There was a ton of smaller pieces of gossip regarding Tiger Woods and his scandals this weekend, so let’s jump right in. First up: sources in Britain are claiming that Elin has decided to leave Tiger after Christmas, and that both Tiger and Elin are probably both talking to lawyers:
Tiger Woods’ wife has decided to dump him after Christmas and is already talking with a divorce lawyer, says a sensational new report.
Elin Nordegren wants the holiday to appear normal for the couple’s two children but will separate from Tiger quickly in the new year.
Britain’s News of the World cites anonymous sources for its report that claims Elin will move back to Sweden quickly after the holidays. The article also contends that Elin is no longer in a rush to file divorce papers and that money is not her prime concern.
The revelation of Tigers’ multiple affairs caught her completely off guard and it’s a “raw” situation, a pal tells the paper. According to the report, she had no idea Tiger was cheating and the stress of the situation has caused her to lose weight as she deals with the emotional stress.
The article also claims that Tiger is still in touch with his most recent mistress Rachel Uchitel and that privately she believes she is his main woman. It also appears that Tiger is in some type of therapy, based on the report claiming that Elin angrily told Tiger to talk to his therapist.
[From Radar]
Of course, this report contradicts the many reports out there that Tiger Woods is taking a hiatus to work on his marriage, and that neither Elin nor Tiger are ready to throw in the towel yet. Tiger‘s agent Mark Steinberg told the AP (via Radar) that “The entirety of someone’s life is more important than just a professional career. What matters most is a young family that is trying to cope with difficult life issues in a secluded and caring way. Whenever Tiger may return to the game should be on the family’s terms alone.”
It’s interesting that Tiger’s agent gave an interview, as if he is speaking on Tiger’s behalf. Radar also reports that Tiger’s management team is in disarray, and there is a lot of infighting over exactly what to do to solve Tiger’s multiple business and publicity problems. Some members of his team wanted to bring in professional crisis managers – but they could never agree. A source said: “They’ve been completely ineffective in handling this scandal from a pr standpoint. It’s just gotten worse and worse.” Some sports professionals are even begging Tiger to fire everyone on his team. Personally, I think that would be a bad idea. Yes, Tiger’s flailing, and yes, his team sucked for the past few weeks. But starting all over with a new team isn’t the answer. Add to that the simple fact that Tiger was the one with the zipper problem, it would seem like Tiger blames his team for enabling his affairs. Which they probably did, but he’s got free will, for goodness sake.
Next up: on Sunday, the Florida Department of Children and Families went to Tiger’s Florida estate for unknown reasons.
The Florida Department of Children and Families, escorted by deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, visited Tiger Woods’ home near Windermere on Saturday, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
Capt. Angelo Nieves of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to RadarOnline.com: “Our deputies met with members of the Department of Children and Families. But all details are being kept secret.”
Nieves would neither confirm nor deny that the deputies and DCF officials went to Woods’ house. But a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com that the visit was in fact to Woods’ home and that it occurred around mid day.
The source also tells RadarOnline.com that the deputy’s car was a marked car, while the Florida Department of Children and Families’ car was unmarked.
It’s a shocking twist in a scandal that seemingly has no boundaries. The visit stems from the events leading up to Tiger’s bizarre one-car crash right after Thanksgiving. Reports from that incident indicated there was a heated altercation between Tiger and wife Elin over his cheating. Now, the presence of DCF at Tiger’s house adds credence to those reports as it is protocol for DCF to investigate after an in-home suspected domestic violence incident.
Typically investigators from DCF would want to evaluate the safety of a home for children after a domestic violence incident. Officials were at the home for roughly an hour, sources told RadarOnline.com exclusively.
Woods two young children were at home during Thanksgiving when the golfer and Elin allegedly got into a heated argument. Elin and Tiger are parents to two-year-old daughter Sam and 10-month-old son Charlie.
