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Magazines featuring Tiger Woods. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has some advice for his good friend Tiger Woods.
Barkley told the Chicago Sun-Times, ''You say you're sorry, you apologize and you go forward. There's nothing more. I think any celebrity who pays these 'crisis management' people or PR people to speak for them is an idiot. Say your thing, say you screwed up, my bad, move on.
''When I got my DUI, it was like -- 'Chuck, hey, man, what are you going to do? I'm like, well, I really screwed up. I'm going to say, 'My bad, I really screwed up.' Ain't nothing more. You think I'm going to pay somebody to say that for me?''
Woods has apparently cut off good friends like Barkley. The Associated Press is reporting that Woods changed his cell phone number after the November 27 car accident and is not taking any calls from his famous friends.
"You should reach out to your celebrity friends when things go bad," Barkley told The AP in a phone interview Tuesday. "They're the only people who understand what it's like."
More in CNN interview below. Spike Lee was among those who said it would be a good idea for Woods to talk to fellow celebrities like Barkley for advice.
The first video is Tiger Woods impression of Barkley’s golf swing.
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interesting developments. Thanks Ed. Between Tiger Woods and his golf and scandals and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, there's a lot going on in sport. I wrote notes on the World Cup event here that you are welcome to look at: http:(forward slash twice) www(dot)examiner(dot)com/examiner/x-29076-SF-World-Travel-Examiner~y2009m12d18-Traveling-to-South-Africa-for-World-Cup-2010
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