Tiger Woods Takes His Shirt Off for Vanity Fair

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 4th 2010 03:45PM

A bare-chested Tiger Woods graces the cover of the upcoming Vanity Fair, lifting weights in the photos taken by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz before his sex scandal erupted.

Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Buzz Bissinger delves into the world's most famous golfer's fall from grace.

According to Bissinger, Woods' approval rating following revelations of his reported affairs has plummeted -- from 87 percent in 2005, to 33 percent in 2009.

Bissinger writes that Woods' persona always seemed carefully controlled -- except for one interview he gave in 1997 for GQ.

"What I can't figure out is why so many good-looking women hang around baseball and basketball. Is it because, you know, people always say that, like, black guys have big d---s?" Woods said.

The golfer made a joke by rubbing the tips of his shoes together and describing it as "a black guy taking his condom off." He also made another lewd quip about lesbians and oral sex, during the photo shoot for the magazine.

Woods' troubles began when he crashed his car at his Florida home after allegedly fighting with his wife, Elin Nordegren. After the accident, reports of his infidelities trickled in, first with Rachel Uchitel, then many more women came forward claiming a romantic entanglement with the superstar athlete.

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Tags: annie leibovitz, AnnieLeibovitz, Buzz Bissinger, BuzzBissinger, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, Rachel Uchitel, RachelUchitel, tiger woods, TigerWoods

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Monday 04 January

By leroy

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That`s a creepy picture of Tiger..He almost looks like a thug workingout in a prison yard..UH UH UH FIRST AGAIN..DO`NT HATE CUZ YOUR SECOND..WHAT ?? WHAT ??

By Susan

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Did you just get out of first grade class?

By Sonya

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your real bright, I think the word thug played out 2 years ago

By mona

How annoying!

By roseyswine

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By bdyftns

Gee, ya mean Tiger talks like most all guys do? How strange. *cough cough*

By aintweenie

He just looks like the cheeta he is.

By ashleigh

I don't think he looks like a thug, but this is a totally photo-shopped picture! I have seen Tiger Woods in person, and his arms are NO WAY buff like that! They're actually slim arms... This pic is so fake!!!!!

By tyrebitre

"I have seen Tiger Woods in person, and his arms are NO WAY buff like that! They're actually slim arms... This pic is so fake!!!!!"

Apparently you missed all the recent ( just before his fall ) speculation that Tiger was beefing up his upper body so rapidly that he might be taking steroids or the speculation that he was increasing his arms to the point he might lose some dexterity.

Tuesday 05 January

By g

foo snickers....
Tiger isn't mixed up at all. He is MIXED (bi-racial). Which means he has one parent who is Asian and one parent who is Asian/Black. Making him 75% Asian and 25% Black.

By Larry Rivkin

Tiger Woods??? Who cares???
Golf??? Who cares???
Hey people...read a book, check out some artwork, go to a museum, hug your kids, take a nice walk, create something,help your neighbors, etc.
Plenty of much more important stuff to focus on.
Live your life to the fullest and quit worrying about "celebrities and/or athletes"

By zouk

I agree 100%. Don't forget to travel,volunteer etc

By kevin

aman brother

By TINA M SOUDAS

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH U. IT'S NOT LIKE WE GET MONEY FROM THIS MESS THAT WE HERE ON THE NEWS OR PAPPARAZZI!!!

By Foo Shnickens

But, dig it, Tiger talks about "black guys" as if he isn't one himself. Dude is SO mixed up! DAMN!
I mean, talk about identity issues....he's got plenty of them!!!

By mara

Couldn't agree with you more. Enough!!!!

By Declined

Yes! Books are good! May I suggest the Mortal Instruments series? Maximum Ride? Battle Royale? Some great Stephen King? NOT Twilight. lol

By Jim

Your here.

By Eve

You do, you're here.

By Joe Papp

Larry:

Doing that right now. Analyzing 190 year of temperature data for local area.

Just happened to see this because of AOL.

Woods is STILL in the WOODS!

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