Former NFL MVP Cam Newton is drawing backlash on-line after remarks he made about courting and motherhood throughout a latest podcast look.
On the “It’s Giving” podcast, Newton was requested whether or not he believes a girl’s worth will get lowered if she has a number of kids by completely different companions. He responded, “Girls’s worth get decrease, the extra kids that they’ve.”
The remark rapidly unfold throughout social media, the place many customers criticized the assertion, notably as a result of Newton himself is the daddy of 9 kids with a number of companions.
The dialog, nevertheless, got here throughout a broader dialogue about relationships, accountability, and blended households. Newton emphasised {that a} associate courting a mum or dad should even be prepared to just accept their kids.
Recalling a dialog with one of many moms of his kids, he mentioned he informed her that any man unwilling to embrace her youngsters “ain’t the man for you.”
“After I got here into your life, I used to be prepared to just accept you and no matter you had,” he mentioned, including that some males need a relationship with a girl however not the accountability of her kids. “That ain’t the way it works.”
Newton repeatedly framed parenthood as a lifelong obligation, saying his kids — and the ladies he shares them with — stay a part of his accountability.
“All them kids… they’re my accountability,” he mentioned, later describing co-parenting relationships as just like a “household enterprise.”
He shares 4 kids with ex-fiancée Kia Proctor, two with LaReina Shaw, and two together with his present girlfriend, comedienne Jasmin Brown. He additionally helped increase Proctor’s youngster from a earlier relationship.
Controversial public commentary has grow to be a trademark of the retired athlete, with moments from his “Funky Friday” podcast and visitor appearances on different reveals regularly going viral for his polarizing takes.
