Free agent quarterback Cam Newton has found himself in trouble over comments regarding women in the past, specifically when he questioned why a woman reporter was asking him questions about “passing routes” in 2017.
“It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes,” Newton said. He laughed to himself and then repeated: “It’s funny.”
Newton later apologized, saying he had “learned a valuable lesson from this.” But on Monday, video of Newton on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast circled the internet, and Newton once again found himself in hot water over his comments regarding women.
“I had a perfect, perfect example of what a man was by my father,” Newton said. “My parents have been together for 36, 37 years now, and it’s a beautiful thing. 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 b****. A woman.”
Newton explained that a “bad b****” is a woman who “looks the part” but doesn’t “act the part.”
“And it’s a lot of women who are bad b******, and I say ‘b******’ in a way not to degrade a woman but just to go off the aesthetic of what they deem as a ‘boss chick,’” Newton continued. “A woman for me is handling your own but knowing how to cater to a man’s needs,” Newton continued. “I think a lot of times when you get that aesthetic of like ‘I’m a boss b****, I’m a this, I’m a 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.”
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
As expected, social media jumped all over Newton’s comments, though Newton did go on to explain that he feels that it’s time for “men to start being men.”
“I’m also going to start telling the men to start being men,” Newton added. “That sucka s*** should not be rewarded.”
“When a person carries himself social media wise, and it’s a fraud in real life,” Newton elaborated. “Every person that has money, every person that’s rich, isn’t a real one. And I think that gets kind of misconstrued in this society now, because a lot of people have money, but they’re not genuine people.”
Last year, Newton played in eight games with the Carolina Panthers, starting at quarterback in five games. He threw for 684 yards, four touchdowns, and five interceptions. In late March, ESPN insider Adam Schefter reported that Newton has drawn interest from NFL teams, but is waiting for the “best fit.”
“Free-agent QB Cam Newton is drawing interest, but also is remaining patient. ‘I have teams that are interested in signing me,’ Newton texted. ‘I am waiting on the best fit as it pertains to winning a championship and getting a fair chance to play,’” Schefter posted to Twitter.
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