NFL quarterback Cam Newton is clarifying his recent controversial comments, where he tried to define what he deems a “bad b*tch.” Cam affirms he’s not a sexist and despite claiming “women need to know when to shut up,” he says, he “doesn’t think women are beneath him.”
The Backstory
Prior to Cam now clarifying his comments, he previously went on friends Gillie Da Kid and Wallo‘s podcast, ‘Million Dollaz Worth of Game.’ During his interview, Cam and hosts began discussing “bad b*tches” and how they differ from the traditional woman.
Cam’s Upbringing
Cam first explained how he was raised. He said, “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. 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!”
Cam’s Definition of a Bad B*tch
Further breaking down what a “bad b*tch” is to him, Cam said, “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.”
Cam goes on to note that his use of “b*tches” wasn’t to degrade women. He explained that he’s using the phrase “to go off the aesthetic of what they deem is a boss chick.”
Cam’s Shoots Himself In The Foot
Now, explaining what “a woman for [him] is,” Cam continued, “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 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.”
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The Backlash
As warranted, Cam began trending all over social media and received tons of backlash from everyone and their mother, calling him sexist, misogynistic, and more.
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Cam Addresses Comments
Now, taking to his YouTube series,’Funky Friday w/ Cam Newton,’ he explains how his comments were taken out of context from the hour-plus-long interview. In the eight-minute clip, Cam says he’s now setting the record straight.
Cam explained, “Recently, I was just scrutinized. Bashed. Went viral. For something that I did and spoke on. But it was a clip that was taken completely out of context. I think for me, growing up how I grew up, raisiny my children, my daughters, the way I raised them, it’s completely different than how I was depicted. And that hurts me to a degree, but also tells me where we still are as a society. We are very, very sensitive on topics that need to be brought to the forefront. And if you use me as a a sacrificial lamb, so be it.”
Cam continued, “I know my heart. I know my intentions. I never once had this sexist mentality. I never had this dictatorship mentality towards women. You know, this mentality that women are beneath me, because that’s completely false. That narrative being even highlighted is completely against everything that I believed in and do believe in. So, for me to go through what I went through it’s cool, but I’m think I’m using this platform now that I have to reach out to strong women–Black, white, interracial. It doesn’t matter–just to prove to the world that I’m completely that or I’m completely not that, that you think that I am. But, using it in a way to do good to more people.”