Elin Nordegren Breaks Silence On Tiger Scandal: 'I've Been Through Hell'
Posted on Aug 25, 2010 @ 08:45AM
Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren, just two days after her divorce became final, broke her nine-month silence in an exclusive interview with People Magazine Wednesday in which she said she's "been through hell" in dealing with the shock, dismay and heartbreak over her ex-husband's serial-cheating ways, RadarOnline.com has learned.
"I never suspected, not a one," Nordegren told the magazine of the multiple affairs. "For the last 3 and a half years, when all this was going on, I was home a lot more with pregnancies, then the children and my school."
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Elin's first on-the-record interview with People confirms what RadarOnline.com was first to exclusively report - that Elin had no idea Tiger was sleeping around. As we previously reported, a source told us, "She never thought she'd be in this position. She had no idea that Tiger was cheating on her the entire time she was married."
RadarOnline.com also was first to report that the Swedish beauty was both "relieved and distraught" in wake of the divorce. Added our source, "She's so happy that it's over."
Speaking with People, Elin said, "I felt stupid as more things were revealed -- how could I not have known anything?
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"The word 'betrayal' isn't strong enough. I felt embarrassed for having been so deceived. I felt betrayed by many people around me."
She continued, "I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children. I also feel stronger than I ever have. I have confidence in my beliefs, my decisions and myself."
Nordegren denied attacking Woods following their Thanksgiving dinner, as widely speculated in the media.
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"There was never any violence inside or outside our home," she said. "The speculation that I would have used a golf club to hit him is just truly ridiculous. Tiger left the house that night, and after a while when he didn't return, I got worried and decided to look for him. That's when I found him in the car. I did everything I could to get him out of the locked car. To think anything else is absolutely wrong."
RadarOnline.com previously broke the news that Elin took a course at Rollins College this summer - something she stated on-the-record in the People article.
Nordegren, 30, told the magazine that her "immediate plan is for the kids and me to continue to adjust to our new situation" and that she's "going to keep taking classes, but [her] main focus is to try to... heal.
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"Money can't buy happiness," she said. "Or put my family back together."
Nordegren, who said she will not be doing any other interviews, actually had kind words for her embattled ex, even conceding she'll eventually "have to come to forgiveness and acceptance of what has happened for me to go on and be happy in the future.
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"I wish him all the best in the future, as a person and as an athlete," Nordegren said. "I know he is going to go down as the best golfer that ever lived, and rightfully so. I feel privileged to have witnessed a part of his golfing career."
Woods has reluctantly opened up to the press in the wake of the scandal, as he attempts to get back in the professional golf flow. The embattled athlete first publicly acknowledged his affairs with a vague statement on his Web site, then with a staged media event, and eventually a full-fledged press conference with reporters and media outlets grilling the golfer prior to the Masters Tournament.
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The couple has two children: daughter Sam, 3, and son Charlie, 18 months.
One more question: After all she's been through, can the newly-single mother-of-two fall in love again?
"I believe in love because I've seen it," she said. "I've been there."
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Elin is pure beauty & class. Tiger will never find another one as good as her & he probably already knows that. She will go on & be a great Mom & make something of her life. She is pure class.
Posted Thu, 08/26/2010 - 1:37pm
I applaud that Elin is moving on with her life taking care of herself and her children.
I commend Elin for being a caring and loving mother and for her great courage, dignity and class during this horrid time in her life.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:28pm
Leave the woman alone already. Paps are going to keep stalking her? Are You waiting for the $ shot. As far as Tiger goes he will be crying for her the rest of his life
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 9:54pm
I still can't believe he gave up a lovely, beautiful woman like her for those unattractive, cheap skanks. Makes no sense whatever.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 7:01pm
Elin is classy & intelligent. She will survive this much better than Tiger will. None of us can judge them. A marriage is between 2 people, NOT millions. No one knows the truth but them. Nobody is left with the cleanup from the marriage but them.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 1:54pm
Smooch, very nicely stated.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 4:30pm
The reasonable expectation is when you marry someone they will stay faithful to you. Nothing here is her fault. She put Tiger and the kids first. I think this situation is one big heart ache. It's betrayal and then some. Elin is so classy.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 1:48pm
I agree! Like she said, spent her time pregnant n raising the little 1s being involved w/their activities. I can c that taking up a lot of time as a good mother with a father on the rode. Too bad he took advantage of that time away in a negative way.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 3:35pm
i agree with you 100%. it's a bad situation that he caused but i think both of them, especially her have handled this with grace. good for her for not being openly angry like she could have been. lots of respect
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 1:51pm
The media said she would NEVER do an interview as Tiger BOUGHT her silence.LOL They did NOT know what they were talking about. Elin got the last word. LOL She is a good mother & lived a quiet life before all the MISTRESSES SOLD their stories.
Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 1:39pm