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So About That Tiger Woods Press Conference
So Tiger Woods just got done apologizing to his wife, the sport of golf, and the public for his infidelities. And all we’re left with is: Do we actually care much about this? Maybe, if you’ve ever been with somebody who cheated on you, or maybe you were the one who cheated. But undoubtedly, there was less public scrutiny. We imagine Mr. Woods is quite sorry, for being caught mostly.
I was watching it with some women and as soon as he started attacking the press they all rolled their eyes and said “Oh yeah, because it’s all about how you were wronged”. That seemed to be a stupid move on his part.
Well your friends are being irrational. He was attacking the press for going after his family, not him. And the paps for chasing his family around.
Regardless of what he did, those are legit complaints.
My issue was when he said people were blaming his wife, saying she attacked him and that made him angry because she is not to blame. I don’t know about anyone else, but thinking she went after him with one of his golf clubs made me love her, not blame her.
No. 2 · Caleb said…
Well your friends are being irrational. He was attacking the press for going after his family, not him. And the paps for chasing his family around.
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No, it was a deflection, this was supposed to be an apology. You don’t break in the middle of an apology to attack somebody else if you are genuinely contrite. It was all staged well right up to the hug with his mother at the end.
omg TIGER I WANNA HAVE YOUR BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!
He started off more angry as he read his bullet points but he probably has a problem expressing contrition. He would have knocked a hole-in-one with a few tears – he was the low-downest dirtiest dog that could have infected his wife with STDs. Before this broke, you could judge a person how they tipped the Valet ($2) and the fact that he walked across the Writer’s Strike picket line to make the Benjamins! He needs a Soul Transplant!
The only people Tiger has to apologize to are his wife and children. He’s a philanderer–it’s not a crime, and it has no impact on his ability to perform his job. He didnt take steroids or cheat on his scores. The real problem is the way people turn professional athletes into automatic role models. And i cant help but wonder if race plays into the press’s obsession with this non-story.
Cam,
Who said this was only an apology? It was a press conference. No one said the only thing he was going to do was apologize.
And since he isn’t likely to talk about this in public again any time soon, it made complete sense to address his concerns over the media’s focus on his wife and kids. He admitted he brought this on them, but it was unacceptable to do what they were doing. He’s not wrong.
No. 7 · Caleb said…
Cam,
Who said this was only an apology? It was a press conference. No one said the only thing he was going to do was apologize.
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No, a press conference allows questions. This was a scripted apology, in fact several of the GOLF publications boycotted it specifically because it WASN’T a press conference.
Good thing he didn’t come out as bi. He’d really get torn a new one by teh geys.
No. 9 · Michael W. said…
Good thing he didn’t come out as bi. He’d really get torn a new one by teh geys.
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Ahhh, never missing an excuse to play the victimolgy game. Funny because the bi’s over in the other thread are the ones calling the gays names and attacking. If you come out and punch somebody, THEY aren’t the agressor if they push back.
I think he was truly sorry. Sorry he got caught.
But, the only person he needed to apologize to was his wife. He didn’t owe the public or anyone else an apology. If he wanted to screw (no pun intended) with his marriage, that was his business.
I just didn’t buy the press conference thing. Too little, too late
Skip the therapy. Tiger could become a citizen of South Africa and marry as many women as he wanted – polygamy is legal. South Africa’s polygamous president Zuma, already has 19 children, and recently tied the knot with his fifth wife.
Semantics…there was nothing wrong with him telling people to back off his wife and kids. He made it pretty clear he takes blame for all of this and I don’t think his infidelity relinquishes his right to protect his family.
Big Question? Do we really care!!!!! I don’t, it’s not like everyone isn’t doin it and doin it well. ;-) PEACELUVNBWILD!
I agree with MEOWZER. He’s not sorry for anything but getting caught and losing his multimillion $$$ contracts. Regardless, who the fuck cares and why? Our ridiculous society demands he make a statement about his personal life and owes us an apology. Americans and the media are just a bunch of idiotic jackasses to think that this is actually news. Far from it.
so he cheated, so what..he’s a man. he likes sex. press conferences r for hags.
Tiger was simply doing what any Gay or straight person possessing a penis would have done if they had his fame and money. His problem is that he was a bitch to his brand. His Father Earl first and then his handlers made sure the brand was pristine. He had to be squeaky clean, get married to the model loooks girl, spit out the beautiful kids, and live happily ever after. All without Tiger ever being able to sow his oats and fcuk his brains out like most guys would have done prior to settling down………….He has more money than he can ever spend, and he still will earn tens of millions in the future. To go thru this whole freaking charade of “sex rehab” and bowing down to his wife is just a bad movie being played out……..His job was to golf and golf well………He shold have simply told everyone to fcuk off………..
Terrwill: I tend to agree. What he did was, frankly, the usual for many guys. The problem was he was promoted as some sort of uber-jock that was superior to one and all, and in a game that appeals to a lot of guys that fancy themselves superior and elite. I don’t think he deserves any sympathy, though; he acted like a garden variety jerk. I kind of expected him to be smarter about it, you know, fewer but better quality broads would have made it easier to keep it discreet.
All in all, just another dude too dumb to realize how lucky he was.
@ ROMEO
Well said! If anyone (not only Tiger or athletes or celebrities) has an affinity for nailing every IHOP hostess in the country, DON’T GET MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN!!! I know people say that his father or his agent or the brands that own him pressured him into his situation. Well boo-fucking-hoo. Tiger needs to put on his big boy pants and take control of his own life instead of being a slave to daddy, the almighty dollar, and strange pussy.
Frankly, I don’t care + think we’re too much into celebs’ personal lives, in general. Between him + his family, imo.
It looked exactly like the video Michael Jackson released when he looked into the camera and told America his side of his first arrest for abusing little boys in the ’90s.
Orchestrated, controlled, arrogant, smug, and fake.
His apology was owed to his wife [Hej Elin!] and kids, not so much to his fans, IMO. Let them handle that between themselves —and, er, their lawyers.
I’m no PR expert, but the best thing he could do after his supposed “sex rehab” and scripted self-flagellation is to hit the damn golf tournaments and play very well.
A few wins and all won’t be forgotten, but newer and better news will be first on most fans’ mind. He’s a superb athlete, and sure, his brand is “tainted” for now but he can survive this sorry episode and do what he’s best at: getting the ball into the hole with the fewest strokes possible.
No sexual metaphor implied with that last bit. Really.
The media is angry because Tiger has shunned them since the beginning of his career, refusing to let them get near his personal life. They are ultra pissed now that Tiger has refused to grovel at their feet and spill his guts in a tear filled rant on Oprah’s couch. If anyone feels entitled it is the media, they are attacking his apology because he refused to indulge them in a question and answer session (i.e. he refused to stimulate their genitals). Tiger is an adroit capitalist that has made over a billion dollars in advertising and golf on his own terms while living wildly and screwing what ever he wanted at the same time, he had his cake and ate it licking his plate clean and some people resent that. Regardless of whether he is sincere or not in his apology is irrelevant to us because as he said the apology is for his wife and friends not for the media and us.
While I am appalled at how he treated his family and outright object to his moral judgment, I have no right to instill my values on him just as focus on the family has no right to instill their values on me or stick their noses in my bedroom. It is his wife and Tigers decision on where there marriage goes from here not Tigers, his wife, the media, you, and my decision. One thing is for sure, Tiger doesn’t owe me anything and I surly don’t owe him a thing. Tiger is going to go on living his billionaire’s and athlete’s life after the scandal having no impact on me whatsoever.
kudos to elin
for making him to this pointless perp walk solo!!!
alicia banks
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