Wow. I hope I am never famous. I just watched an ESPN interview of Tiger Woods, and we all know about the tenaciousness of the national media when they think they are covering a big story that people care about. They took it straight to Tiger, asking him questions that cut straight to his soul, questioning his personal values.
I have no idea why people are so interested in Tiger Woods' personal problems with his family. Is it really that big a deal or really that surprising that one of the most famous athletes on the planet had extra marital affairs? I don't think so. This is not the first time or the last time that this will happen. It's human nature, and Tiger Woods is, in the end, only human. I just think that the media coverage something like this attracts is way out of proportion. Is it big news if the loser down the street from you cheats on his wife? Would you even give a shit? Of course not. So who cares if Tiger Woods did it? And why hammer him with questions and accusations when we ourselves would probably have done the same thing in his situation or probably worse. I can't stand the self righteousness of the media, when they are, in fact, vultures. Someone is going through the worst crisis of their life? That's a top story. People want to know about that and how it feels, which of course they can never know unless they go through it themselves.
It's all bullshit and if I were as famous as Tiger Woods I would not handle it nearly as well as him. I don't do well with people I don't know questioning the way I live my life, thinking they are somehow better than me.
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