Florida Highway Patrol initially investigated Woods’ car crash and the golfer refused to talk to them when they tried to schedule follow-up interviews. But refusing to talk to DCF when it is conducting an official investigation can lead to severe repercussions by state law.
It is not known if Tiger was home when the investigators were there. It would not be unusual for it to take this long for DCF investigators to make a home visit stemming from an incident that took place at Thanksgiving, an expert familiar with the situation told RadarOnline.com.
[From Radar]
Eh, I’m going to go with the theory that this was part of some routine investigation regarding Tiger’s Thanksgiving accident until I hear something different. Those poor kids. Charlie is only 10 months old, for goodness sake. Hopefully, everybody’s fine.
What else? Let’s see… Playgirl has decided not to publish the nude Tiger photos they got last week. Playgirl’s director of marketing, Daniel Nardicio, told People: “Playgirl has decided to turn down the alleged Tiger Woods nude photos, reportedly taken by camera phone by Woods himself. They were impossible to one 100 percent verify, hence the unwillingness to go there.” Nardicio said that since it was clear Tiger did not want them published, Playgirl was loathe to do it: “This is a prime example of the direction Playgirl does not want to take. I prefer subjects who are willing.”
To end on a low note, apparently one of Tiger’s mistresses, Jamie Jungers, is now claiming that she and Tiger were getting it on while Tiger’s dad was dying in a hospice. These women are making me sick, but if you’d like to know more, Us Weekly has Jungers’ quotes.
Well duh? Whats to consider?
Considering divorce? It should be “Getting a divorce”.
Maybe I’m being really cynical here but when the news first broke out about Tiger having mistresses to now, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s had more than a hundred of whores.
Elin will never be able to trust him again. Thankfully, her children are too young to know all of this drama just yet. She seems to have a pretty simple lifestyle and either way, Elin will be rich. It’s just an issue of how rich.
No defense to the CDF officials but I thought most of these departments were understaffed and overworked to have time to waste. The kids probably weren’t even on the same side of the house when they were fighting late at night. Everyone wants to get in on the action I suppose.
why wld such innocent baby have a dad like Tiger?[am so sad]
I really couldn’t imagine her being “okay” with it and saving her marriage. Tiger damaged the trust between them.
If my husband cheated on me with another woman (1 other woman) – i could, with some time, deal with it and work on rebuilding the trust between us again..forgive him… I could “save” my marriage
However – 13 women, hookers included with no protection and just months after marrying her, and while she was pregnant – Not even Elin could build a marriage with no trust and obviously very little respect from her husband.
She’s better off being without him and raising her children in a happy environment instead of staying with him and being insecure and bitter forever.
F*ck his image Elin. He made you a fool!
He deserves all he gets, hope elin bleeds him dry then see how many bits on the side he can get, hope he suffers greatly for what hes done to this lady and their children
OMG this keeps getting uglier and uglier. Maybe Tiger should hire Kobe’s PR mgmt team.
‘taking time of to be a better husband????’
He should be served with divorce papers ASAP!!!
Gosh his kids are gorgeous.
So over this. If I were her there would be no discussing. Just him eating my dust as I went running to my lawyer.
My feeling about a situation like this is that her entire view of who he is and what his character is like fundamentally changed. He isn’t the man she thought she married, in that case. Again, pure speculation, of course.
Whatever your judgement about what should happen to Tiger and Elin (I swear a week ago I wasn’t sure of her name) this article is on target about the public relations disaster this has turned into. Everyone is saying this is the worst example of someone cheating and going off the rails EVER but I wonder, is it? or did other famous cheaters have better spin? Not to diminish what has happened here regarding his behavior but from a strictly PR point of view how much of this could have been MUCH better managed? I will bet his “team” has problems getting re-employed due to their inability to get a handle on this.
Of course his agent is going to say “He’s taking time off to work on his family” it wouldn’t sound so great if he said “Tiger is taking time off golf because now he can fully concentrate on banging his #1 piece.”
