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Cam Newton was an NFL MVP, nearly led the Carolina Panthers to the franchise’s first Super Bowl title and became an expert on a variety of sports topics.
But in recent weeks, he seems to have become something of a relationship expert.
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Cam Newton #1 of Team J Balvin watches Team Druski during the Super Bowl LX Celebrity Flag football game on YouTube at Moscone Center South on February 7, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Newton appeared on the “Talk Les Show” with Courtside Les. The two talked a lot about marriage and relationships on the podcast, with Les asking the former star quarterback for some guesses about having a long-term partner. She asked Newton if he would want to be married to between one and five women if it were socially acceptable.
He said, “No.”
“It’s just emotions. I want to be with whoever wants to be with me. So if it’s five, six or one…I like volunteers. I don’t like hostages,” he said, clarifying that he doesn’t believe marriage is a hostage situation. “I don’t think it’s anything. I like volunteers, not hostages. I want people around me who want to be with me and I want them around me.”
Newton said he was okay with never getting married as long as he found his life partner.
He said he didn’t need a government document officially stating he was married to the person he wanted to be with for the rest of his life.
Then-Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) walks onto the field during the second half against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on November 28, 2021. (Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports)
But Les pressed him a little. She asked if Newton would give a ring to the woman he wanted to be even if they weren’t married and even if it was his “favorite finger.”
“What I just said, question everything – why? … Well, if that’s your favorite finger when I met you, you didn’t have anything on your finger when I met you then. It looked good then, it still looks good now,” he said.
Newton suggested that he wouldn’t want his relationship to turn into a “gifting contest” and that if it was a sparkly ring she wanted, and the price didn’t matter, he would take her to a gumball machine.
“Are we living together or is this a competition? So basically you’re saying if I don’t give you a ring, you won’t love me as much,” he said. “You can have a ring without love and love without a ring.
“I want you to listen and replay that because that’s how most women sound: ‘I just want a ring, I just want a ring, I just want a ring.’ Well, why? “Because of marriage, because of marriage…Find where the ring was in the Bible. …I’m not going to be intimidated by the idea of giving a gift because that’s what it looks like. It looks like you’re trying to corner a cat. »
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton yells “I’m back!” after scoring a rushing touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals in a 2021 game. (IMAGINE)
Newton’s latest remarks came after he appeared on a separate podcast to talk about the “value” of women having more children.
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Newton previously defended himself for saying in an interview that women should know how to cook and “when to shut up.”
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