hall-of-Famer
a
fat
payday.
The
interview
was
the
talk
of
Twitter,
formerly
X
because
Willaims
went
nuclear
on
other
comedians
and
talked
about
famous
Black
men’s
penchant
for
racially
ambiguous
women,
politics,
and
other
hot
topics.
Since
its
original
airing,
the
interview
has
amassed
over
61
million
views,
and
on
speaking
with
his
Nightcap
co-host
Chad
Johnson,
Sharpe
revealed
it
was
a
very
lucrative
conversation,
claiming
it
earned
him
more
bread
than
any
year
during
his
NFL
career.
“Everybody
was
talking
about
how
much
money
I
made
doing
the
Katt
Williams
interview,”
Sharpe
said.
“I
just
got
the
check.
So
whatever
you
think
I
made,
3x
it.
So
if
you
think
I
made
$500,000,
3x
it.
If
you
think
I
made
a
million,
3x
it.
If
you
think
I
made
$2
million,
3x
it.”
“I
made
more
money
on
Katt
Williams
alone
than
I
made
in
any
year
that
I
played
the
NFL.”
Shannon
Sharpe’s
Career
Earnings
By
The
Numbers
According
to
Spotrac,
Sharpe
netted
$22.3
million
in
career
earnings
during
his
15
seasons
in
the
NFL
between
the
Denver
Broncos
and
Baltimore
Ravens.
According
to
the
website,
Sharpe’s
base
salary
with
the
Broncos
during
the
1999
season
was
$2.25
million,
the
highest
of
his
career.
A
2000
signing
bonus
earned
him
a
bigger
payday.
Sharpe
doesn’t
have
to
give
exact
numbers,
but
based
on
what
he’s
saying,
he’s
definitely
caking
right
now.
He
also
has
other
investments,
like
his
Cognac,
Le
Portier
Shay
VSOP,
and
his
contract
with
ESPN.
Hey,
Unc,
can
we
hold
something?
