It's on here at work and everyone stopped to watch it. I could hear it in the background. He shoulda blamed it all on the Ambien.

I give him props for defending Elin, but that was the most emotion he showed during the whole thing.

Nope not in the least. I didn't think it was necessary for a public apology. He could've kept that ish between him, his wife, and his sponsors. I didn't see Allred's reaction, but I tend to pay her little mind anyway.

What Tiger should have said

or this

I hate that they halted reality to show us that stupid announcement. How about not every cares and I would rather watch The View? How about WAIT FOR REAL GROUNDBREAKING news and events before you interrupt regular scheduled programs. For Tiger Woods? SRSLY? ORLY?

I laughed when he talked about how he got himself into this--but leave his wife and kids alone--oh and "many of you may not know this but...." he was raised Buddhist and has reached out to Buddhism for direction and strength. Yay Tiger, yay.

Also, this whole sex addict thing has become synonymous with "men who do what they can get away with until they can no longer get away with it."

He also announced his return

The apology was probably presented as well as possible. There's always going to be a scripted element to these types of events, but I can't really complain about the way he made the statement. I don't agree with what he did, but at this point he had interests to protect and he acted accordingly. I have no idea if he was sincere, but then again that's something between him and his family.

If I were his PR/crisis management team, I would have been very pleased with how it went today. I'd be interested to hear from the PR practitioners on the board, as I know there are at least a couple who are experienced in the industry.

One interesting aspect, at least for me as a former journalist, was the fact that a number of sportswriters boycotted the event because of the "invite only" aspect. To be honest, I'm not sure what I would have done if I were in their position, although it likely would have been whatever my editor wanted for me to do.

They interrupted it because it would get ratings - the number of usual viewers who were driven away was outweighed by the number of people who tuned in just to watch the announcement.

You can call it a symptom of a celebrity-obsessed culture, but I completely understand why they did it.

It's news because it's Tiger Woods. He's one of the most famous athletes in the world, and there's a lot of curiosity about the situation. Whether we liked it or not, we're discussing it on a message board.

For those of us who don't care, we don't have a whole lot we can do other than telling friends that this stuff really isn't that important.

I think the media pushed it. Everyone talked about he needed to come out and admit it and balh blah blah. To be honest I'm surprised he didn't commit suicide with how media-crazed this event has been.

I have a PR degree but I haven't used it professionally. However, if I were his PR team, I would have written his apology.... which is probably what his PR team did. Also, I think it wouldn't have been such a huge deal if he would have come forward earlier and not gone into hiding. I don't agree with how the media reacted to everything, but since our society is so star-obsessed nowadays and feels they need an explanation, that's my answer to it.

Why would he commit suicide?

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!
 

Just saw the Allred interview. Her client, " a former porn start" deserves an apology because she quit her job because Tiger was jealous.

EXCUSE ME????? :eek:

What part of HE IS MARRIED that you didn't know? You didn't care as long as Tiger was paying the bills and you got the benefits.

Guess without your clothes you don't have a brain!

Gloria Allred is an embarrassment to all women. The "women" she represents are disgusting hos and she's a professional extortionist.

She quit porn for Tiger. That says a lot.

Wait...he lied to her.

I dont know which is worse...him 'apologizing' or her expecting one.

I can't believe how far 20/20 has gone down the tubes. Their main story was on this ridiculous Tiger having a press conference crap.

WHO GIVES A SHIT!!

are you serious?????????????????? jeez.

Yes, I am serious. A lame dude who plays a lame sport stuck his lame dick in a bunch of lame girls. WHO CARES???

It's lame when a man is cheating but cheating with 10+ makes this so bad. I think that's the real reason everyone's harping on it (if that's true about MJ then he sucks too). But definitely not 20/20 worthy. There are more important things going on in the world.

But again, he's one of the most famous athletes in the world, and it's a crazy story with a definite curiosity factor. You and I might not care about it, but I'll bet 20/20 got solid ratings (in comparison to its usual ratings).

LMAO

Unfortunately, they probably did. Thus the sad state of humanity.

The divorce is final...Tiger can go f**k porn stars and ugly waitresses at will

link

Yay Elin! Good for her.:)

Darn, you beat me to it. Just saw this on the news.

I agree.

Tiger Woods is a loser.

I hope she took him for big bucks. His dick was more important than his family and his money. Fuck him.

Who CARES?!

He's a loser at life and his golf game hasn't been winning him anything either.

Yes, this!
Elin took this to heart:
"Don't get mad, get EVERYTHING!" :D

I ain't mad at her

:D

A contributor to The Early Show said they did a post-nup (post pre-nup) after this scandal and Elin took her maiden name back. She stands to make 100-500 million. :)

:) "Give me HALF, Eddie!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SniOXFhwIZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4sE...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWmTz...eature=related

The only thing that's remotely interesting to me about this is that they chose to file the divorce in my part of Florida. Apparently, the media in Orlando would have been hipped to a filing down there much quicker than in a smaller county, and it would have been a circus. As it was, Tiger and Elin had left the courthouse and probably Panama City before any statements were made.

Go Elin!

So because he went outside of his marriage she should try to get as much money as she can?

Greedy much?

Did I stutter?

he'll be back. and he'll more than make up what he lost in this divorce.

he should pick better women, though.

LOL. I never cared about Tiger Woods but now I have better jokes for him than the Caucablasian thing.

If you're gonna do dirt, do better dirt.

his vetting process is the worst. he's tiger woods. he can have any woman on the planet.

and he picks the perkins waitress? GTFOH. if i was his ass, i woulda gone for michelle and dared barack (and the joint chiefs) to say something.

LMAO.

And when he does, he'll probably pick up an STD, if he hasn't already.

BULLSHIT.


You've lost your damn mind.

LMAO, well maybe not any. but more than the average joe.

well, he's slept with a porn star who was known for the double-vaginal. so i'm thinking that either he's got one already, or he's going strapped up.

But you said...

:D

What's "the double-vaginal?" :confused:

I may be going to hell, but this is FUN: http://www.break.com/games/tiger-woods-wife-outrun.html