a99kitten's Musings

So the big “news” over the Thanksgiving holiday was a heartwarming tale of love and family…that is a man’s love spread around to many while his family was at home and then his wife heard about the love and chased his cheating ass out of the house with a golf club. I’m waiting for the Lifetime Movie version…

I don’t care who or what Tiger Woods did as a husband. That’s his wife’s concern. However, dodging the police interview after your accident – that pisses me off. Because you can be sure if I wanted to not talk to the police about something, it wouldn’t go over so well. So reading the “news” stories about his affairs – don’t care to. And don’t need or want the dirty details from the classy women selling their stories. But yes – it does matter if he is supposed to talk to the police and doesn’t. No special treatment for you ass-clown. And had you just talked to them, my bet is nothing would have come of it. But your pathetic attempt to cover up the assumed argument/beating of you by a girl with a stick only made the story interesting to the news outlets who are tired of covering silly things like the war in Afghanistan, crumbling global economies, high unemployment, government corruption, etc. Who needs that news anyway?

The ridiculous thing is celebrities pull out the “Respect My Privacy” card when they need it. But otherwise, they are out there trying to get free publicity for every event, product or cause they are happen to be hawking right now. Sorry – doesn’t work that way.

To further annoy me, on twitter I see fellow male athletes saying things like “Tiger is a man, not an angel so it shouldn’t be a surprise and to leave him alone.” Huh? So if you are a man, you can’t be expected to be faithful? To a wife you haven’t even been married to for that long and have 2 very young children with? It’s not like we are going to hear how he fell in love with his soul mate and he is leaving his wife to go make a happier life for himself. He was off having affairs with (seemingly multiple) dirty skanks who knew he was a married father and have no issue at all sleeping with a married man – clearly because he is a rich, famous athlete. And judging by the pictures I’ve seen of these women, he is not that picky. Now, if I was his beautiful, former model wife – THAT would piss me off. You embarrassed me publicly for that (those?) fugly skank(s)?? Do you NOT remember Hugh Grant??

Now, I still feel it’s no one’s business but his and his wife’s. BUT – once it became public using the same publicity machine you use FOR yourself, not much you can do. And all the late-night talk show ribbing, email jokes and tabloid fodder is all your fault for doing this in the first place and assuming you’d never get caught. Dude – the National Enquirer chased John Edwards down a hotel hallway to catch him. Did you just think you were smarter? So take your licks from the public, who in short enough time, will move on to a new salacious tabloid cover story.

In a couple weeks, US, TMZ, the National Enquirer (who apparently have better sources than the FBI as their tips seem to pan out regularly) and the rest of them will have something new to report on. The public will grow bored with your assertions of marriage counseling and posed holiday photos to show your family unity. THEN – you will really have to deal with this and your wife. And look into the eyes of your kids who are thankfully to young to read about what a schmuck Dad is.

If you guys have learned nothing in your lifetime, learn the lesson from the trials of Chief Letch Bill Clinton – if you tell a national audience you did not have sexual relations with that woman – and then they find out that you did after hearing about a blue dress and cigars (double eww) – you have to take the deserved public beating that comes next. So just tell the truth quickly and move on. Or here’s a thought – don’t do something you have to apologize for at all.