When the story first broke that Tiger Woods was in a crash I was disinterested. I read the headlines but that was the extent of my knowledge of incident. When it came out that the wreck might of been because he was fighting with his wife for his (ahem) "transgressions" I was still incurious.
Should we really ever be surprised when a celebrity cheats on his wife? As you may have read in my post How To Be Thankful, I don't think people with that much money have a real necessity for things like morals and genuine happiness. Tiger Woods has billions of dollars, he has plenty of money to have instant gratification every second of his life. I would be more unconvinced at the idea that he didn't cheat on his wife. He was a prodigy, he's the most famous golfer in the world, he's won tons of golf tournaments...he more than likely has a pretty hefty ego. People with large egos like to womanize. See Donald Trump.
In essence, I was pretty incurious about his affairs and car wreck until I heard a song on the radio called the Tiger Woods/ What Ya Say Remix. I heard the song and thought it was funny. I don't think his family's misfortune is funny. I think the funny part is how tacky the world is. At the most a marriage has been ruined and a family has been torn apart and all some DJ thought, "Oh, I got me Tiger Woodseseses audio clip of him begging his mistress to change her name on her phone...Imma mix that with a song about a guy cheatin on his lady" And people went for it! They got behind this and put it on the radio. Can't something be sacred to people? Shouldn't we feel bad for his wife. Shouldn't we respect her privacy?
(Now this may be slightly off topic but let's all take a moment to think about the assertion that homosexuals getting married ruins the sanctity of marriage. If anything, celebrities getting married ruins the sanctity of marriage. Go ahead, I'll give you a whole minute to think of 5 famous people that actually made it to their silver anniversary. But as much sanctity ruining that celebrities do, I still feel pretty fulfilled in my marriage. So I say, let's give the gays a shot.)
Back to Woodsy. So after this song came out, I was sort of interested. Now it is being reported that he may have cheated on his wife with somewhere around ten women. Ten women! Oh my! I find this fascinating primarily because now this will be his legend. While his legend used to be, being a prodigy and amazing golfer, now his legend to many people will be this scandal. Especially since most people don't enjoy golf. This kind of behavior may fly with A-Rod, but golf is lame buddy. I bet there's a considerable group of people that can't name one other person currently playing pro-golf.
Alot people may think Tiger is doomed but we don't really know how much good PR billions of dollars can buy. Maybe he'll be able to pay KFC to give away free dinners with some kind of CIA "Now, let's all forget this thing ever happened drug." in it. His wife may have to eat it every night for about almost two weeks. Some people think that Tiger and his wife could perhaps work through this but I really doubt it. First of all, they aren't going to get any privacy or time to process this alone. It is hard enough to salvage a marriage with that luxury let alone trying to salvage one with the added pressure of the media and paparazzi. Second, I have heard that in cases of infidelity, the only way to regain trust once it's lost in a marriage is for the cheating partner to be 100% transparent to their scorned spouse. As much as he travels for his career, I don't think the missus will ever be able to trust him again. If they stay together, I fear their children will grow up in a resentful environment. Although, maybe that will happen whether they stay together or not.
