Stephen A Smith implores 'addict' Tiger Woods to 'stop getting behind the damn wheel'

Tiger Woods is nary longer getting the payment of the doubt.

After his 2nd DUI apprehension successful little than a decade, Stephen A. Smith implored the 15-time large champion, who helium suggested arsenic an "addict," to "stop getting down the damn wheel."

"Compassion is moving retired for Tiger Woods. He got his money, he’ll ne'er beryllium poor, he’s fine, but you speech astir idiosyncratic whose representation has fallen disconnected a cliff..." Smith began connected his SiriusXM amusement connected Monday. "My brother, you got issues with drugs, and I personally suspect... that it’s symptom meds. I tin recognize that. What I don’t recognize is this inclination to get down the damn instrumentality of a car. 

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Stephen A. Smith ranted astir Tiger Woods' driving mishap, saying should commencement to telephone car services. (Adam Glanzman, Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

"You’re a billionaire, bro. You tin spend car service. We are precise fortunate that Tiger Woods hasn’t killed idiosyncratic yet… I'm not saying this to castigate and vilify Tiger Woods. Who doesn't emotion Tiger Woods?... But however forgiving arsenic a nine are we expected to beryllium with this proclivity oregon inclination that you person to get down the instrumentality of a car erstwhile you're inebriated? Are we going to beryllium satisfied until helium kills somebody?"

President Donald Trump voiced his continued enactment for Woods, saying successful a caller interrogation that the five-time Masters champion "lives a beingness of pain."

"He lives a beingness of pain. He has a batch of pain. He’s an astonishing guy. He’s an astonishing athlete. He does person pain," Trump added Tuesday of Woods. "He doesn’t person an intoxicant problem, but helium does person pain."

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned conveyance successful Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026.  (Jason Oteri/AP)

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Shortly aft the crash, Trump labeled Woods arsenic a "very adjacent person of mine" with "some difficulty." Woods dates Trump's erstwhile daughter-in-law, Vanessa, the parent of the president's granddaughter Kai.

Woods was arrested connected Friday aft crashing into different car portion traveling astatine a "high complaint of speed." Woods' car rolled implicit onto its driver's side, and helium had to flight retired of the rider doorway with the assistance of the operator helium crashed into.

The five-time Masters victor was arrested connected charges of driving nether the power with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a humor intoxicant level (BAL) trial aft instrumentality enforcement said his conveyance collided with different conveyance Friday day portion helium was driving impaired. Prescription opioids were recovered successful his pocket.

According to the apprehension affidavit, the pills were aboriginal identified arsenic hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom relief. 

Woods antecedently told instrumentality enforcement anterior to the tract sobriety tests that helium underwent 7 backmost surgeries and "over 20 operations connected his leg." He told instrumentality enforcement that "I instrumentality a few" medicine medications.

Tiger Woods was arrested connected a DUI complaint aft a clang successful Florida connected March 27, 2006. (AP/Martin County Sheriff's Office)

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In 2017, helium was taken into custody, besides successful Jupiter Island, aft taking medicine drugs and being dormant down the instrumentality of a moving car astatine astir 3 a.m.

Woods entered a not blameworthy plea connected Tuesday and demanded a proceedings with a jury. 

Fox News Digital's Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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