On Monday, North Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton left social media divided on his take on women during his appearance on a popular podcast.
Newton stopped by Gillie Da King’s podcast Million $ Worth Of Game. The almost hour-and-a-half conversation touched on a plethora of topics including, his career and gender roles. The conversation between the 32-year-old athlete, Gillie and Wallo took an interesting turn when Newton offered his perspective on the difference between a “bad b*tch” and a “woman.”
“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*tch,” opined. “A bad b*tch is a person who’s just, you know, ‘Girl I’m a bad b*tch, I’m doing this, I’m doing that.’ I look the part but I don’t act the part,”
“There’s a lot of women who are bad b*tches. And I say b*tches in a way, not to degrade a woman but just to go off the aesthetic of what they deem is a boss chick,” Newton added. “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 [aesthetic] of ‘I’m a boss b*tch, 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.”
And it was at that moment, that Rihanna’s internet lost it.
Some Twitter users agreed with Newton’s opinion.
Cam Newton said nothing wrong… I’m so tired of ya’ll condemning other folks options and calling it outdated cause they can’t cook and won’t let a man lead…
— KaTisha LaShay (@katisha_lashay) April 12, 2022
So, Cam Newton said he wants a woman that cooks and women are mad at him?
Seems like this whole generation emanated from broken homes. There’s no way you could have had a loving father and mother and be mad at a rich man saying such a wholesome thing.
— Keiko, J.D. ?? (@GolferGirl305) April 13, 2022
So a lot of black women are upset because Cam Newton said he wanted a woman that could cook & control her temper? Yeah I’m going to go ahead and stay single. ?Being domestic & disciplined aren’t handicaps. They’re advantageous. You can be a queen, a boss and know how to cater.??
— Pastor YPJ (@PastorYPJ) April 12, 2022
Y’all are seeing live, the millionaire and average guys value the same traits in women, we gon start calling cam newton an incel now cause he complaining about women who can’t cook or know how to be quiet? https://t.co/68LNbfPqnw
— ?️ika (@Jitmovin) April 11, 2022
Women get on this app and talk about all the things they expect from a man DAILY. Cam Newton says how he expects a woman to cook and it’s somehow outrage. Y’all can go to hell.
— Respect Dave McCormack (@Grinch21188235) April 12, 2022
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Cardi B -I don’t cook, I don’t clean, but I got some Wet a** p*ssy. All of media loves it, Women are twerking to it etc Cam Newton- yea you a bad b*tch but can you cook? Can you clean? Are willing to let a man lead? He gets dragged, called a sexist, “How dare he say that!” #irony
— Gregory Bell II (@TheDisciple92) April 12, 2022
On the other hand, some folks on Twitter felt that Newton and his opinion could go to hell.
caught a glimpse of that interview with Cam Newton & I get so tired of hearing from men that women don’t know how to be real “women” nowadays because they don’t cater to men or know how to cook, etc. Man do you know how to lay brick? Build a home? Change a tire? Fix a car?
— D. ℝʌɣє♛ (@saydraye) April 12, 2022
Cam Newton sounds like a FOOL! First off, cook for your damn self!! And a grown woman doesn’t need to be told to shut up! Men with those attitudes fall under the category of TOXIC. #TheView
— Wayne Pittman, Jr.
???? (@Sony12Play) April 13, 2022
HA. Cam Newton is a loser. Guy can’t even get a job and he’s saying he expects women to know when to cook and be quiet. What an outdated, insecure way of thinking. https://t.co/p0dbJZjbau
— Mike Sullivan (@msully5433) April 11, 2022
you cant compare a woman to a man. Cam Newton is spreading his seed into multiple women. That lady had one child. Cam Newton has never stated he changed his behavior nor did he state he was looking for a wife. He said women need to be silent, cook for him and cater to his needs. https://t.co/sXO9MEoX1C pic.twitter.com/Na4wYsp2ty
— . (@JoVoiceofreason) April 12, 2022
These comments from Cam Newton are not acceptable and I am saddened to see so many people supporting them. A woman does not need to cater to a man, be quiet, or cook to be a woman. pic.twitter.com/K8U3jCAYtz
— Gregory McKelvey (@GregoryMcKelvey) April 12, 2022
Ironically, Newton doesn’t appear to have such standards for himself. In February, he stated that he wasn’t ready to be a husband despite having four children with ex-girlfriend Kia Proctor, nor was it necessary to apologize for being a thot.
“The thing is that person that I was while we were having children together, I couldn’t be the best husband,” he said. “I wasn’t prepared to be a husband then.”
Newton continued, “We were both young. There was nothing, and still nothing I would never do for her. But at the same time, the person that she was when I met her, it wasn’t the person she was when I left her,” he said. “When I met Kia, and I say this protecting her, she wasn’t the one to be like, ‘I want to be married.’ I was more so the person. My parents been together 36 years. I know what marriage looks like: the ups, the downs, the trials, the tribulations.”
“I seen Kia really evolving into a woman where her standards were, ‘I ain’t just no baby mama,’” he said. “And when she kept putting pressure on me, I was like, ‘I don’t know if this is what I really want.’”
He elaborated on his whorish ways despite making a family with Proctor.
“I was in Temptation Island. A football player, young, no, is not even in my vocabulary,” he said. “I just found myself in this downward spiral. Did she deserve better? I would humbly say yes. She did.”
“I was falling deeper into my own selfishness and realizing I gotta be better. ‘I hope you have the patience,’ which she did. And she was around me through a lot of success, a lot of downfalls, and I respect her for that to this day, but it never led to the ultimate, which was a ring.”
He added, “To me, it’s not even an apology that’s needed. We just grew apart.”
Ok.
