Right to Silence?
He’s one of the most iconic men in the world, the face of many an advertising campaign, and recently a new member of the philanderer club. He now keeps company with famous footballers, singers and actors as he airs his dirty laundry in the newspapers and websites of our information hungry and celebrity driven society.
The issue is not that he ever did this necessarily, more what does he now have to do as a husband, and also a public figure.
Like many others in his position, should he be provided with the privacy that you or I would demand as individuals? Or does he owe a duty of care to millions of people that consider him a role model? Lest we forget, it is us that put him on this pedestal, is it also our right to be involved in his private affairs?
Should Tiger Woods be forced to make a public apology?
February 19th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I think, you want fame -which he did (he didn’t have to put himself on the celebrity circuit) then you have an obligation to your fans that look up to you… It’s part of your job.
February 24th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
its tricky. he did not ask to be a role model, he is just very gifted at his sport with catapulted him into the limelight. He has done what many celebrities and even golfers (see Jack Nicholas) who in the past it was known but not mentioned and sadly socially acceptable. Goes to show how times are changing. But I believe Tiger did not have to make a speech, he was forced into it.