Overview
- Ray J made the claim on Cam Newton’s Funky Friday podcast, saying the tally reflects different partners and adding that he now has a self-imposed limit of about 1,000 more.
- He said touring inflated the total, asserting he slept with five to ten women a day on the road and estimating thousands of threesomes after first citing 5,000 and then revising to 3,500.
- He described a celebration at the Booby Trap adult venue when he hit 10,000, claiming 400 to 500 past partners attended in support.
- Newton challenged the arithmetic on air by noting the claim implies more than one and a half partners a day for 30 years, a point repeated in coverage that underscores skepticism.
- Outlets also note he has floated five-figure totals before, including a November 2025 podcast appearance, highlighting a pattern of sensational self-reports that get wide pickup without independent verification.