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Cam Newton's $1,500 plane offer shows he can't stay under radar

If Cam Newton wanted to have a quiet offseason, he’s not succeeding.

The Carolina Panthers quarterback has caused quite a social-media stir. He was photographed all over Paris at Men’s Fashion Week, then was caught on video making a $1,500 offer to switch seats on the flight home (and denied).

The latter in particular drew attention -- 4.5 million views on the video posted to Eli Edwards’ Twitter account as of Wednesday morning.

“Man, I don’t know," Edwards told ESPN.com. “I’m not big on Twitter. I just posted the video on Twitter because I didn’t get the response on Instagram I expected.