Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton appears to be feeling the squeeze financially. He said that it's been hard for him to provide for his kids. This is especially true now that he's not getting those cushiony NFL checks.
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The athlete recently complained that it "hurts" not to make NFL money. He said that he has eight kids to support, and they no longer view him as "superman." Newton shares four kids with e-girlfriend Kia Proctor as well as two kids with LaReina Shaw. He also helped raise Proctor's oldest daughter and Shaw's oldest son. Additionally, Newton just had a daughter with Jasmin "Watch Jazzy" Brown in 2024.
Look I get it, raising eight kids is expensive. I imagine it's a bit of a lifestyle change coming down from the highs of the NFL. But this is the exactly sort of out of touch commentary by celebrities that make people so angry and fed up.
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Sorry, Newton that you're not making $135 million anymore in the NFL. But I'm sure you're certainly more well off than most Americans. Let's trade networths, and we'll see who complains.
"I'm going into a different phase of my life that's going to require a different form of myself," Newton said on the Fox hit reality television show Special Forces: World's Toughest Test via Daily Mail. "Being in the NFL, everyone knows there's a large sum of money that comes to you in a short span of time and being away from the game for three years, those checks don't came in the same. Like I got eight kids."
He said that the way it kids looks at him hurts him.
"It hurts me knowing that I can't provide like I once did. It hurts thinking that I'm Superman, but in reality, I'm just a man," he added.
He also continued, "There's a famous quote that says in order to get something that you've never had, you go to do something that you've never done. At 35, I can literally say, 'Okay now I'm getting prepared for this next chapter of my life.'"
While Special Forces probably doesn't pay $135 million, I'm sure the pay is still pretty good. He also works as an analyst for ESPN's First Take.
