Stop Breaking Tiger’s Balls

I’ve friggin’ had it with all this Tiger Woods news. It’s not news! It shouldn’t be. Say what you want about his extramarital affairs, or how he handled the situation, or his new commercial which seems odd (considering that’s his dead father’s voice), because in the end, he’s just a professional golfer. That’s it. He’s the best golfer in the world and if you’re a fan of the sport, that’s all you should be concerned about.

The public’s obsession with the lives of celebrities is something that has perplexed me for a long time. We have publications, writers, and photographers whose sole purpose is to find out every detail, no matter how mundane, about a celebrity’s life. Pick up any gossip rag and you’ll find critiques of what they’re wearing, photos of them walking on the street, and a section that shows you how “normal” they are by showing snippets of them pumping gas or doing the groceries.

Does anyone else find this to be insane? They pry into the lives of these celebrities and criticize them on how they live their life, well, fuck! At least they’re doing something extraordinary! Is that what people can’t stand? That there are people in this world that can do something exceptionally well, that they try their hardest to bring them down a few notches so they can relate to them?

I don’t get it, but, that’s just the world we live in.