The 59-year-old actor plays an arrogant attorney this fall on the new legal drama Shark. Last month on the TV critics press tour, eyebrows were raised when he escorted his 20-year-old gal pal, Ashley Madison (yup, the same name as that home wrecking Canadian dating agency) to the CBS party.
Given the nearly 40-year age difference, some critics assumed he'd brought a daughter or a really tarted-up grandchild to the event. Back off, jealous scribes. Woods told anyone who'd listen that life couldn't be better.
"I'm a 59-year-old guy nominated for an Emmy, starring in my own series, with a fabulous girlfriend, my family -- knock on wood -- is all healthy and well, I play poker, I have a good time, I play golf... I have such a blessed life that it's almost frightening."
Unfortunately, Woods' happiness was quickly shattered. His younger brother, actor Michael Jeffery Woods, died suddenly late last month of a heart attack. According to a report this week in the New York Daily News, Woods was further upset at Madison's insensitive behaviour at the funeral. According to his friend Scott Sandler, Woods was shocked when she showed up "in a 3-inch miniskirt and chain-smoking," brazenly showing off magazine pictures of herself to mourners.
Woods' blood pressure soared and he was taken to the hospital. When he got out, he reportedly dumped his Lolita love. Sounds like Woods' friend Sandler won't miss her: "She's the anti-Christ," he told the Post. "She truly has the soul of a moth and the brain of a dead trout."
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