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 nan 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 he was going to step distant from golf to "seek treatment." Woods was arrested connected driving nether nan power pinch spot harm and refusal to taxable to a humor intoxicant level (BAL) trial charges. He pleaded not blameworthy to nan charges.

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

The ESPN characteristic appeared to return rumor pinch Woods’ evident concerns astir privateness arsenic nan logic why he wouldn’t prosecute a driver. The study appeared in People earlier successful nan week.

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

This marks nan 2nd DUI apprehension for Woods successful nan past decade. He was besides taken into custody connected Jupiter Island successful 2017 aft being dormant down nan 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 emergency surgeries, which is what he was alluding to during nan section sobriety tests. Police astatine nan clip said an empty, unlabeled pill vessel was recovered successful his vehicle. He wasn’t charged successful that crash.

This handout photograph provided by nan 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 pinch 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 worried about. You must person a very highly fishy life that you, arsenic a billionaire, don’t moreover want to prosecute a driver," Smith continued. "Something’s wrong. Something’s incorrect pinch that. You want your privacy. Privacy from what? What’s nan driver gonna do? ‘Cus he dropped you disconnected immoderate spot he don’t cognize wherever he dropped you off? I mean, damn, what are you trying to hide? It’s a rhetorical mobility because I don’t care. And nary of america should care. It’s not our business. What is our business is you staying distant from being down nan instrumentality of a conveyance erstwhile you’re inebriated of immoderate supplier it is."

Woods said he was committed to taking nan clip he 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 nan lucifer against nan 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 he has been caught by rule enforcement down nan 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 nan 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 personification else. You’re fortunate you didn’t termination somebody, if not yourself."