Athletes criticize Cam Newton for walking out of press conference

Cam Newton walked out of his press conference after just a few minutes at the podium, which led to much criticism from athletes on Twitter, who ripped him for his lack of maturity.

Cam Newton walked out of his Super Bowl postgame press conference after just a few minutes at the podium, which led to much criticism from athletes on Twitter who ripped him for his lack of maturity.

Here’s Newton, who was asked about his disappointment, and responded by simply saying “I’m done.”

"I don’t know what you want me to say, I’m sorry." - A dejected Cam Newton walks off the podium abruptly. #SB50

https://t.co/xw4iLd1CQz

— NFL (@NFL) February 8, 2016

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Afterwards, some current and former NFL players, as well as some basketball and baseball players piled on Newton.

Stay classy Cam. Real mature.

— Josh Reddick (@JRedDubDeuce) February 8, 2016

Huge fan of Cam. But he has to carry himself like The Face of The League now. C'mon son!

— Al Harrington (@violajefe) February 8, 2016

Disappointed in Cam, still lacks maturity unfortunately

— Terrell Thomas (@TerrellThomas24) February 8, 2016

I know it's tough to talk after losing.. But damn Cam.

— Teej. (@TJLang70) February 8, 2016

Man the thing with Cam is he had a golden opportunity to silence a lot of his critics.. Gotta find a way to handle that better.

— Teej. (@TJLang70) February 8, 2016

Cam can't do that after a loss

— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) February 8, 2016

Tough to sit there moments after possibly the biggest disappointment of your life and channel your emotions. Comes with the territory tho

— Duane Brown (@DuaneBrown76) February 8, 2016

I understand his frustrations and to be fair he didn't avoid the press conference completely but gotta take the good with the bad

— Duane Brown (@DuaneBrown76) February 8, 2016

Newton was 18 of 41 for 265 yards passing in the loss, with six carries for 45 yards.

– Kenny Ducey