Cam Newton’s NFL career was rejuvenated briefly this past season when he returned to the Carolina Panthers. The team has discussed the possibility of bringing the former NFL MVP back next season as well.
In the meantime, Newton made some comments during a recent podcast experience that have him trending for all the wrong reasons.
Newton appeared on a recent episode of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast in which he started discussing his family and upbringing. During the course of the conversation, he delved into a specific discussion about women who “cater to a man’s needs” and things got weird.
NFL quarterback Cam Newton complained about women who "can't cook" and "don’t know when to be quiet."
"Now a women for me is, handling your own but knowing how to cater to a man’s needs." https://t.co/Dzw3QMtpwI pic.twitter.com/WdYsetopRJ
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 11, 2022
“I had a perfect, a perfect example of what a man was in my life by my father. My parents have been together for 36, 37 years now and it’s a beautiful thing,” Newton said. “I grew up in a three-parent household. My mom, my father, and my grandmother. And I knew what a woman was. Not a bad bitch!”
When asked to explain what he meant by “bad bitch,” Newton unfortunately did.
“A bad bitch is a person who’s just, you know, ‘Girl I’m a bad bitch, I’m doing this, I’m doing that.’ I look the part but I don’t act the part,” Newton said. “There’s a lot of women who are bad bitches. And I say bitches in a way, not to degrade a woman but just to go off the aesthetic of what they deem is a boss chick,” he continued.
“Now a woman for me is, handling your own but knowing how to cater to a man’s needs. Right? And I think a lot of times when you get that ascetic of ‘I’m a boss bitch, Imma this, Imma that.’ No baby! But you can’t cook. You don’t know when to be quiet! You don’t know how to allow a man to lead.”
Newton’s comments drew swift condemnation from many around the sports and NFL world, with some recalling the time in 2017 when the quarterback belittled Charlotte Observer reporter Jourdan Rodrigue for asking a question about receiver routes, saying that it was “funny to hear a female” ask about that.
This is disappointing as a very big Cam Newton fan. And that's an extreme understatement https://t.co/YyufwwMbjf
— lindsey ok (@lindseyyok) April 11, 2022
damn son https://t.co/plTZ2dbNVy
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) April 11, 2022
This bro https://t.co/r4ZIFXCbFc
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) April 11, 2022
Cam Newton: crazy person and sexist. https://t.co/Jrc7kFwWaJ
— Michael Grant (@MichaelGrant_CJ) April 11, 2022
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