CNN Sports reporter Andy Scholes received major backlash online after he made an insensitive comment in the wake of Tiger Woods’ car crash in California.
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During a live broadcast on Tuesday, Scholes commented that he wasn’t “surprised” about the car accident and mentioned Woods’ previous past involving painkillers.”Stunned, I guess. But not entirely surprised by what we’re seeing here. You know, Tiger, back in 2017 was found by police, pulled over on the side of the road, you know, asleep in his car. You know, he had said he had taken a lot of painkillers at that time because we all know, Tiger has undergone a lot of surgeries over the years and painkillers have become a part of his life,” he says.
@AndyScholesCNN can you not at least give him the benefit of the doubt that he’s turned his life around and not on pain killers. But instead it is the first thing you bring up and say you aren’t shocked about his accident because of his past use of them pic.twitter.com/E8cFc70VEX
— shawn clounch (@shawn_clounch) February 23, 2021
Scholes referenced a moment where police officers charged the athlete with a DUI after they found Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien, and other medications in his possession. Woods informed officers that he had a reaction to the medications and it caused him to pass out behind the wheel. In response to Scholes’ commentary, multiple Twitter users criticized him for bringing up his past with the drugs.
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CNN needs to fire terrible sports caster Andy Scholes for his very inappropriate comments about Tiger Woods.
— Larry Arno (@Paparazzilja) February 23, 2021
Andy Scholes is a complete douche.
Man, talk about jumping to conclusions.
How about you do some actual investigation before making a comment like that? Show some class. @AndyScholesCNN https://t.co/PurxcCbew4— Xerxes (@CoopTerp80) February 24, 2021
Speculation by reporter Andy Scholes on the reason for the crash by Tiger Woods is unprofessional and he should be reprimanded.
— Rick Parsons (@rdpvt78) February 23, 2021
The sports reporter later apologized for his comments and said “Sorry didn’t mean for it to come out that way.”
SOURCE: New York Post