The headlines about Tiger Woods and his infidelity are non-stop, with the press trying to squeeze as much life out of the man who is not only a golf legend, the father of two young children and a wife who can't be fairing well right now. Now he's being dubbed a "Cheetah" by the NY Post, which by definition makes him a a cat that resembles a leopard but having certain doglike characteristics: an endangered species.
The tabloids can do all the name calling they want. Pictures of alleged mistresses, Tiger Woods' own admission of having affairs during his marriage, offers from the paparazzi of upwards to $250K for pictures of Tiger's wife, Elin, and their children. It's ugly, but he's a celebrity and despite his request for privacy, he's a public figure. That doesn't come with the territory.
The Cheetah analogy, however, is quite interesting. A play on words by the NY Post, notorious for their glaring and cheesy headlines, has many talking. Meredith Vieira held up the cover of the New York Post with the headline "Tiger admits: I'm a cheetah."
"This story is not going away, is it?" Vieira asked.
Not yet and not as soon as Tiger Woods hopes. The "cheetah" is fast but it can't seem to outwit the press. They use the analogy that means "cat" but to many he's a dog. Although dogs tend to be very loyal to their mates. As far as the "endangered species" part of the cheetah definition on dictionary.com, that's not likely.
As long as there are celebrities, there will always be news of cheating. It is as if celeb status allows this sort of behavior to be excusable, when it's not excusable on any level, whether a person is a clerk in a store or a celebrity making a billion dollars a year.
Tiger Woods has a long road ahead of him. Of course, he'll remain in golf and this will pass. Will it tarnish his image? Certainly there will always be a whisper about it after the initial news finally reduces to a slow burn. Will women buy Nike sneakers if he continues to represent them? That will be an individual decision.
Will women and men who are prone to cheating be a bit more careful with their cell phone conversation? More than likely not. It's human nature to make mistakes and think only in the moment. Tiger, however, wasn't focusing on the end result. His prowess on the golf course can't get him out of this.
Cheetah. Womanizer. Horrible husband. Disappointing. All these words are floating around the Internet and in the tabloid papers because Tiger Woods took his manliness and celebrity status a bit too far. The women he chose to have affairs with will end up getting lucrative deals with less than wholesome magazines and will make big money for telling "their story" on national television.
However, there is not just one reason why people, including Tiger Woods, cheat. It's obvious that he wasn't on a mission to destroy his young family and likely didn't have any clue that his infidelity would come to this. Being renamed "Cheetah" may be a bit of a harsh joke for someone who has always appeared to be a gentleman in public and a Tiger on the golf course. With the billions of dollars comes public scrutiny. Nothing will stop that, at least not for the time being.
Written by Cheryl Phillips
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