Former NFL star Cam Newton loves his role as a father. "Fatherhood has been great. ... I'm not as bad as I thought I was!" Newton joked in a 2017 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment. "It's something that a person can never really prep for, but, for me, I just want to be available and it's helped me be a better man." The athlete is the biological dad to seven children, but has taken on a parenting role for two of his ex-girlfriends' kids from previous relationships. Newton and girlfriend Jasmin Brown welcomed their second child, his ninth, in 2025.