Cam Newton is once again stirring controversy with his outlandish rhetoric, this time linking a woman’s worth to the total number of children she has.
In his most recent display of blatant misogyny, the former NFL quarterback asserted that “women’s value gets lower the more children that they have.” The remark, coming from Newton—who is a father of nine—took place during an appearance on the It’s Giving podcast, hosted by Sarah Fontenot.
The controversial remark appeared after Fontenot asked whether he believes “women’s value gets lowered when they have multiple children by multiple men,” to which Newton replied in the affirmative. Newton has four children with ex-fiancée Kia Proctor, who also has a child from a prior relationship. The former quarterback also has two children with ex LaReina Shaw and two with Jasmin Brown, his current girlfriend. Their youngest son was born in October.
Nonetheless, Newton stressed the importance of embracing the children that accompany a relationship. The former Carolina Panthers quarterback recalled telling one of the mothers of his children that if the next man she dates isn’t willing to love all five of her children, he’s not the one for her.
“But like I was telling her, I was like, ‘Yo, the guy that you’re dating or will date ain’t willing to love on these five children that you have, that ain’t the guy for you. Because when I came into your life, I was willing to accept you and whatever you had,” Newton said on the podcast. “There are guys that’s out there that’s just going to say, ‘Them ain’t my kids, I want you.’”
In his chat with Fontenot, Newton added that some men merely want to date a woman who doesn’t have children, acknowledging “that ain’t how it work.”
These comments from Cam come not long after he made another remark that had fans rolling their eyes, including his former BET co-host Ashley Nicole Moss. When asked if he had any friendships with women, the former football star seemed offended, insisting that no relationship with women is platonic for him.
“I’m not about to be around no woman platonically,” he said on his Funky Friday podcast. “Because I’m not about to play them type of games.”
“I don’t have no attractive woman that I’m cool with that I do not have plans on stabbing,” he added.
Moss, who co-hosted 106 & Sports with him, responded to the clip online, writing: “Wellllll damn … this is awkward lol.”
