Irene Folstrom, who was (she says) Tiger Woods’ girlfriend at Stanford, now works as an attorney in Minnesota, fighting for the rights of Native Americans in that state. She approached GOLF.com about her relationship with Woods to, in her words, “stick up for a friend.” Now that the Parade of Whores is over and the healing has begun, it seems appropriate to let Ms. Folstrom have the floor.
Like everyone else, I was shocked by the revelations about his infidelities. The Tiger I knew was loyal, devoted and self- controlled. I’m not naive, but I can say with certainty that he was faithful during the time we dated. The speculation that he’s being treated for sex addiction is surprising because we enjoyed a normal sexual relationship.[..]
I will say that Tiger had an ability to shut things out and compartmentalize his emotions. Even back then he felt enormous pressure to be Tiger Woods. Maybe this was his form of escape. –GOLF.com
Also, she said that Tiger was “a great boyfriend” back in the day. But that was before Nike backed up the Brinks truck to his front porch. This has been said so many different ways, but it’s easy to be single before that Parade of Whores starts up and prances right through your street. And of course, even if a man has the dignity to ingore those lascivious ladies, we call him a homo anyway. Ain’t that America.
PepsiCo., the parent company that owns Gatorade, has announced that they have dissolved its relationship with Tiger Woods. The news comes one week after Tiger’s public apology, and almost three months after Gatorade’s “Tiger Focus” brand sports drink was discontinued. PepsiCo. is the third sponsor to drop Woods since everyone found out that he was banging all those girls.
At first, Woods’ sponsors said they would stick by their star athlete. But in December, Accenture and AT&T announced they were dropping sponsorship. Woods had signed a multi-year agreement with the telecom giant in February 2009, but terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Procter & Gamble’s Gillette said it would stop airing commercials that feature Woods for a while, though the company stopped short of saying it would end the relationship. Other major sponsors, including Nike, have stuck by Woods. –CNN Money.
PepsiCo can use what’s left of that reportedly $100 million deal to pay off their bottling acquisitions. So has Gatorade taken Tiger’s name off their phone. I wonder… Read the rest of this entry »
Tiger Woods apologized–not like a Jason Giambi apology, but like a real apology–in Florida today, while both condemning his own transgressions (my word) and praising his wife Elin for her grace and poise (his words). He also said that he’ll be returning to the tour (though he didn’t set a date) and thanked his family and friends for their support. Tiger didn’t wear his wedding ring to his speech (though he typically didn’t wear one before the fact). In other words, nothing to see here.
I don’t know what it is about someone finally coming in front of a camera and spilling their guts that allows people to move past a certain event, but I expect that to happen now that Tiger, without answering questions, has answered questions. He appeared sincere, with tears welling up in his eyes as he began to speak. He appeared poised, and perhaps over-rehearsed, but one would expect that even with help from his handlers that Tiger had been preparing for this encounter since his self-imposed exile late last year.
Whatever, Tiger. I’m good. Just get back out on the golf course. When you’re ready.Video of the speech after the jump.
Tiger Woods can’t change the past. The best he can do is make you forget about it for a while. That effort to do so will begin today, as Tiger adressess “a small group of friends” today. Here’s the complete release from Tiger’s site.
Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at 11:00 a.m. EST on Friday at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future, and he plans to apologize for his behavior.
While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between him and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him. He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends, and that’s what he’s going to discuss.
His remarks will be open to a press pool for live coverage. It is NOT a news conference.
Honestly, and this might be a narrow worldview, if he keeps winning tournaments, he could be meeting Lance Bass on the shoulder of I-75 and I wouldn’t give it a passing thought. While Tiger’s reputation certainly benefitted from that wholesome family image that now has been destroyed (to say nothing of his wallet), it wasn’t why most rational golf fans craved his presence at every tournament. In the end, athletes are judged by their performances in the arena, not their ability to be pimped out in front of one’s kids as role models. Tiger, with his almost-ludicrously controlled return from exile, should take a big step toward the former today. Also.
Another sultry detail about the sex life of Tiger Woods has made it to press; this tidbit deals with Joslyn James, a “star” of adult film who claims that at two separate times, she was carrying The Future of Cablinasia in her rusted-out womb.
James, 32, who carried on a torrid affair with Woods from 2006 to 2009, said she miscarried in her first pregnancy at about the same time Tiger’s wife, Elin Nordegren, gave birth to daughter Sam Alexis on June 18, 2007.
James said she aborted her next pregnancy close to the Feb. 8, 2009, birth of Woods’ son, Charlie Axel. –NY Post.
“Yeah, so he totally got me pregnant, but like, the babies are gone and stuff.” Uh huh. Way to keep the story alive, hun. As far as anyone knows, Tiger is still in Mississippi on his sex rehab stint and has no plans to return to golf anytime soon. I’m wondering if he smuggled in a pic of Ms. James here; surely that would ruin anybody’s return to anything. Now if you’ll excuse me…I’ll just be a few minutes, I swear.
I thought we would make it through an entire day without talking about Brett Favre. I was wrong.
Elin Nordegren has been staying at Favre’s 460-acre spread in Hattiesburg, Miss., while Woods undergoes sex addiction therapy at a nearby clinic, Us Weekly reported Tuesday.
The vanquished Viking has not confirmed the Us Weekly report, but the magazine said Nordegren has not gone unnoticed in Hattiesburg.“She definitely stands out,” a local shopkeeper told the mag. “She was beautiful. She was walking around alone and trying to keep to herself.” –NY Daily News.
So is Brett Favre “borrowing” Tiger’s wife? You don’t want to leave a Swedish supermodel laying around with the gunslinger in town, that’s for sure. Mississippi could use a few more celebrities. And more indoor plumbing, and a higher literacy rate, and maybe some more restaurant menu items not made of pork, but celebrities work, too.
