Cam Newton opened up about the “humanistic mistake” he made by fathering a child outside his relationship.
Last week, Cam reflected on his past cheating scandal during an episode of “The Pivot” podcast. He began by explaining why he chose not to hide his son, Caesar Lorenzo Newton, whom he shares with model La Reina Shaw.
“Honestly, it was a situation, a personal situation for me,” Newton said. “My longtime girlfriend at the time, you know, we had a family. And I made a mistake, I hurt her, and I jeopardized our family at that time, and I had a child outside of our relationship.”
Newton and his longtime girlfriend, Shakia Proctor, split shortly after the news broke about Caesar’s birth. Newton confirmed he was a father of seven with an Instagram post on Caesar’s first birthday.
Speaking on being unfaithful to Proctor, Newton says, “And, coming from where I come from, being the person who I am. Nobody would ever speak on it because we got a lot of people who are in high powers still make humanistic mistakes. And I can honestly say I made a humanistic mistake.”
He continued, “When Caesar Lorenzo Newton was born, I then stopped caring because I can only be the best person that I can be. And painting this picture of a person that, ‘Aw man, I gotta act this type of way, aw man, I gotta be this type of person.’ I got so many kids now that, if I’m not Superman to them, I’ll be damned if I allow the world to call me Superman.”
“It’s just really putting certain things into perspective, and, you know, it was embarrassing for me. And honestly, it is embarrassing to talk about, but everybody don’t really wanna talk about real situations in life, and that molded me. I just stopped caring what people thought about it because I come home, and I have a due diligence to be the best father that I can possibly be… and sometimes you fall short. What are you supposed to do? Cry?… I would never have a hidden child out there. I would never not speak on the facts because there are a lot of people that can live vicariously through me and be better from it.”
