he thought he was becoming too much a part of the story. joining me now, steven a. smith, columnist for the "philadelphia enquirer." steven a., why two five-minute interviews? what's the mission here? >> the mission is to make sure you derail that momentum coming your way when you're about to take the golf course in a couple of weeks. that's number one. number two, more importantly, with those text messages that were revealed by the former prostitute or what have you, jos lynn, a lot of stuff came out. that's going to invoke a lot of -- provoke a lot of questions. you try to derail it as best as you possibly can, make sure you are open to any questions. at the same time you limited it to five minutes so it couldn't be so invasive. >> what do you make about the comment he's apprehensive about how the fans are going to treat him? >> i think he's awe thept thentic. he doesn't know the reaction he's going to get. there are people out there who want to see him play golf