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It appears a catfish prank lured San Francisco wide receiver Deebo Samuel into a beef with former NFL MVP Cam Newton. The unlikely turn of events likely ends the brief back-and-forth.
On Wednesday, Samuel called Newton out for calling his quarterback, Brock Purdy, a game manager.
“Cam Newton, stop texting my phone,” Samuel said. “You was a fan like two weeks ago, that’s mad crazy. You wanted me on your podcast after talking about my QB, which is funny to me.”
The passer quickly barked back, denying the alleged attempts to contact the receiver. He begged Samuel to drop the receipts on social media, to which he complied.
#49ers Deebo Samuel just pulled the receipt on Cam Newton 😂😂😂💀💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/D13FfceE7E
— Alex Tran (@nineralex) December 28, 2023
“Stop the cap, bro,” Newton replied. “I don’t got your number.”
Samuel’s response, showing a text exchange between him and who he thought was Newton, initially appeared to paint his counterpart as a liar. Unfortunately, it backfired miserably.
Catfish prank sparks Deebo Samuel-Cam Newton beef
After seeing the supposed online interaction between Samuel and Newton go viral, it was revealed that the person on the other line was in fact, not Newton.
A pretty wild turn of events in the Deebo Samuel vs. Cam Newton beef:
Deebo shows the receipts from Cam Newton…
But it ends up that Deebo got pranked by a group of random kids who had his number pretending to be Cam 🤣
Deebo has since deleted his tweets. https://t.co/TIUg69cHfl pic.twitter.com/dCowwSrM6q
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) December 28, 2023
It seems a group of pranksters got ahold of Samuel’s phone number and impersonated the former NFL quarterback.
The discovery sparked an immediate response online.
“Deebo Samuel got catfished by someone South Carolina. He made an a– of himself trying to beef with Cam Newton.”
“Did Deebo just get trolled by a fake Cam Newton text?”
“Not Deebo Samuel getting catfished!”
Tough look for the All-Pro WR.