Good morning Qcity! In today’s edition of Morning Brew, Cam Newton is giving his haters a piece of his mind. Deiondra Sanders puts her stepmother, Pilar Sanders, on blast for allegedly feeding the media slanderous, untruths about her daddy. Read on to find out what other people in the news are saying:

Cam Newton weighs in on his critics

“I had people who can’t throw a football telling me my mechanics were wrong. I had people taking shots at my character, classifying me as a thug, as a hoodlum. After Week 3 or 4, all these same people wanted an interview. I said, ‘You were giving me all this crap and had so much to say about how I was going to play, and now you want to talk? No. Just sit back and watch the show, man.’ ” – Cam Newton on proving his critics wrong in an interview with ESPN The Magazine. 
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Deiondra Sanders puts her stepmother on blast

“ #HOWYOUDIDNTKNOW #PILAR #HowYouDidntKnow but yo boxes have been packed for weeks now #RealTalk” – Deion Sanders' eldest daughter Deiondra in a Twitter rant yesterday after TMZ reported that her stepmother, reality TV-star and actress Pilar Biggers-Sanders claimed she found out about her husband’s decision to end their 13-year marriage online.  
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Council member’s sexual orientation a non-issue

“We focused so much energy on being prepared to discuss my relationship, we were shocked it didn't come up. I didn't have one person ask about my sexuality.” – LaWana Mayfield, Charlotte’s first openly gay council member, in an interview with The Charlotte Observer.  

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Do we have an obligation to give back?

“I personally give to those I know of who work hard and through no fault of their own come upon hard times. I don't know of a single one of those individuals who would think of it as ‘giving back’ as though they deserved it. They are extremely grateful and do not believe that I owe them a thing. What do you ‘give back’ besides teaching others to be entitled? ” – A Qcitymetro.com reader’s comment about the concept of giving back following a commentary piece on the Air Jordan debacle.
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Coming out on the big screen

"This is the story I wanted to tell because it's something that I lived as I was coming out. A big part of my struggle was not just knowing that I loved women, but who I was in the world. I had to learn to be OK with myself, and I wanted to dramatize that." -- Dees Rees, writer and director of the film Pariah, on her motives for making the movie. 
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