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Posted by DFO

Dec. 2, 2009 10:40 a.m. • 23 comments

In this magazine cover image released by US Weekly Magazine, the Dec. 14 issue of “US Weekly” featuring Tiger Woods, is shown. The issue is available nationwide on newsstands on Friday. (AP Photo/US Weekly)

Question: Why do we enjoy seeing that our heroes have clay feet?

23 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Lynne on December 02 at 10:44 a.m.
Why do we enjoy seeing that our heroes have clay feet?

I don’t. It just makes me sad. *sigh*
Cindy_H on December 02 at 10:44 a.m.
Stop it DFO!
As Toadman used to say “you’re harshing my mellow!”
Cindy_H on December 02 at 10:44 a.m.
Or was that “Squashing my mallow?”
Cabbage Boy on December 02 at 10:48 a.m.
Harshing my mellow.

And yes, drop the national tabloid and focus on the local tabloid please. That is enough dirt for one blog.
IdahoDad on December 02 at 10:49 a.m.
Here’s something I don’t understand. Look at his wife, then look at his mistress.

Does Tiger need his eyes checked?
BlueinIdaho on December 02 at 10:50 a.m.
What a doofus. Now he’ll have half his kids and half his money. Hope that bed he made is still worth sleeping in.
Phaedrus on December 02 at 10:51 a.m.
When you can’t be with the one you love,
well then,
love the one your with.
Moron.
Sisyphus on December 02 at 11:11 a.m.
He is not nor will ever be a hero of mine. Don’t confuse heroism with celebrity or media obsession with something interesting. I could give a rat’s behind what he does with his private life.
moscow_minidoka on December 02 at 11:17 a.m.
“Why do we enjoy seeing that our heroes have clay feet?”

I don’t enjoy this type of trash journalism or the invasion of privacy or the media feeding frenzy. The reaction by *some* Americans and the press actually sickens me FAR MORE than whether or not Tiger cheated on his wife, which is a personal and PRIVATE matter.
poolman on December 02 at 11:33 a.m.
The dude is a great golfer, other than that there isn’t much known about the guy. His personality is dull, he isn’t particularly eloquent when he gives interviews, he’s been extremely private and unwilling to grant any insight into his personal life. What do we know about the guy, really? Apparently he likes to scuba dive and lift weights. Now we can add - bang slutty girls. Not much to dilute that out with. But, the dude is a great golfer…
JohnA on December 02 at 12:01 p.m.
The Chicago Sun-Times quotes a source that the Woods’ prenup is being ‘revised’. An immediate ‘seven-figure’ amount has been transferred to her account plus the ten-year marraige requirement before she could receive $20 million is being ‘shortened and sweetened’. All of this so she won’t move out of the manse and take the kids.

Is money that important that she’d stay with someone who allegedly cheated on her? It appears when his $100-million-per-year in endorsements are involved, the answer presumably is ‘yes’.
Fixer on December 02 at 12:06 p.m.
Damn you, Tiger Woods, if you hadn’t been cheating you wouldn’t have crashed your car to cover up the injuries your wife inflicted with that golf club - and we wouldn’t have to keep hearing about this!
spokelooneh on December 02 at 12:32 p.m.
As I said before, I could NOT care less about Tiger Wood.

Sis jumped on it first, but I still have to chime in.

Calling Tiger Wood a hero is an INSULT to the true heroes out there. There is something very wrong in brain functioning to think great “sports” players are heroes.
hmoffsuite on December 02 at 12:37 p.m.
Spoke. I couldn’t agree more.
Charlie on December 02 at 12:47 p.m.
Sorry Tiger, you are a fool!
OrangeTV on December 02 at 12:49 p.m.
The only thing I enjoy more than trashy tabloid gossip is seeing the holier-than-thou crowd get all haughty about how they really couldn’t care less about trashy tabloid gossip and attempt to make themselves seem so refined and oh-so-above such trivial matters as Hollywood celebrities and their antics. These are usually the people who actually subscribe to US magazine and the National Enquirer so they don’t have to risk being spotted purchasing them in the checkout line. As I’ve said before, I quite enjoy the stinky cheese and yellow sensationalism of trashy pop culture rags and I’m not afraid to admit it!
OrangeTV on December 02 at 12:52 p.m.
As for Tiger Woods, he’s foolish but ultimately: so what. He did seem to want to portray a moral and untouchable image, but we all know there’s always skeletons lurking somewhere and they’re bound to come out eventually. He ought to just do a Letterman - own up to it, be completely honest and move on. I don’t think it’ll affect his career one bit ultimately.
Lizard_People on December 02 at 1:20 p.m.
I can see why you’d think that, OTV, looking at our degenerate American culture, but it isn’t universally true quite yet. Give it another 30 years and we may find all ourselves happily wallowing in the shallow mudpuddle you’ve just described.

Please don’t construe the above remarks as a personal attack. I rather enjoy your columns.
JeanieSpokane on December 02 at 1:42 p.m.
Nope - don’t enjoy it - don’t care - don’t even look as I fly through the check stand.
Sisyphus on December 02 at 1:48 p.m.
Oh now Orange, I’m really not trying to cop an attitude. I don’t deny celebrity popularity, I’m just not one who cares. I’ve intentionally opted out from as much of the commercial world as I can avoid cause there’s a compulsion implicit in the act to buy things unnecessarily. But complete avoidance is impossible and I can’t deny the occasional foray into a discussion since the ubiquitous nature of the gossip provides a common frame of reference. Its why I love the tubes cause it makes it easy to choose the subjects I desire to engage. Sorry I chimed in on this one. Maybe its cause I subscribe to Mark Twain’s opinion of golf as ‘a good walk ruined’.
OrangeTV on December 02 at 1:51 p.m.
Thanks, LP and no offense taken at all. My main point was really that it IS possible to enjoy both highbrow and lowbrow elements of culture and it doesn’t have to be a reflection on one’s moral or intellectual status. The tabloids are just a form of entertainment, and if you don’t enjoy them, fine - don’t read them; but it’s not becoming to look down one’s nose at those who do.
Lizard_People on December 02 at 4:27 p.m.
That is something I can agree with, OTV.

I am worried, though, because we ARE losing highbrow (refined) culture.
hmoffsuite on December 02 at 7:16 p.m.
Woods prenup would cost him $300 million if Elin splits. Pretty expensive flings.

http://wcbstv.com/sports/tiger.woods.affair.2.1346199.html

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