Shannon Sharpe: Katt Williams Interview Made Me More Money Than Any Year in NFL

Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe made plenty of headlines by interviewing Katt Williams, and it apparently paid off.

He told Nightcap co-host Chad Johnson (h/t Abel Shifferaw of Complex) that he made more money from the interview than he did from any single year in the NFL.

"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."

As of Friday, the nearly three-hour interview with Williams—who criticized fellow comics and talked politics, among other topics—has more than 61 million views on YouTube.

According to Spotrac, Sharpe tallied $22.3 million in career earnings during 15 seasons for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens. His highest base salary for a single season was 1999 when he made $2.25 million with the Broncos, although his signing bonus in 2000 led to a bigger payday that year:

Sharpe was one of the best tight ends in NFL history with a Hall of Fame resume that includes three Super Bowl titles, four First-Team All-Pro selections and eight Pro Bowl nods.

He would surely be paid much more in today's game, as Spotrac lists 11 tight ends with a base salary of at least $5 million for the 2024 season alone.

But Sharpe is at least making plenty of money elsewhere.