ESPN star Stephen A Smith rips Tiger Woods after DUI arrest: 'You’re lucky you didn’t kill somebody'

ESPN prima Stephen A. Smith had beardown words for Tiger Woods aft the legendary golfer was arrested connected aggregate charges pursuing a rollover clang successful Florida past week.

Smith appeared connected "First Take" connected Wednesday aft Woods said helium was going to measurement distant from play to "seek treatment." Woods was arrested connected driving nether the power with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a humor intoxicant level (BAL) trial charges. He pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.

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Stephen A. Smith speaks onstage during the 2024 HOPE Global Forum successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Dec. 11, 2024. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

The ESPN property appeared to instrumentality contented with Woods’ evident concerns astir privateness arsenic the crushed wherefore helium wouldn’t prosecute a driver. The study appeared successful People earlier successful the week.

"Bump his privacy," Smith said. "We don’t springiness a damn astir his privacy. We don’t attraction close now. You’ve been down the instrumentality of a conveyance inebriated 3 times. Ain’t cipher trying to cognize each your business. What we privation to cognize is you ain’t gonna get down the instrumentality of a damn car erstwhile you’re inebriated. You’re fortunate you didn’t termination somebody. That’s what we privation to hear. Nothing other is our business. Nothing other is our business."

This marks the 2nd DUI apprehension for Woods successful the past decade. He was besides taken into custody connected Jupiter Island successful 2017 aft being dormant down the instrumentality of a moving conveyance astatine 3 a.m. aft taking medicine drugs.

Woods was besides progressive successful a 2021 rollover clang successful Los Angeles that resulted successful superior limb injuries and exigency surgeries, which is what helium was alluding to during the tract sobriety tests. Police astatine the clip said an empty, unlabeled pill vessel was recovered successful his vehicle. He wasn’t charged successful that crash.

This handout photograph provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows Tiger Woods, successful Stuart, Florida, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Woods was recovered with 2 hydrocodone pills successful his sound pouch during Friday’s clang investigation, according to a constabulary affidavit.

"Damn that privacy. I don’t springiness a damn what you’re disquieted about. You indispensable person a precise highly fishy beingness that you, arsenic a billionaire, don’t adjacent privation to prosecute a driver," Smith continued. "Something’s wrong. Something’s incorrect with that. You privation your privacy. Privacy from what? What’s the operator gonna do? ‘Cus helium dropped you disconnected immoderate spot helium don’t cognize wherever helium dropped you off? I mean, damn, what are you trying to hide? It’s a rhetorical question due to the fact that I don’t care. And nary of america should care. It’s not our business. What is our concern is you staying distant from being down the instrumentality of a conveyance erstwhile you’re inebriated of immoderate cause it is."

Woods said helium was committed to taking the clip helium needed to returning to a "healthier, stronger and much focused place, some personally and professionally."

Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club looks connected aft the lucifer against the Los Angeles Golf Club astatine SoFi Center connected March 24, 2026 successful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Adam Glanzman/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images)

"This is 3 times, three, that helium has been caught by instrumentality enforcement down the instrumentality of a conveyance inebriated," Smith added "Bump your statements. We don’t care. We don’t care. What we attraction to perceive from you is that we don’t person to interest astir you being down the instrumentality of a conveyance inebriated again. That’s it.

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"Go up and get better. You understand? And unrecorded your life. And beryllium astatine peace, man. Ain’t cipher wishing immoderate harm upon you. But what you did, perchance harmed idiosyncratic else. You’re fortunate you didn’t termination somebody, if not yourself."