Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton posted a YouTube video Monday, asking his teammates to join him in practicing celibacy in hopes of making the Super Bowl this season.
If that sounds a little crazy, keep in mind it was posted on April Fools’ Day.
That suggests the likelihood that this is all an elaborate, well-produced joke on fans and the media, which was obsessed last month with Newton’s admission on the James Cordon’s “Late Late Show” that he gave up sex in March to hone his focus.
Newton explains in his nearly three-minute video that he sees the world differently now, through “celibate eyes.