Dear Tiger:
Why did you even bother apologizing? It was awkward, insincere, and bizarre. It was bizarre that you apologized to a room full of random people…who WERE those 34 people in the room? The room, itself, was hideous. Those cheap blue curtains looked like they belonged in a bad hotel. The only person I recognized in that sea of uncomfortable-ness was your pissed off mother in the front row with her arms crossed, a look of disgust on her face….do you blame her?
Your attitude was agitated throughout the conference. You looked angry when you spoke of domestic violence (claiming Elin never attacked you during the Turkey Day incident) and you looked angry when addressing the way the media has handled the incident since November. How did you expect the media to act? Did you really think you were entitled to everything (or everyone in your case) that you wanted? Did the mystique of too much money and too much fame ruin you, rotting your character from the inside out like a disease? The fact that your wife wasn't there speaks volumes. She doesn't buy this arrogant "faux-pology" anymore than the public does.
You sent mixed messages to the public and to your family. Are you standing here apologizing? Are you standing here as a humbled man who needs to work on himself? Although you addressed that you were irresponsible, that you were wrong for what you did, would you really be standing there apologizing if you hadn't got caught? Were you so arrogant to assume that you wouldn't get caught? How many women did it take to bring down the Tiger?
Now, while I believe that the media should leave children alone (under the age of 18), you did bring this attention to them. You brought this situation on yourself. You can't have it both ways. You can't bask in the glory of the public, making millions off of the sport in the public eye, and the get mad when the media is interested in your family because of the light you have brought to them. I also found it hilarious that you apologized to sponsors and business associates before you apologized to your wife and kids. Money before love, is that how it works? That is a great message to send to your children. It also resolidified my gut feeling that this apology is more for Nike than it is for Elin and the babies. Which really made my stomach turn. (Doesn't surprise me, though.) Actually, nothing you would do would surprise me at this point. Maybe if you had read a few articles from twodaymag and learned something about how valuable love and respect are to any healthy relationship, you wouldn't be going through your personal hell. Oh well, some things must be born of fire. Consider this a rebirth.
I don't just blame you, Tiger. I blame our whole culture of celebrity. We love when this shit happens to people like you. We create kings just to destroy them. We wanted you to succeed. We wanted you to amass a great fortune, marry the ultimate trophy wife, win at your celebrated sport, have those beautiful babies. We wanted you to have it all, so that when your inner monster was created and let loose, we could hunt you down and destroy you. This is the game the people play with their celebrities. Don't be fooled, Tiger. You are merely a pawn in this game and right now, it looks like the public's response to your pathetic apology is, "Checkmate."
(Tiger's Video Apology Coming Shortly....having technical issues...Sorry! See, now Tiger isn't the only one apologizing twoday!)
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