Cam Newton is lastly breaking his silence on the viral struggle between him and two TopShelf Performance coaches.
As beforehand reported, footage surfaced final Sunday (Feb. 25) that reveals Cam, TJ, and Steph Brown tussling at an occasion in Atlanta.
Cam Newton Shares How He Feels About Himself Following Viral Fight
The concerned coaches and the Atlanta Police Department spoke on the matter earlier this week. But Cam remained hush-hush on his involvement. That modified on Friday (March 1) when he shared his POV of the incident on his platform ‘4th & 1 with Cam Newton.’
“I’m disappointed in myself by letting it escalate to what it did,” he stated. “And that’s why I’m apologetic about it. I’ve seen clips on clips on clips. I’ve seen the content that they put out or whatever. The truth of the matter is, me being in my position I should’ve never put myself in that position. That’s just the truth. Cause even then, that sh*t could’ve got ugly.”
While Cam Newton understands how individuals can see humor, he’s dead-set on highlighting the seriousness of the state of affairs.
“…We can laugh about it, we can play and I will always try to bring humor into something that’s light-hearted. But this is a serious situation. I even seen a clip that said, ‘Yo, people are laughing, but they weren’t laughing about Nipsey. Or, call it what you want, what if serious injury would’ve happen on either side. Something happen to me, somthing happen to them. Now, my eight children are fatherless now.”
Cam is presently anticipating his sixth organic youngster together with his girlfriend Jasmin Brown. Cam has 5 youngsters and two adopted youngsters from two earlier relationships.
Watch Cam’s full feedback beneath.
Despite the tussle with TJ and Steph, Cam Newton says he plans to proceed working with the camp. He says it’s one thing he enjoys and has been doing for the final 13 to 14 years. It’s his “way of giving back.” Newton additionally appreciates seeing the children and himself in them whereas they discover amusement in coaching with or taking part in in opposition to him.
Newton tells his mentees to not let their athletic journeys finish due to “dumb sh*t” like this previous weekend’s occasions, he stated.
“I take into consideration the children who look as much as me, I really feel like I allow them to down. Because I can’t sit up right here and say ‘Hey you gotta be bigger than that and then all of a sudden I do that,” Cam said. “And that just goes to show you, you gotta always stay in control of your emotions. There’s no excuse. It’s actually not.”
He stated their struggle echoes the stereotypes of violence occurring at “Black events.” Rather than “play the victim,” Newton is holding himself “accountable.” He stated that day he let feedback get to him that he’d normally ignore.
Here’s What The TopShelf Performance Coaches Said
As we final defined, the coaches concerned within the brawl publicly addressed the state of affairs in an interview with Atlanta’s 105.3 The Beat.
TJ started by apologizing to everybody who attended the occasion, together with the mother and father of each groups. He said that the struggle ought to’ve “never happened.”
“We should’ve been able to sit down and talk. There’s no reason we should be yelling at each other while a game’s going on… Ain’t none of that necessary,” TJ added.
The TopShelf Performance coach alleged that Newton was “talking crazy” for “no reason.” Given that it’s allegedly a norm for Newton, it was all good till Cam allegedly acquired in Steph’s face. That’s when issues went left, TJ says.
They additionally issued a written apology on social media following the incident.
Watch their feedback beneath.
According to the Atlanta Police Department, all three events concerned have declined to pursue felony expenses.
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