Angry Pitino says scandal ‘pure hell’ for family
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I hate reactions like this and I never understood why someone like Pitino would come out angry in a situation like this. When you are a public figure, you have to know that when you screw up, you are going to open yourself up to all sorts of public criticism, scrutiny and embarrassment that most regular people will never deal with when they screw up.
Here Pitino is coming out, saying this scandal has been “hell” for his family and that the media should worry about more important current events topics like the passing of Ted Kennedy or the economy, yet Pitino put himself in this position.
No one told Pitino to cheat on his wife, pay for the resulting abortion his mistress needed and open himself up to this kind of controversy. Is it fair? Of course it isn’t fair entirely but this kind of reaction is the reality when you are a high profile person. This is the trade off for the money and fame one accrues by maintaining a public persona; when you screw up, the whole world knows it and wants to keep on talking about it.