Kathie, I completely agree with your comments. I tend to think this type of cheating goes on a lot with celebrities and pro athletes, but if an incident does crop up, they have an organized PR team to swoop in and clean things up before they get out of hand. The way this situation has been handled is a PR nightmare. I feel sad for everyone invovled, but I sure do hope there is no violence at home, esp. in front of the kids. There is no excuse for that.
I read that Tiger’s father used “concentration camp” tactics to teach his son how to focus on his game. Having heard this before and seeing how people who have had their childhood stolen by overly ambitious parents living vicariously through their children, I don’t believe that Tiger is able to fully comprehend what he has done. He is probably lacking empathy and would be very self-centred. Another ruined human-being. Therapists like to believe that everyone is redeemable is some way but sometimes the damage is just too deep. But, that’s not Elin’s problem. She should get out while she can still salvage some self-respect, something that seems to be completely lacking in the women that were getting it on with Tiger.
There’s no way Elin will ever be able to trust Tiger again, so unfortunately, divorce is probably the only real workable solution. How sad for her and the children. Baby’s first Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’d never forgive the man.
Kathie,
I agree. I highly doubt this is the worst case scenario. But the mismanagement of it may very well be on par with the entire “W” administration.
The other affair that comes to mind is the governor (?) who cheated on his cancer-battling wife. What a piece of work. I just don’t understand men…
I tend to believe that she will divorce him after the holidays and move back to the new house she just bought in Sweden. Having family services out to a billionaires house, is very low-class that is the type of thing that goes on in the projects and trailer parks. That combined with all these sordid tales and the porn stars I predict more sponsors dropping him especially after Elin divorces him.
If there had been just one lover he fell for, it would likely mean the end of his marriage. But it sounds like sex addiction/ego and not a change of heart. I think they have a decent chance of squeezing a few more years out of the marriage.
I think if you look at how Tiger views golf and how important it is to him to get laid by as many women as possible by apparently as much as possible, the priority of his marriage is clear. Sure, he’ll give his family “priority”. That would be “Priority #3”.
I don’t understand how anybody could be putting blame on the PR team… I’m sure they are good, but they’re not fucking magicians… This is like a fire that is burning wildly out of control… at some point, there isn’t really much you can do about it aside from letting the flames burn out… This guy’s behavior is probably not something they come across very often… give these people a break, just because they can’t wipe this asshole clean of shit doesn’t make them incompetent…
Wow, NOTW have such a scoop. In this situation, divorce could be a reality so I guess they’re safe with this article, probably made up in the break room over tea and sausage rolls.
I hope Elin does what’s best for her, which, you never know, could mean staying with Tiger and making him suffer every day!
I wonder if Tiger would completely give up golf if Elin demanded it as a condition of her staying with him. It’s not like he doesn’t have the money to quit and I’m sure he could eventually get a job as a golf commentator.
hmm I wonder if he is gonna bring out Rachel [after Elin leaves] to prove, “it’s true love,” and “see, I am not a scumbag bc I really fell for this woman.”
I feel like I have seen adulterers do that before to try and save face, like “it’s ok bc I am actually in love.”
@Bella – I hear what you’re saying. I don’t understand men regarding this issue either, but I will say that I’ve known of more women who cheat on their husbands than men who cheat on their wives. And the women lie big time, like Tiger’s numerous examples. It’s pretty sad and pathetic. 🙁
I hope Elin divorces him but dads have a lot of rights these days so I wonder if she will be able to take the kids to Sweden if their dad stays in the U.S. And @Diva family violence cuts across all classes. I’m glad someone is checking on the kids as they get the worst deal out of all of this.
#19 said
“…Having family services out to a billionaires house, is very low-class that is the type of thing that goes on in the projects and trailer parks…”
I don’t agree, it happens at all levels of society, the poor folk just can’t cover it up as well, you know they can’t live in big homes with walls to distance them from others. I come from “low class” people, I lived in a trailer park, some families were abusive others were loving, just like the rest of society.
Think about your prejudice there….I find your comment highly offensive.
