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Cam Newton Says He Wants More Kids But Is Avoiding Marriage; Here’s Why (Watch Video)

BY Dora Abena Dzaka August 31, 2024 6:44 PM EDT

Cam Newton has stated that he has a “low” desire to get married but would like to add to his current family of eight children. 

The former NFL quarterback, in an interview with Dr. Cheyenne Bryant on his Funky Friday podcast, discussed his desire to expand the family he shares with three women

“I want more,” he stated, before the life coach inquiring, “by several women? What is the goal? or through your wife?” “I just want God to bring them because that’s what I’m trying to say: my fear of divorce outweighs my desire to get married.”

Dr. Bryant then told him that he was “selfishly creating broken families.” 

In response to her comments, Newton stated that he is “taking his time” and desires a big family.

Dr. Bryant clapped back, listening to Newton explain that he was “taking his time.” 

“You’re not taking your time. You’re being very action-based. You have eight kids with three different women. You are creating, procreating, and multiplying. That is not taking your time. You’re being very selectively active.”

This isn’t the first time Cam Newton has made these comments; similar thoughts were expressed on Club Shay Shay.

“People are saying that you have so many children. I look after all of my children. That’s the thing, you see. I had always desired a large family. 

He revealed, “I want that because I came from there. I respect all the women who have given me that, and I owe them due diligence. Do I have the authority to control who they speak with? No. However, I have a duty to love them without conditions, regardless of what they do, and we must co-parent.” 

Following the podcast’s release, comedians Jasmin Brown and Cam Newton, have been receiving backlash for what they said about marriage and fatherhood.

Newton and comedian Jasmin Brown had their eighth child, a girl, in March.

Cam Newton discussed his relationship with his girlfriend Jasmin in detail in one of the episodes on his podcast in 2023.

He began by saying: “She already knows about me and mine business to start with. It’s not private. All of us were in there together. That’s what we do. It may be too much to share, but that’s my dog”. We have a saying that goes, ‘We’re just two retired guys who got together.’ Our jerseys are seen in the rafters. I got less dust on mine than she did. Mine just happened to get up there.”

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