I couldn’t believe it when the national news was playing audio of a voicemail that Tiger Woods left for one of the women he was boinking. There seems to be a rush of sluts wanting to cash in on their relationships with Tiger now that the dam’s been broken. It’s a remarkably tasteless level of intrusion into somebody’s private life, even for a celebrity.
“There seems to be a rush of sluts wanting to cash in on their relationships with Tiger now that the dam’s been broken. It’s a remarkably tasteless level of intrusion into somebody’s private life, even for a celebrity.”
I’ve gone through a range of reactions the past few days.
At first I was tickled to watch his refusal to speak to the press.
I love it - they think people HAVE to talk to them just because they have a microphone - a “journalism” degree - and they demand it.
It is sad to see so many disgusting women benefit from this.
They knew he was married - they didn’t care.
These are not people we should be throwing money at.
On the other hand - when the 4th, 5th, 6th (and so on) chicks showed it’s been more difficult to feel sorry for Tiger.
The guy has made a billion dollars.
HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO LEAVE SO MANY COMPROMISING TEXTS WITH SO MANY WOMEN HE HARDLY KNEW?
dumb dumb dumb.
I haven't made many comments on the Woods thing, but here's my take.
Woods has spent his career creating an image. This image has allowed him to amass $900,000,000 in celebrity endorsements. He has enjoyed the fruits of this. To a person like me, who doesn't pay much attention to celebrity endorsements one way or the other, it seems insane that a man should be able to amass that much money by endorsing products. However, it's not really any of my business, as Tiger has never forced me to pay for any of his products, and has never pried money out of my wallet against my will.
Here's the flip side of that. If he gets the profit of this irrational fascination with him, the flip side is that when he crashes into a fire hydrant and a telephone pole, there's also irrational interest in him from the other direction.
Woods chose this by creating his character. This kind of celebrity doesn't just happen. It's the result of marketing by a PR team that has a product and controls it very well. Much of the fascination with this is that dam breaking of the monumental facade that is the Tiger Woods money making machine.
As to David Letterman, well, was it really any surprise that he we boinking employees? I mean, look at Letterman, and imagine him saying, "Oh, I couldn't do that; it would be wrong." about anything. I can't do it. I can't imagine Letterman restraining himself from doing anything he felt like doing because his morality got in the way.
Tiger could have been a successful multi-millionaire player with a lower profile and more privacy if he had not employed the PR people to create his persona. It made him a billionaire, but it also created an unrealistic expectation from people about who he was as a man.
I guess you miss the picture. He was covering up and kept it secret instead of calling off the relationship. He is in the same category as Roger Clemens as far as I concerned. At least David Letterman told the truth, did not mislead and profit from a squeaky clean image.