Today's Blind Item - Is this for REAL Edition

"As if this famous athlete doesn't have enough dang problems right now, you can add a couple more to the list. His wife knew that he had relied on a certain substance in the past to relieve his extreme bouts with performance anxiety.

However she did not know until a couple of days ago that he has been experimenting with other substances that could get flagged during testing. The second problem he has is his penchant for women who are paid handsomely to be discreet about their extra-curricular activities with him.

Word is that he likes to be punished for his bad behavior. He was subjected to harsh discipline from an early age, and he tells the women that he needs them to continue that tradition in order for him to be perfect. But don't expect either of these habits to come to the forefront in the coming months. Everyone is getting paid off to lie or to keep their trap shut."

via [Blind Gossip]

Oh boy. Is this really who it sounds like??

I'm sick of the Tiger Woods Updates, but...here we go.

Elin and Tiger when things were awesome

Really, Tiger?

 

via TMZ.com (again, y'all...)

"Sources tell TMZ the Florida Highway Patrol is now focusing on obtaining a search warrant -- allowing them to seize medical records from the hospital that treated Tiger Woods -- in an attempt to determine if the wounds Woods sustained are consistent with a car accident or domestic violence.

One big piece of evidence showing probable cause ... sources tell us Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren told FHP troopers she went looking for Tiger in a golf cart, came upon the accident and then used a golf club to break the window to gain entry.

That's a very different story from what she first told Windemere cops shortly after the accident -- she never mentioned a golf cart. Nordegren told Windemere police she had walked out of her house, saw the crash, went back inside to get a golf club and returned to the vehicle."

Blah, blah, blah. 

What we have here is a case of money and power buying time. Ladies? If this had been you or me, we would be cooling our heels in a jail cell more than likely. 

Tiger's taking the blame for all of it, so the ugly stuff doesn't come out.

I'm getting tired of this story. 

Victoria Beckham's poor little feet! Bunion surgery!! OUCH.

Victoria's son Romeo is even giving

her the side-eye about those shoes.

Oh, Posh. Now I understand why you didn't call me last weekend when you were in Seattle for a day of shopping! Your little toes were hurting! You're forgiven, Love.

HolyLord, those shoes look dangerous.

FAB!!

via keepingyouinstiches:

The singer-turned-designer has told friends that her bunions are now so bad she is seriously considering having an operation to remove them.

The scale of Victoria’s painful bunion problem was laid bare recently when she was snapped in a pair of spiked Mulberry sandals. Now a friend of the former Spice Girl tells me: ‘Victoria has had enough of having bad feet and has made some early-stage enquiries about having her rather unpleasant bunions removed.

Am I the only one who thinks a French Pedi is creepy?

Listen. My girls out there (Cyndy, Holly, Cynthia, PATRICK!) have known me long enough to know it's still shocking to see me wearing ballet flats, but I do. I used to wear 4" stilettos to the grocery store, forpitysake. No. MORE. I gave away almost all of my high heels--most of them now belong to Dayna (see yesterday's Who Wore it Best -- those were mine.)

Even on my wedding day.

 OW.

I denied til I was blue that my severe back problems had anything to do with wearing super-high heels for over 35 years. I still think the shoes were only part of the problem, but they sure didn't help. (See? Still in denial.) Of course, after I had surgery to repair my tailbone in 2006, I immediately went back to heels, but as of 2008, I wear them maybe 5-6 times a year. Why, I'll even to shopping in downtown Seattle in my flats. I know, right? Crazy!


I suspect we won't be seeing Victoria much in photos as she recovers from surgery. I know how she feels about her YSL 5" stilettos all too well. (Rumor has it she's not in favor of Louboutin's as much as she has been in the past, due to JLo's ghetto-ing up of the brand in her new song of the same name. I agree.)

Posh confessed:

“I just can’t concentrate in flats,” she told the U.K.’s GMTV on Thursday.

“I’d love to go to the gym,” she told the morning chat fest, “but I can’t get my head around the footwear.”

There is, however, an exception to her strict no-flats policy.

“When I’m at home with [husband David Beckham] and the kids, I’m always in a pair of flip flops,” she admitted. “He likes me without any makeup on – just looking really natural.”

