Tiger Woods' interview on ESPN

[Jana]

Tiger Woods admitted he hurt a lot of people and was “living a lie” in his first interview since shortly after Thanksgiving when his secret life of serial cheating became public.

"

I was doing a lot of things that hurt a lot of people," Woods said, in the interview with ESPN on Sunday.

"

I was living a life of a lie, I really was."

ESPN said that Woods put a five-minute time limit on the interview but did not restrict questions. The 14-time major champion admitted to multiple extra-marital affairs but insisted that he married wife Elin Nordegren, because "I loved her".

Elin was not alongside her embattled husband for the mea culpa, as RadarOnline.com was first to report.
Eyewitnesses have confirmed exclusively to RadarOnline.com that the mom of Wood's two children stayed on his boat, called "Privacy," from Friday to Sunday this weekend.

Woods refused to discuss specific details about his extra-marital affairs.
But he admitted that "just one is enough and obviously that wasn't the case.

"I hurt a lot of people, not just my wife. My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me," he said.

"There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that.
"That's why I had to apologize. I was so sorry for what I had done."

Woods had been receiving treatment at a rehabilitation clinic and said he found that a difficult experience, although refused to detail what it was for. He did admit he received in-patient treatment for 45 days.

"It was really tough to look at yourself in a light you never want to look at yourself, that's pretty brutal."

RadarOnline.com previously reported he was at Gentle Path in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Tiger said he was nervous about the reception he will receive when he returns to golf at the U.S Masters next month, when he breaks his self-imposed exile from the game.

"I don't know, I don't know, I'm a little nervous about that to be honest with you," Woods said.

"It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there. But I also hope they clap for birdies too."

Here are more highlights from the interview:

ON ELIN'S REACTION WHEN HE ADMITTED THE TRUTH:

Woods: She was hurt, she was hurt. Very hurt. Shocked. Angry. And, you know, she had every right to be and I'm as disappointed as everyone else in my own behavior because I can't believe I actually did that to the people I loved.

ON WHY HE GOT MARRIED:

Woods: Why? Because I loved her. I loved Elin with everything I have. And that's something that makes me feel even worse, that I did this to someone I loved that much.

ON RECONCILLIATION:

Woods: We work at it.

ON WHAT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 27, LAST YEAR:

Woods: Well, it's all in the police report. Beyond that, everything's between Elin and myself and that's private.

ON WHY HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR:

Woods: As I said ... that's between Elin and myself.

ON WHY HE IS IN TREATMENT:

Woods: That's a private matter as well. But I can tell you what, it was tough, it was really tough to look at yourself in a light that you never want to look at yourself, that's pretty brutal.

ESPN: What'd you see?

Woods: I saw a person that I never thought I would ever become.

ESPN: Who was that?

Woods: Well, I had gotten away from my core values as I said earlier. I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating. I quit doing all the things that my mom and dad had taught me. And as I said earlier in my statement, I felt entitled, and that is not how I was raised.

ON THE LOWEST POINT OF THE LAST FOUR MONTHS:

Woods: I've had a lot of low points. Just when I didn't think it could get any lower, it got lower.

ESPN: An example?

Woods: When I was in treatment, out of treatment, before I went in, there were so many different low points. People I had to talk and face like my wife, like my mom.

ESPN: What was that moment like, either one?

Woods: They both have been brutal. They've both been very tough. Because I hurt them the most. Those are the two people in my life who I'm closest to and to say the things that I've done, truthfully to them, is ... honestly ... was ... very painful.

[steveo777]

Blah Blah Blah

Play golf dude, just play golf!

[Jana]

Rinaldi: Why not seek treatment before all of this came out?

Woods: Well, I didn't know I was that bad. I didn't know that I was that bad.

Rinaldi: How did you learn that? How did you learn it?

Woods: Stripping away denial, rationalization. You strip all that away and you find the truth.

Rinaldi: How do you reconcile your behavior with your view of marriage?

Woods: That's living a life of amends and that's just working at it each and every day.

Rinaldi: Given all that's happened, what's your measure of success at Augusta?

Woods: Well, playing is one thing. I'm excited to get back and play. I'm excited to get to see the guys again. I really miss a lot of my friends out there. I miss competing. But still, I still have a lot more treatment to do, and just because I'm playing, doesn't mean I'm gonna stop going to treatment.

Rinaldi: What reception are you expecting from fans?

Woods: I don't know. I don't know. I'm a little nervous about that to be honest with you.

Rinaldi: How much do you care?

Woods: It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there. But also hope they clap for birdies, too.

Rinaldi: Eleven months ago, here at Isleworth, I asked you, 'How well does the world know you?' What's your answer to that now?

