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Updated: 4:38 AM Mar 22, 2010
Woods Acknowledges 'Living A Lie'
(AP) — Tiger Woods acknowledged "living a lie," saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his downfall and that no one in his inner circle was aware of his misdeeds.
Posted: 7:17 PM Mar 21, 2010Reporter: AP Email Address: sports@kolotv.com |
Tiger Woods looks down during a news conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The ambulance crew that responded after Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a case of domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show.
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(AP) — Tiger Woods acknowledged "living a lie," saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his downfall and that no one in his inner circle was aware of his misdeeds.
"It was all me. I'm the one who did it. I'm the one who acted the way I acted. No one knew what was going on when it was going on," Woods told the Golf Channel in one of two interviews Sunday night. A second one was aired on ESPN.
"I'm sure if more people would have known in my inner circle, they would have stopped it or tried to put a stop to it. But I kept it all to myself," he said.
Answering questions on camera for the first time since his early morning car crash last November, Woods again provided few details about the crash, his marriage, his stint in a rehabilitation clinic or much of his private life.
"A lot has transpired in my life. A lot of ugly things have happened. ... I've done some pretty bad things in my life," he told ESPN.
Woods also acknowledged more fully than in any of his previous statements that the public ridicule had caused him shame.
"It was hurtful, but then again, you know what? I did it," he told the Golf Channel. "And I'm the one who did those things. And looking back on it now, with a more clear head, I get it. I can understand why people would say those things. Because you know what? It was disgusting behavior. It's hard to believe that was me, looking back on it now."
Woods, dressed in golf clothes, was more comfortable and composed than during his only previous public outing. He said he couldn't wait to get back to playing golf, though he had reservations about how he'll be received when he returns to golf next month at the Masters.
"I'm a little nervous about that to be honest with you," he told ESPN. "It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there."
Woods plans to end more than four months of seclusion and play at Augusta National, one of the most tightly controlled environments in golf.
A number of news outlets had submitted requests to the Woods camp for interviews. Both ESPN and the Golf Channel were notified late last week that Woods would agree to a five-minute interview Sunday afternoon with no restrictions on questions. CBS, which televises the Masters, was also offered an interview but turned it down.
"Depending on the specifics, we are interested in an extended interview without any restrictions on CBS," spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade said.
The interviews were conducted at Isleworth, the gated community in Windermere, Fla., where Woods lives. He asked, however, that the interview not be aired until the PGA tournament being played in Palm Harbor, Fla., finished.
Golf Channel spokesman Dan Higgins declined to speculate whether the release of a string of embarrassing text messages from a woman who claimed to be a Woods mistress influenced the timing of the interview.
"I can't speak for them," he said. "I have no idea."
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Latest Comments
maybe paul pasek can relate to this , if only his wife new the "real" truth, i don't think that she would have forgivven him so easily, seem's to me that they move to another town as soon as problems occur! left sarasota due to lies, left jacksonville due to lies & wonder what he's up to in reno? you should learn how to be completly honest "paul pasek"! your lies just hurt everyone involved, every time i see the tiger thing, it makes me think of you.. why me?? why marian?? why did you keep callin & lying about where you were? pretty stupid & you said "no more lies" as you kept calling for 6 months after you left... she must have found the phone.. i hope you see this comment & if you have any heart at all it will hit you like a ton of brick's!
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