Bubba Woods
Be it athletes, politicians or actors, I long ago accepted that you have to embrace people for the parts of their personalities that are positive and productive. Bill Clinton was an extremely effective president, all things considered. He was not, however, a particularly good husband. But his vow to me and the American public was not to keep it in his pants, but rather to balance the budget and create jobs. He was good at the latter two efforts, and the former does not affect me.
Likewise, Tom Cruise is a good actor, but a crazy human being. Fortunately, we rarely have to spend time together. His lunacy is well contained outside of my existence. So I can accept him as the brilliant star who brought gay culture into mainstream America with Top Gun.
I grew up in the era of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Doc Gooden, Michael Jordan, Mark McGwire and Gary Hart. At a certain point, you have to appreciate the fact that just because someone excels at something, they aren’t necessarily a good person. In fact, if you’re famous enough to show up on the general public’s radar, odds are that you’ve developed a good dose of arrogance and sense of entitlement.
Enter Tiger Woods. People seemed to be shocked that he went around cheating on his wife. Why? Because he’s good at driver a golf ball? Because he endorses a consulting firm or car? He is young, handsome, insanely successful, famous and incredibly rich. People who have a lot fewer of those things going for them have been tempted before.
I’m not sure why, but people repeat the same misjudgment over and over: you don’t know someone just because you see them on television. And even people you know personally might have some aspects of their life that would surprise you.
Having said all of that, the list of Tiger’s alleged indulgences does somehow surprise. He seems to thrive on the seedy. Don’t believe me? Below is a list that combines descriptions of President Bill “Bubba” Clinton’s known sexual triumphs with those of Tiger Woods. Your job is to figure which five go with which celeb:
1. club hostess
2. reality show contestant
3. Las Vegas club manager
4. former employee of “Trashy Girls Lingerie”
5. pancake house waitress
6. swimsuit model
7. former porn star
8. former cocktail waitress
9. “sexy” British TV presenter
10. “sex-addicted cougar”
Numbers 1, 3, 7, 8 and 10 are Tiger. And so are the rest. How similar are the sexual exploits of Tiger Woods and our former president? Well, let’s just say that one of these men was caught dropping off a diner waitress at her trailer park residence after a quickie, and the other is just suspected of it.
Does this mean that Tiger is a bad guy? Probably. But I never really cared much about Tiger being a good or bad person in his personal life. For me, Tiger’s legacy was always that he broke down the racial wall of a goofy sport. And no matter how many golf tournaments he wins, or flapjack servers he beds, Tiger Woods will always represent one thing to me: he brought a sport that destroys the environment, involves total silence and no direct contact with your opponent to a much wider audience. That will be his true shame.
Conor Murphy responds:
Posted: February 3rd, 2010 at 1:27 am →
in no relation to the bubba woods Post or to any of your postings of yours (a good read may they be, and i like the piece on the simalarity to tigers adulteress and to clintons ) I pose the question to you Josh! why is this website called http://www.cupofcha.com when there is no relevance to tea in here! now it might be that it is pleasant to read while having tea. The fact that tea might be called cha in Beijing could be the answer as a previous visit to India tea was called chai! my dilemma is that in the Uk and Ireland (my home) the is commonly reffered to as cha in slang the Pictures dont help of tea leaves nor the cup, Just wondering as the web site name was miss leading and i waqs hoping wasnt used so to use for my purposes! thank you for yout time! Conor Murphy!