Woods: A lot better now. I was living a life of a lie. I really was. And I was doing a lot of things, like I said, that hurt a lot of people. And stripping away denial and rationalization you start coming to the truth of who you really are and that can be very ugly. But then again, when you face it and you start conquering it and you start living up to it. The strength that I feel now, I've never felt that type of strength.

[Saint John]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

[Ehwmatt]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

Yeah, for sure. I read that shit this morning. The kinda shit he was saying is more indicative of a sociopath than an "addict" of any kind ( sex addiction ).

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Elin is an absolute pig if she stays with him. Perhaps more so than the bimbos or even Tiger himself.

Tiger's fixation on anal begs the question: Does Elin take it in the ass?

[Jana]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

Yeah, for sure. I read that shit this morning. The kinda shit he was saying is more indicative of a sociopath than an "addict" of any kind ( sex addiction ).

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Elin is an absolute pig if she stays with him. Perhaps more so than the bimbos or even Tiger himself.

Tiger's fixation on anal begs the question: Does Elin take it in the ass?

elin is a mother of two small children. wow, calling her a pig is out of line. by the way, I guess elin is having a hard time with those transcripts of his texts with the porn star. she packed up and went away this weekend.

[Ehwmatt]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

Yeah, for sure. I read that shit this morning. The kinda shit he was saying is more indicative of a sociopath than an "addict" of any kind ( sex addiction ).

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Elin is an absolute pig if she stays with him. Perhaps more so than the bimbos or even Tiger himself.

Tiger's fixation on anal begs the question: Does Elin take it in the ass?

elin is a mother of two small children. wow, calling her a pig is out of line.

Ok, so I suppose by your logic, Andrea Yates was no pig either

[Saint John]

elin is a mother of two small children.

So what?

wow, calling her a pig is out of line.

You might have a point, had he said that ... but he didn't. He clearly prefaced her being a potential pig with "if."

by the way, I guess elin is having a hard time with those transcripts of his texts with the porn star. she packed up and went away this weekend.

He probably did the same.

[Jana]

elin is a mother of two small children.

So what?

wow, calling her a pig is out of line.

You might have a point, had he said that ... but he didn't. He clearly prefaced her being a potential pig with "if."

by the way, I guess elin is having a hard time with those transcripts of his texts with the porn star. she packed up and went away this weekend.

He probably did the same.

the so what, is you make decisions sometimes based on trying to save your marriage when there are tiny ones involved, at least trying to save it in the beginning to see if there's hope. She grew up the product of a broken home. I'm sure she never envisioned that for her children.

Right now they are trying to work on the marriage, according to what Tiger said, the way I took it. Who knows if it is salvageable, but no divorce filing yet.


Never mind. I take it all back. I just went and read the full transcript of Tiger's texts to the porn star. I had just seen an excerpt b/f. all I can say is WOW!!

He is one SICK puppy. No wonder Elin took off for the weekend and left. I couldn't look at him anymore if I were her. What is wrong with Tiger?

And I would have paid this porn star off and never had this stuff out there. He has children who will one day read this.

[Michigan Girl]

The best of luck to him!!

[lights1961]

The best of luck to him!!

I with you here... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Golf needs Tiger back.

[xflajrnylvr]

Can someone provide the link for the text messages I have yet to be able to find them

Thanks

[S2M]

Can someone provide the link for the text messages I have yet to be able to find them

Thanks

www.TitolovesTiger.com

[bluejeangirl76]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

It's obvious by the things that you mentioned as well as other things that have come out (like his making plans with one of these women the same week his son was due to be born... THAT makes me sick) that he has no respect for ANY women, not even Elin. There is no way I'd ever be able to take someone like that back, rehab or no. When trust is broken, even on minor levels, it's very hard to work back to, but on that level, no I would never be able to trust him again. Add to it the intense public humiliation she's suffered... how she could even think of "working it out" with him is something way beyond my comprehension. I couldn't do it. And no, hearing about all that stuff he did with those women, and the business about not using condoms... ICK!! Never ever again would he put so much as a hand on me, nevermind anything else.

[KenTheDude]

Supposedly Jesse James didn't use condoms either. A disturbing trend to say the least.

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

It's obvious by the things that you mentioned as well as other things that have come out (like his making plans with one of these women the same week his son was due to be born... THAT makes me sick) that he has no respect for ANY women, not even Elin. There is no way I'd ever be able to take someone like that back, rehab or no. When trust is broken, even on minor levels, it's very hard to work back to, but on that level, no I would never be able to trust him again. Add to it the intense public humiliation she's suffered... how she could even think of "working it out" with him is something way beyond my comprehension. I couldn't do it. And no, hearing about all that stuff he did with those women, and the business about not using condoms... ICK!! Never ever again would he put so much as a hand on me, nevermind anything else.

