ESPN’s Stephen A Smith tees off on Tiger Woods

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ESPN star Stephen A. Smith had sturdy phrases for Tiger Woods after the legendary golfer was arrested on a number of expenses following a rollover crash in Florida final week.

Smith appeared on "First Take" on Wednesday after Woods mentioned he was going to step away from golf to "search remedy." Woods was arrested on driving beneath the affect with property injury and refusal to undergo a blood alcohol stage (BAL) take a look at expenses. He pleaded not responsible to the costs.

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Stephen A. Smith speaks onstage in the course of the 2024 HOPE International Discussion board in Atlanta, Georgia, on Dec. 11, 2024. (Paras Griffin/Getty Photos)

The ESPN persona appeared to take difficulty with Woods’ obvious issues about privateness as the rationale why he wouldn’t rent a driver. The report appeared in People earlier within the week.

"Bump his privateness," Smith mentioned. "We don’t give a rattling about his privateness. We don’t care proper now. You’ve been behind the wheel of a automobile inebriated thrice. Ain’t no person attempting to know all your small business. What we need to know is you ain’t gonna get behind the wheel of a rattling automobile whenever you’re inebriated. You’re fortunate you didn’t kill anyone. That’s what we need to hear. Nothing else is our enterprise. Nothing else is our enterprise."

This marks the second DUI arrest for Woods within the final decade. He was additionally taken into custody on Jupiter Island in 2017 after being asleep behind the wheel of a working automobile at 3 a.m. after taking prescribed drugs.

Woods was additionally concerned in a 2021 rollover crash in Los Angeles that resulted in critical leg accidents and emergency surgical procedures, which is what he was alluding to in the course of the area sobriety exams. Police on the time mentioned an empty, unlabeled capsule bottle was present in his automobile. He wasn’t charged in that crash.

This handout photograph supplied by the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace reveals Tiger Woods, in Stuart, Florida, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Workplace through AP)

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Woods was discovered with two hydrocodone pills in his pant pocket throughout Friday’s crash investigation, in line with a police affidavit.

"Rattling that privateness. I don’t give a rattling what you’re fearful about. You could have a really extremely suspect life that you just, as a billionaire, don’t even need to rent a driver," Smith continued. "One thing’s mistaken. One thing’s mistaken with that. You need your privateness. Privateness from what? What’s the motive force gonna do? ‘Cus he dropped you off some place he don’t know the place he dropped you off? I imply, rattling, what are you attempting to cover? It’s a rhetorical query as a result of I don’t care. And none of us ought to care. It’s not our enterprise. What's our enterprise is you staying away from being behind the wheel of a automobile whenever you’re inebriated of no matter drug it's."

Woods mentioned he was dedicated to taking the time he wanted to returning to a "more healthy, stronger and extra centered place, each personally and professionally."

Tiger Woods of Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership appears on after the match towards the Los Angeles Golf Membership at SoFi Middle on March 24, 2026 in Palm Seaside Gardens, Florida. (Adam Glanzman/TGL/TGL Golf through Getty Photos)

"That is thrice, three, that he has been caught by legislation enforcement behind the wheel of a automobile inebriated," Smith added "Bump your statements. We don’t care. We don’t care. What we care to listen to from you is that we don’t have to fret about you being behind the wheel of a automobile inebriated once more. That’s it.

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"Go forward and get higher. You perceive? And dwell your life. And be at peace, man. Ain’t no person wishing any hurt upon you. However what you probably did, probably harmed anyone else. You’re fortunate you didn’t kill anyone, if not your self."