Talk about Tiger's "transgressions". I feel bad for him. He's socially awkward to the point that he wouldn't land his current, or future wives without golf.
The Letterman approach wouldn't work. By being blackmailed, Letterman was able to make himself the victim and played it beautifully (and got a nice ratings boost in the process). If I'm Tiger, I blame it all on Charles Barkley.
Adam Carolla put it pretty well saying that it is almost inevitable for athletes in peak physical form, earning millions (or in Tigers case damn near billions), to succumb to situations like this. Awkward or not he probably had an almost infinite about of girls propositioning him. For me though, now that I know what type of girls throw themselves at celebrities by watching hours of VH1 of Love shows, which one of the girls was from, it kind of takes the luster off of stardom a bit. Not that I wouldn't trade my soul to be in his position but the fairy tale isn't as rosy as I thought it was. If there was any celebrity personality I would strive for if I some how were able to become one, I'd definitely go Charles Barkley.
Just make it stop. I don't care what you have to do or where you stick your nine-iron, Tiger. Just make it so I never have to hear a damn story about it again.
I'm not sure what I'm more sick of hearing about: Tiger, or the retards who snuck into the White House party. Yes, what he did was morally wrong and shame, shame, shame and all of that. But honestly, why the fuck are we talking about this? He's a golfer. A highly successful and incredibly wealthy golfer, sure. But a golfer all the same. Who gives a shit if he buried his driver in some short grass all across the country. He wasn't doing drugs or banging hookers (that he had to pay anyway), so why does the public have the need to get into such a powerful upheaval over this shit? Because he's a celebrity? Because "Oh won't somebody please think of the children? Those little, innocent golfing children?" He shouldn't have to be held to a higher standard just because he's famous. He's clearly just as riddled with shortcomings as the rest of us are. His profession, his billion dollars, and his Tag Heuer ads don't change that. Cheating on your wife may make you a dick, but that's where the public's opinion should begin and end. Sidenote: I think I heard somewhere that his wife was a nanny for another golfer before they met. A Swedish nanny. A hot, Swedish nanny. Some fantasies just fall into your lap, huh?
Cheating on your wife is a dick move, but at least his kids are too young to really know what's going on. I think his wife had to know what she was getting herself into when they got together though. People in Tiger's stratosphere are almost always going to fuck around, it's just how it goes. Maybe not, maybe she really thought he was different, but I think it's more like she just had enough and/ or she was pissed he was doing this around the holidays. One of her first reactions was to re-negotiate the prenup so it would seem she knows what the deal is. He got his, she's gonna get hers one way or another. I don't really care. Frankly I'm just enjoying all the pictures of his wife and mistresses that are popping up everywhere now.
She was a nanny and it's through her employer at the time, another golfer, that she and Tiger met. The guy came out and bashed Tiger saying he felt bad because he was the link between the two, which I think is bullshit, because chances are he's not perfect. I think that maybe if it hadn't became public knowledge in a rather violent way, it would still be news but not near the storm it's caused. I also think that people put him on a pedestal and think because "he's Tiger" he is infallible, adding to the publics shock value over this. People fuck, rich and "famous" people fuck even more.
Not only was she a nanny, she also has a twin, who she was working as a nanny with. TWINS... Swedish Twins..
While this is probably an incredibly naive outlook, Elin is ridiculously boner-inducingly hot and I don't understand what would compel him to cheat on her. The best you could do is find a woman that is as attractive as her. Uchitel isn't even THAT attractive. I mean yes, she's hot, but she looks like she just came off the factory line with her lips already in dick sucking mode. It's like in Mad Men where Jon Hamm cheats on January Jones with some old hag. I want to throw things at my computer -- okay well I don't care that much, but it's still puzzling to me.
Look up some of the messages and stuff. Imagining those words coming from Tiger "I'm socially awkward and have never said anything remotely controversial in my career" Woods is pretty damn weird. Like hearing a grandmother swear. The same pussy for years is still the same pussy for years, no matter how hot it is. Oh....oh my....I think I need some alone time. Be right back.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I will have immeasurable respect for the first celebrity who calls a press conference, walks up to the podium, throws both middle fingers in the air, and tells the American people to go fuck themselves with their own fucking faces for thinking they deserve an explanation or an apology for anything involving that celebrity's personal life. Stop feeding the animals, and they won't come begging anymore.
I posted a status on Facebook yesterday saying that I thought that the whole debacle was concocted by the PGA in an attempt to garner TV ratings as an outlandish joke theory. People responded and boy were they pissed. If I had to place a guess as to why I'd say that there are so many talking heads spewing theories and opinions that are just plain retarded that I got mixed in with that group.
Any person who has taken to judging Tiger in this matter has to consider this simple question. Would you, in Tigers shoes, turn down all the free pussy that your stature and bankroll afford you?* If your answer is yes, congratulations on being honest with yourself, now shut the fuck up. If your answer is no, take a good long look at your own life and stop lying to yourself. Then shut the fuck up. Professional athletes do this without even thinking, the only reason Tiger is getting so much scrutiny is because this is the final veil of Country Club veneer that Tiger has stripped from the game. Golf was a gentleman's pursuit, with stand up guys like Palmer and Nicklaus carrying the banner, but if you think for a second that they didn't nail a cocktail waitress or two in their time, you're delusional. Those who have elevated this to anything besides a strip of text next to that weekends leader board really need to find something newsworthy to talk about. Bottom line, stop acting so shocked now that the curtain has been pulled back, it's nothing we didn't already know. *In the interest of full disclosure, if I was Tiger Woods, I would have done it too, the whole supermodel wife thing probably doesn't even phase him anymore, when he can go out and bag another one.
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As to the way he should handle it, it's quite simple. I heard their pre-nup is such that she gets 20 million if they're married 10 years. If I were Tiger, I'd give her one of the houses, 40 million, and work out very generous child support and get divorced. Why? Because this is going to happen again (and I hear they're 'renegotiating' their pre-nup). The guy is going to fuck around on her again. So get all the scandal out of the way at one time, accept that you made a mistake (he probably shouldn't have gotten married if he wants to fuck a bunch of randoms), plus, having a wife willing to wield a nine iron in your direction if it happens again? Yeah, I'd pass. Take the PR hit now, get it all out of the way, and people will eventually drop it.
His wife is hot, but I don't blame him. Without golf, Tiger Woods is Stephen Erkel with better math skills due to genetics. He won't lose any sponsers, because who are they going to replace him with?
I really love Jason Whitlock's two articles about this; http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/104 ... xplanation http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/104 ... a%27s-game A rich, handsome young billionaire cheats on his wife? Stop the fucking presses! Then he doesn't wish to discuss it with the entire world, and wants to keep it a private matter? How fucking dare he.
If only Tiger had some alcohol in his system, this story would never have gotten out. He would have had to deal with 2-3 weeks of OMG, he drove drunk, he could be a menace to society, BLAH BLAH BLAH. But without any alcohol, people are questioning why a sober man with some of the best hand-eye coordination can't back his car out of his driveway and nope, not because he is half asian. I know that was my first thought, it just seemed so bizarre and then you have a cavalcade of women coming out of the woodwork (btw, good job on picking a lady who was on a VH-1 reality show, no way would she seek out publicity). Yes, he has an incredibly hot wife and 2 children. He is probably also one of the most hyper-competitive people out there always striving to out perform himself and others, and adding those notches to the bedpost is just another competition. That, or he was ruthlessly mocked as a kid and could never get any decently attractive girl to give him the time of day and things change when awash in the tang. Or peer pressure, he is good friends with Michael Jordan and Chuck Barkley.