Thursday, January 14, 2010

Tiger Tiger Tiger Woods y'all

So I really do not want to write about celebrities, but this issue comes up far too often.
So Tiger got a bit promiscuous, okay a lot promiscuous. People get so emotional over something that does not even really effect their lives. It baffles me when people say that he is not a good man, a horrible husband, etc, etc and people have lost respect for him. I can honestly say right now, that not only did Tiger Woods not effect my life before this, he definitely did not effect my life after this. It makes me sad that because of his personal choices he has made, some of the products he has been promoting have dropped him as a sponsor. People have really lost the true meaning of why tiger was famous in the first place. He plays golf, and does it reasonably well. He has broken some records and won some trophies. Does the fact that he slept with an entire whore house effect his golf swing? no. Does the fact that he has horrible taste in women make him choose a driver when really all he needs is a 5 iron. Hardly. Sure his personal life could effect him mentally, but it obviously has not been since he has been cheating on his wife for so long and still has done well at his passion in life; golf. Not sleeping around. Golf.
It is unfortunate that people are so wrapped up in lives that do not even matter to them that they will ruin his career, take away something that he has worked so hard for for so many years.
Am i saying that Tiger was right with what he did. No, but that is not my issue. His personal life does not affect my emotions on a daily basis so why should it? Who it should matter to his is wife and family. That is it.
Unfortunately for him, our society has this infatuation for the upper class society. So Tiger's career is ruined, because everyone else will not watch him play golf cause he slept with some women. Not because he is bad at golf. Nonsense.


Another person that this happened to was Letterman. He cheated on his "wife" (they were dating at the time) like a decade ago. Before it leaked out he came out with it on his night show. After this there were people who said they would not watch his show because of this. My question is why? Did this affair effect how funny he was? no. Did Letterman cheat on them? no. was Letterman on a first name basis with these people? hell no. So if his situation does not effect their lives, and he is still funny, which is his job, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? people have to stop taking things that celebrities do seriously. People have also said they do not want to watch his show because he is not trustworthy anymore. So what they are saying is they trusted him before. Well how much? how much can you trust someone that you have never met and never will meet? all they can be trusted for is to be on the television at the same time every night, and they do not even control that! Their job is to entertain us; that's it. We have no requirement to get personally attached to them, because we will never meet them or be friends with them. Maybe those people think they are making a statement by not watching his show. All you are doing is depriving someone from doing something they love because people believe they should have a say in everything.

My last and final example is Kanye West and Taylor Swift. This one really make me angry. First thing is first: it is rude to interrupt someone no matter what, so it was not right that Kanye did that, and he probably deserved the Boos at the awards ceremony. Kanye did apologize, but now lets fast forward to the concert that Lady GaGa and Kanye was suppose to be doing together. Kayne was dropped from the tour because of low ticket sales and it was speculated to be because of what he did to Taylor Swift. Really people. Really? Not only did he apologize, but stop taking things so personally! Did Kanye interrupt you while you were receiving an award? no. Are you friends with Taylor swift, so much that after you don't buy a ticket you will call her up and tell her? No way.
If you like Kayne's music, he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. He is a rude SOB and everyone knows that. He interrupted Taylor but that is not affecting his ability to make kick ass music! so go watch him perform!

So, what is my conclusion of this post. I guess it is just for people to not be stupid. Stop taking issues that do not concern you so personally. There are so many magazines and shows with all these celebrities that it gives people a false sense of friendship with these people. If I was walking with my friend and pointed out a random person on the street and told my friend that that person cheated on his wife, would my friend care? probably for about 0.5 seconds until something else distracted them. Why is this? because they do not know them. They have no history, and my friend as no attachment to them. It is unfortunate that my friend would essentially know as much about that random person as they know about celebrities. Celebrities are just so much more publicized that there is a imaginary comradery that is created. So really, people of the world: care about the friends you have and come to terms that Tiger Woods will never know your first name; Letterman will never give you a high five and Kayne West will never sing at your birthday party. Stop wasting your energy.

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