ESPN continues to struggle to maintain a primary debate partner for Stephen A. Smith on Mondays during the football season.
The network fired Michael Irvin after a scandal in which he allegedly made sexually suggestive comments to a hotel employee. It chose not to bring back Shannon Sharpe after allegations of rape and sexual assault, during which he admitted to sending vile text messages to his accuser.
This past season, Smith and ESPN elevated Cam Newton. And while Newton is not the subject of any creepy accusations, he has put the network in a challenging position with his crusade against women.
This time, Newton claimed that women "lose value" each time they have a child.
"I just think that the reality to that answer is women’s value get lower the more children that they have. I was having this conversation with one of the mothers of my children and she’s still fine," Newton said on the "It’s Giving" podcast.
"But like I was telling her, I was like, ‘Yo, the guy that you’re dating or will date ain’t willing to love on these five children that you have, that ain’t the guy for you. Because when I came into your life, I was willing to accept you and whatever you had.’"
Newton has nine children, five with one woman and the rest with others. According to his logic, the woman with whom he had five children would be the least valuable of his children’s mothers.
OutKick asked ESPN for comment about Newton’s remarks, considering that he openly disparaged female viewers and sports fans with one or more children. Head of ESPN PR Josh Krulewitz did not respond.
This is hardly the first time Newton has expressed questionable views about women. In 2022, he criticized women who "don’t know when to be quiet."
"Now a woman, for me, is handling your own but knowing how to cater to a man’s needs. Right?" Newton said on a podcast. "And I think a lot of times when you get that aesthetic of like, ‘I’m a boss b----, I’m this, I’m that.’
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