[Jana]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

It's obvious by the things that you mentioned as well as other things that have come out (like his making plans with one of these women the same week his son was due to be born... THAT makes me sick) that he has no respect for ANY women, not even Elin. There is no way I'd ever be able to take someone like that back, rehab or no. When trust is broken, even on minor levels, it's very hard to work back to, but on that level, no I would never be able to trust him again. Add to it the intense public humiliation she's suffered... how she could even think of "working it out" with him is something way beyond my comprehension. I couldn't do it. And no, hearing about all that stuff he did with those women, and the business about not using condoms... ICK!! Never ever again would he put so much as a hand on me, nevermind anything else.

he even told this porn star something about they would always be in each other's lives, and it was disturbing reading the whole transcript of all the texts, and even just all the arranging he was doing. He flew her in a lot of places. It really threw me how much he was seeing the porn star. She has said she has thousands from him and will be releasing more, and said more are even hardcore than she has released so far.

Pay her off, tiger (you're filthy rich), so your kids (when they grow up) don't have to read what a perv their dad was while married to mom.

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

Blah Blah Blah

Play golf dude, just play golf!

Tiger needs to spend some time on the golf course with the guy in your avatar. Hes managed to stay happily married since the 70s to the same woman.

[Michigan Girl]

Blah Blah Blah

Play golf dude, just play golf!

Tiger needs to spend some time on the golf course with the guy in your avatar. Hes managed to stay happily married since the 70s to the same woman.

And she is gorgeous too!! I learned so much about him in Rock Star Wives ...he's a great husband and father
after years of self~abuse though!!!

[steveo777]

Blah Blah Blah

Play golf dude, just play golf!

Tiger needs to spend some time on the golf course with the guy in your avatar. Hes managed to stay happily married since the 70s to the same woman.

And she is gorgeous too!! I learned so much about him in Rock Star Wives ...he's a great husband and father
after years of self~abuse though!!!

He's one of my heros.
Here his wife and him talk a bit about his life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNoKcHjaT-4

[Jana]

Blah Blah Blah

Play golf dude, just play golf!

Tiger needs to spend some time on the golf course with the guy in your avatar. Hes managed to stay happily married since the 70s to the same woman.

And she is gorgeous too!! I learned so much about him in Rock Star Wives ...he's a great husband and father
after years of self~abuse though!!!

He's one of my heros.
Here his wife and him talk a bit about his life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNoKcHjaT-4

much prettier as a brunette. it brought tears to my eyes toward the end, where he talked with such love about how he would never cheat on her and hasn't for 31 years.

[Ehwmatt]

Go look at the texts the porn star he was fucking released. He talked about slapping her, choking her, fucking her in the ass and then ramming his crank down her throat immediately afterward. There's a lot more, too. Dude is fucked up and if Elin ever lets him enter her again I would have zero respect for her. He talks about "parenthood meltdowns" and almost makes his marriage and family sound like a burden. Tiger is a piece of shit.

It's obvious by the things that you mentioned as well as other things that have come out (like his making plans with one of these women the same week his son was due to be born... THAT makes me sick) that he has no respect for ANY women, not even Elin. There is no way I'd ever be able to take someone like that back, rehab or no. When trust is broken, even on minor levels, it's very hard to work back to, but on that level, no I would never be able to trust him again. Add to it the intense public humiliation she's suffered... how she could even think of "working it out" with him is something way beyond my comprehension. I couldn't do it. And no, hearing about all that stuff he did with those women, and the business about not using condoms... ICK!! Never ever again would he put so much as a hand on me, nevermind anything else.

he even told this porn star something about they would always be in each other's lives, and it was disturbing reading the whole transcript of all the texts, and even just all the arranging he was doing. He flew her in a lot of places. It really threw me how much he was seeing the porn star. She has said she has thousands from him and will be releasing more, and said more are even hardcore than she has released so far.

Pay her off, tiger (you're filthy rich), so your kids (when they grow up) don't have to read what a perv their dad was while married to mom.

Glad to see you've come around. Like I said, these texts are more befitting for a sexual sadist than any kind of addict. They're repulsive, gross, and are things I wouldn't think about saying to a $2, STD-laden whore from W. 44th in Cleveland or even a porn star, let alone a normal woman. Absolutely disturbing.

[Jana]

if she stayed, I still wouldn't call her a pig.

[Ehwmatt]

if she stayed, I still wouldn't call her a pig.

I would

[Michigan Girl]

if she stayed, I still wouldn't call her a pig.

I would

lol ...you!!

[Jana]

if she stayed, I still wouldn't call her a pig.

I would

lol ...you!!

if steveo would have said that, you would have called him an ass.

[Ehwmatt]

if she stayed, I still wouldn't call her a pig.

I would

lol ...you!!

if steveo would have said that, you would have called him an ass.

MG and I are kindred spirits, that's why