Hey, Cam Newton — David Lee Roth wants his pants back.
Yesterday, the Carolina Panthers quarterback was photographed boarding a plane to California, on his way to this year’s Super Bowl game, wearing a pair of tight, zebra-print trousers. Twitter appropriately freaked out over the $849 Versace trousers, which look like something you would more likely see on a hair-metal rocker than a football player.
But instead of a torn T-shirt — Roth’s topper of choice — Newton kept things classy with a V-neck sweater, a tie and some gold-tip shoes. And his leather motorcycle jacket brought the right amount of cool insouciance to the whole get-up. If Kanye West thought Wiz Khalifa’s pants were cool, he’s no doubt reeling with envy at the QB’s high-fashion trousers.
Super Bowl bettors, take note: GQ’s “Style Guy,” Mark Anthony Green, told espn.com that the pants could be a good harbinger for the Panthers.
“For Cam to make such a bold statement with his pants — we’ll have to see in the game — but he might walk in there with supreme confidence that this show might not really be getting to him,” said Green. “You don’t really wear pants like that if you’re having a bashful moment.”