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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE
Fellaship’s walk-in humidor features close to 100 selections.
“My kids need my attention—that’s my life. Football is my profession. Cigars are my refuge.”
Fellaship’s focus on fashion, cigars, and sophistication, rather than sports, is in keeping with the compartmentaliza- tion of Newton’s life. “My kids need attention—that’s my life,” he explains.“Football is my profession. Cigars are my refuge.”
Refuge, relax, escape, even therapeutic.These are words that come up over and over again when Newton describes his passion for cigars.And as one of the more high-profile—and controversial—people in the world of sports, he has often needed a refuge.
In college, an academic scandal at the University of Flor-
—CAM NEWTON
ida led to Newton transferring to Auburn, where he subse- quently won a national championship and the Heisman Tro- phy. In the NFL, he shattered several long-standing records during his Rookie of the Year season in 2011, and he earned the MVP award while leading his team to Super Bowl 50 in 2015. Still, his perceived selfishness and cockiness have made him a target of criticism throughout his career. In 2017, his sexist locker-room comment to a female reporter was univer- sally condemned and led to him losing an endorsement deal with Dannon Oikos.
More recently, Newton sat out the final two games of
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