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Jan042010
WTF: Vanity Fair Grabs A Tiger By the Shirtlessness
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 12:38PM 
Annie Leibovitz strikes again!
Once upon a time a reader asked me if I could find a photo of Tiger Woods without his shirt on ... um ... girl, you might want to check out the February Vanity Fair Mag. What kind of fresh hell IS this? Why does he have a skull cap on? Was it for the bald spot? What is this picture trying to say? Is he supposed to be badass or something? Why does he kind of look like Taimak? Why the meanacing picture? He was a poon hound, not an ass kicker! DISCUSS!
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Reader Comments (55)
No.
When did AL take these?
I wish there was a dislike button that got better results than just not buying the issue.
Why is this fuckwad on the cover of anything but US Weekly?
'Roid rage, too?
But you know...makes him look mo' black. LOL
shout-outs for the taimak reference lmao. who is the master?! tiger is the master!!
Most hysterical photo ever. Why shouldn't a multi-millionaire get to play dress up?
LOL. While I went with Taimak, the folks at Jack and Jill Politics were more brutal and compared him to Hammer in the latter days of his career when he went Death Row.
He’s not friendly, invite over for dinner Tiger. He’s a big black womanizing thug, or atleast that’s what Vanity Fair is trying to say.
No ma'am, do not want.
LMAO!!!!! @ More Pumps and a Bump
Why do I get a "mug shot" feel from this image?
Is it just me-or does this remind you of the time Newsweek put OJ on the cover and darkened his skin in an attempt to make him look for menacing?
@Conni3-I agree with you. Seems just another way to say that certain women must be locked away from Tiger as not to compromise their virtue. SMH! Bet he wishes he never took those pictures!!!
Is this no better than the LeBron/Gisele cover or the Miley Cyrus spread...LOL!
First all the accounts of Tiger and extra marital affairs. (Didn't it get up to 17?) Now, this. I never really thought of Tiger as sexy, so I'm hormonally enjoying this picture, but the Mandigo flavor of this is offending me.
Hammer's Death Row days were both scary and frightening.
I appreciate the Taimak reference. There rarely is an opportunity to go there.
Why do I get a "mug shot" feel from this image?
It does appear darker than his true comlexion, but I may be giving too much benefit of the doubt by saying my computer screen might be reading it dark.
Sorry, typo in my earlier post. I meant to say "more menacing?"
Just another golf thug.
I'm not a Tiger fan, but this is deeply offensive to me. Why does he have to look like an ex-con or a prisoner in the middle of a workout on the "yard". She also appeared to make his skin darker, like Chambers said, "mo' black". Why would she do that? Is the photographer attempting to link Tiger's affairs to his black blood.
I see it didn't take long before the "this photo is racist" comments started.
I was waitng for the Black Snob's take on this photo. I did expect MORE outrage from you. But I understand, after a while, it does just become too much crazy to hoot and holler about. It gets exhausting.
Over at the Root, they are saying that Tiger is doing his best Bigger Thomas (of Native Son) impression.
@ Storm
Unfortunately my Kanye/Lady Gaga post took killed almost all my rage leaving nothing but questions when this 2006 era picture of Tiger surfaced.
He did this before what is going on right now. I don't think the photo is flattering but that is all I think about it. I don't know how this pictures makes him looker more 'black'. What's makes somebody more BLACK?
Annie is just selling everything in order to pay the bills. She is something like 20 million in debt and in danger of losing her entire portfolio and licensing for all her photos which could add up to billions.
@ Anagrom
That's right! I forgot all about her money troubles. That is probably very true.
LMAO @ outrage.