Vanity Fair's February issue has a shirtless Tiger on the cover; the pictures were shot by Annie Leibovitz who unloaded $24 million in debt thanks to the pictures

I know, I know, I promised to not write about Tiger Woods anymore..but here is one more promise broken.

February’s issue of  Vanity Fair has a piece by “Friday Nights Lights” author Buzz Bissinger, that describes Tiger’s efforts at maintaining a scrupulous image, all the time he was fooling around with those other women.

As with most of the pieces surrounding the Tiger Saga, the fun is in the juicy details and the piece recalls an old interview with Tiger – in which he made more than a few profane jokes. Like this one- “He rubbed the tips of his shoes together and then asked the women, ‘What’s this?’ They were stumped. ‘It’s a black guy taking off his condom.’”

Errrr…hokaaayy!

Read the whole piece at Vanity Fair.

While the piece is normal celebrity tripe, the extras lie in the pictures taken by debt ridden super-photographer Annie Liebovitz.

She shot a bunch of hot pictures of Tiger Woods four years ago – doing man stuff- i.e crunches, lifting weights and the like. The pictures, reportedly went into her secret archives. Now that she finds herself in debt – a whopping $24 million – she dusted those topless pictures of Tiger, sold ‘em to Vanity Fair and is probably paying off her creditors. Go Annie! Milk the saga for what it is worth! Plus, you can finally pick up your home phone again!

Ah gossip! Like water for fishes.

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Ta Ta Tiger! Tag Heuer is the latest company after Accenture, Gillette, AT&T to drop Tiger Woods from their campaigns

The Tiger saga continues to play out like a train wreck on a car wreck.

In the third biggest endorsement loss this month, Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer has dropped Tiger Woods from their marketing campaign.

The move comes after the public unraveling of Tiger’s marital and sex life after almost 14 alleged mistresses tumbled out the closet, mussed hair and all, to claim affairs with the golfing superstar.

“We recognize Tiger Woods as a great sportsman, but we have to take account of the sensitivity of some consumers in relation to recent events,” Tag Heuer CEO Jean-Christophe Babain told Swiss newspaper Le Matin.”

The company — whose luxury timepieces sell for thousands of dollars — said it would continue to support Woods’ charitable foundation but would rely on other celebrities, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, to be its public face.”

Leonardo DiCaprio, leader of the rumored legendary late-’90s entourage known as “The P—y Posse.” Wonder if Tag Heuer remembers that, added New York Magazine snarkily.

Whatevs! Getting booted out by Leo is the latest in a string of rejections for Tiger.

On Sunday, consulting firm Accenture dropped the athlete, saying he was “no longer the right representative” of the company’s values. Gillette, a unit of the Procter & Gamble Co., said over the weekend that it won’t air ads for its razors that include Woods or include him in public appearances. AT&T said it is evaluating its relationship with the golf superstar.

And so it goes…

"Yayy Sweden! Here ve come!"

Ok, so we have been preoccupied with Tiger Woods’ several torrid trysts with ladies of all sorts.

So, we have decided this is the last post, because latest news says Woods is taking a temporary break from Golf.

Good.

Now go buy Elin some flowers. No, Tiger!  Put those pants back on.

Anyhoo – in case you were living under a rock and missed the latest developments on L’affaire Tigre, here’s what has transpired, according to a blog on the San Fransisco Chronicle.

The Huffington Post has it that Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren has purchased a $2 million home in her native Sweden.

But that alleged development has other media outlets assuming she’s leaving Woods.

Now, it’s reported at the same Huff Post that Woods himself is moving to Sweden with Elin Nordegren.

But Campbell Brown and Larry King Live both on CNN reported that Woods and his wife were going to get away on their yacht.

So from all this we can only conclude that Woods and wife are traveling to Sweden on their yacht.

Right. So now you know why this is the last post on Tiger. Good bye and good riddance

Tiger Woods with his wife Elin Nordegren

‘Nuff said about Tiger Woods “alleged transgressions.” As countless buxom blondes and brunettes tumble out of the closet with their claims of having an affair with the golfing superstar, it makes me wonder, why do we even care about what Woods does.

Sure- it’s gossipy and I do enjoy watching the crap on TV and reading it in the papers and blogs. We all love that – feeding off celeb gossip, tittering amongst ourselves, sniggering how “the mighty have fallen.”

Social scientists say we enjoy reading tripe about celebrities so much, because it humanizes them – brings them down to our [base] level- and shows that they too poo in the morning, have cellulite and are human – warts and all.

Others suggest that being a celebrity also weirdly enough makes you public property.

You endorse Wheaties, therefore we have the right to pry into your public life, after all my 6 year old is probably watching your commercials, buying your cereal, looking upto you as a potential role model.

AP Sports Columnist John Leicester, however, presents a different argument. He contends celebrities aren’t public property. He says purchasing a razor, drink or sportswear endorsed by Woods doesn’t buy you a piece of the man, too.

“That Woods is on his way to becoming or has already become the first athlete to top $1 billion in earnings says plenty about how easily led consumers are. But it doesn’t entitle them to know everything that Woods does behind closed doors.”

And then there are the others that suggest Tiger Woods should come clean a la David Letterman. Wait, that’s absurd! David Letterman made an entire career of mocking politicians for their transgressions and he was being extorted for $2 million.

No one is asking Tiger for any money and Hey! Tiger didn’t poke fun of Pols caughts with their pants down. So, that argument truly doesn’t hold.

Whatever Tiger does decide to do – come clean, go into hiding, not care- play golf – his saga will continue to play out in the tabloids. Last heard, big O – Oprah Winfrey was trying to get him to come on her show.

Till that happens, Tiger can rest in the infamous Hall of Shame with fellow cheaters, Mark Sanford, John Edwards and the like and like any true celebrity be voluntary fodder for late night jokes.

Read more  Tiger Woods tripe here.