Tiger Woods Apologizes Publicly

It’s been 85 days since we first heard speculations about Tiger Woods on Thanksgiving Day regarding his relationship with wife Elin. Since then Tiger’s career has spiraled downward with multiple cheating allegations. Tiger since has gone into hiding, first after the Thanksgiving Day crash that started all of the commotion when he did not want to speak to the public and kept the situation extremely private. After a couple weeks and more and more women speaking out about being involved with Woods he entered therapy, still not addressing the public about the numerous affairs.

Tiger has now chosen to publicly speak out for the first time and address the situation. On Friday February 19, 2010 he hosted a small conference, 30-35 close friends and colleagues as well as one video camera. Woods did not want many reporters in the room and made it clear that no questions were to be asked. He spoke for about 14 minutes and repeatedly stated how sorry he was for his actions as well as his regretful feelings towards the relationships he has harmed. The verdict is still out on how sincere the speech was (see below for link to the video), the speech was obviously scripted and had Tiger reading from a piece of paper. Woods in his private nature is never overly emotional in the public eye and some questions whether he really is sincerely apologetic for the situation.

At the end of the speech Tiger got up and hugged and kissed his mother who showed great support for the golfer. Elin, Wood’s wife, was not seen on the video and was not reported present. Woods made it quite clear that all of the questions and comments that the public has for him will be handled in a private matter between him and Elin and that they are still working on their relationship.

Check out the full video here:

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