Tiger Woods was championed by ex-golfer and social media sensation Paige Spiranac before the release of a successful HBO documentary.
A two-part film about Woods’ life, called “Tiger”, airs on Sunday night.
Her reputation was shaken in 2009, when Rachel Uchitel was revealed as the first of at least 12 lovers.
This led to the collapse of his marriage to Elin Nordegren, with whom he had two children.
Woods’ golf game suffered from the scandal and it was also dismissed by a number of sponsors.
However, Spiranac, who was also a professional player, believes that Woods was wrongly treated as “a monster” and things that he shouldn’t be “canceled”.
Speaking on her podcast, the 27-year-old said, “Even when all of this was going on, I think people were being very hard on him.
“You look at your own life and the things you have done, nobody lives a perfect life, we all make mistakes.
“It’s not like he killed someone, he cheated. Many people cheat in life.
“Probably 99.9 percent of people have done something bad in their lives.
“It’s not for people to sit on the couch and make him a monster when I don’t think anyone could have handled it better than him.
“Let’s get rid of the culture of cancellation and help these people, because you don’t know what they are going through.
“I don’t think any of us could handle this spotlight, it’s crazy.”
According to family friend Joe Grohman, Woods saw his father, Earl, have sex with blondes in a Winnebago trailer parked next to golf courses during his childhood practice sessions.
And Spiranac believes it had an impact on how his life ended.
She added: “Of course, he will have trouble growing up in that environment, the fame he had, he was always in the spotlight.
“He never had a normal life.”
The HBO documentary said Woods’ life started to get out of hand after his father died in 2006.
It is alleged that afterwards he started making crazy trips to Las Vegas, partying with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.
Spiranac also said that unfortunate golfer Justin Thomas “should not be canceled” after using an anti-gay slander.
Thomas used the injury when he missed a stroke at the Hawaii Tournament of Champions.
World number 3 apologized after his round and admitted that he felt “ashamed” for his actions.