Victoria, I'll love you just as much without your stilettos.

Tiger Woods UPDATE. Oh, BROTHER!

I'd actually like to see Elin's muscle.

All together now, "You spin me right round, Baby, right round..."--because here comes The Spin According to Tiger regarding the hot mess that happened early Friday night. Tiger took to his Official Website to let us all know that it ain't no big thang.


"Tiger wrote, “As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore. (Oh. Uh-huh.)


This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.” ("Hello, Zales? This is Tiger Woods...)

This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible.

The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously (and like a wife who found out her man ALLEGEDLY hooked up with a 'ho) when she saw I was hurt (SNORT!) and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false.” (Oh. Okaaay.)

This incident has been stressful and very difficult for Elin, (you're goddamn right it has!) our family and me. I appreciate all the concern and well wishes that we have received. But, I would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be.”

Tiger? Come ON.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon Break Up! GASP! *UPDATE*

I'm soooo not surprised.

There are days when I feel writing about gossip is trite and meaningless. Today is one of them, considering the shocking and horrific murder of four local police officers. 

So. Jake and Reese are DONE. Big. Fat. Gay. Surprise.

I left this comment on another blogger's (www.busybeeblogger.com) site:


OhforPITYSAKE, BB. You KNOW their relationship was all a sham. Reese was Jakey’s beard. It behooved her so that her little perfect name wasn’t dragged through the dirt (like Aniston’s) when her cheating husband dumped her ass. AND, it sorta (but not really) kept Jake’s gay rumors at bay. I read weeks ago about a couple who would be breaking up and using the “conflicting schedules” excuse.

That's all. 

Shooting in Lakewood, Washington - 4 Police Officers Ambushed and Killed

Det. Ed Troyer - Pierce County Sheriff's Dept.
via KING5News.com

Oh, God. Four Pierce County police officers were shot and killed this morning, "execution-style" in a Lakewood coffee shop. It's being reported that three officers were male and one was female. The officers were doing computer-work at The Cafe Forza Coffee Shop when they were ambushed and killed.

via SeattleWeekly.com

"Four so-far unidentified police officers were shot dead in a Parkland/Lakewood area coffee shop this morning, according to the Pierce County sheriff's office. Spokesperson Ed Troyer was not yet able to say which police agency the four were from, though it may be Lakewood.

"It was just a flat out ambush," Troyer said. "It appears they were doing paperwork and getting ready for their shift to start. The four of them are known by everybody here..." he said, referring to officers investigating the deaths. He asked for the public's help to identify the single suspect, who walked into the Forza Coffee shop at 11401 on South Steele Street near Parkland Sunday morning. "We have nothing to link this to the Seattle shooting," Troyer added at a press briefing, speaking about the recent Halloween night ambush killing of SPD Officer Tim Brenton."

A specific tip-line for this case has been set up at 866-977-2362.

The suspect is described to be a black male,  5'7" - 6', wearing a black coat, blue jeans. 

The suspect is still on the loose and is armed and extremely dangerous. 


Our prayers are with the officers' families. This is a horrific tragedy.

A Kobe Special? Excuse me, Tiger...WHAT??

"How many carats will

buy your forgiveness?"

I really don't know how much of this is true, but man, does the whole Tiger Cheating/Elin Swinging get messier every hour.

TMZ.com is reporting:

"During the phone conversation on Friday, Tiger told his friend, "I have to run to Zales (ZALES??? You have GOT to be kidding me!!) to get a 'Kobe Special.'" The person on the other end of the phone asked Tiger what a "Kobe Special" was. The reply -- "A house on a finger."

The "house on a finger" - 

Vanessa and Kobe Bryant showing off 

the 8 ct. $4M-I'm-Sorry-for-Cheating-Ring

During the conversation, Tiger said his wife had "gone ghetto" on him. (WHAT????? How 'bout Tiger went WHORING on her?)

As we first reported, Tiger told the friend his wife had scratched his face up during an argument over a report that the golf great had cheated on her. The "other woman" named in the story -- Rachel Uchitel -- calls the report "bulls**t." (Of course she does!!)

So. Will Tiger play on Monday?