Abuse is abuse, it is not OK anywhere trailer park or mansion.
“I don’t understand how anybody could be putting blame on the PR team… I’m sure they are good, but they’re not fucking magicians… ”
fizXgirl314, I think you described it perfectly.
If I was Elin, I could never look him in the face again and not wonder what he was lying about next. There is no way that marriage is going to last whether they try or not.
And his fan base is never going to come back the way it was before. I can’t even look at Charlie Sheen and not think that he’s gross for hiring so many prostitutes. Ew!!!
the ugly side of being in the limelight..Poor Tiger.!!Some men do it and nobody sees them. I think smbody is out to finish his career, hope his wife doesnt leave him at this crucial point in his life[still sad]
@ wow –
I know, I’ve a friend who has cheated on her husband(s) and I don’t understand her either. I guess I just don’t understand cheaters, because, since it’s been done to me, I couldn’t do it to someone I love.
@ Diva –
My Mother is in family law and works with the highest-powered family law attorney in our county. Trust me, abuse of spouse and children does not discriminate when it comes to income. In fact, often times a woman married to a wealthy man will put up with the most abuse, due to the fear of humiliation and being ostracised amongst their peers, no way to support herself and children, and their worst fear: that he will take the children away from her because he can afford the best lawyers.
What a nightmare to suddenly find that the man you married is not the man you thought he was at all. And she had children with him. No wonder she is not eating. Been there. Done that.
Again, ultimately the sins of the fathers are visited on the children. Look at Tiger and his father. And probably Tiger’s father and grandfather. And on it goes until the cycle is broken through serious soul searching and therapy. Will Tiger be man enough to pony up? We shall see.
@Ogechi- You hope that his wife doesn’t leave him at this crucial point in his life????? This man created this situation, and now he will have to live with the consequences of his behavior. Why should his wife have to stand by and support him when he never did anything but lie and cheat on her. Did he stand by the promises he made to her?
He needs to learn that his choices created this mess, not the media, not the other women, but HE made this the circus and disaster it is by being a lying cheater.
Who can blame her?! Just sad. He is a huge disappointment……to a lot of people.
In a twisted way, Elin is luckier than the average woman married to a wealthy man, since this has been played out publicly. Tiger cannot even begin the process of taking her children away if she should choose to leave. He won’t be able to drag it out in the courts, trying to mitigate/prevent child support, the way it often happens (and BTW, albeit at a lower income level, I know what I speak of). She should strike while the iron’s hot, and get the hell out now, while he is trying to lay low. He’ll just want it to all go away…
Ogechi… Poor Tiger!?!?!? really?!?!?!?
Elin must be sick to her stomach. I think there is no doubt she will divorce Tiger. Not only was he unfaithful and lied to her every day for years, he appears to have a serios personality disorder. My prediction is they will divorce and she will stay in Orlando with her children. Clearly Tiger has not been there and I bet she’s established an active life with other young mothers as friends. She’s so much better off without that d-bag.
Well of course she wants a divorce! No amount of therapy will save her marriage, she will never ever trust him again and I don’t blame her!
The rational part of me says that no matter what we read in the news, we don’t know what’s really going on in their lives, so hopefully, Elin will make the best choice for her and her children whatever that may be. The rational part of me is barely audible over the voice in my head screaming “How much is your self-respect worth, Elin!!!” Personally, cheating is an unforgiveable offense, whether it’s once or 13 times. It’s someone making a conscious decision to forsake his commitment to you.
No sh*t, Sherlock!I’d be so sick of everything to do with Tiger, including the paparazzi that I’d be finding a house on an island and saying “F**K YOU!!!” to the world too!…only I’d be buying something with plumbing/hot water that works 24/7/365 – hope she gets that working before she moves in.
Kick him to the curb today, Elin!
He showed his true character when he chose to bonk his mistress in his California home over being with his parents during the last hours of his fathers life. These are choices he made as an adult and not some teenage mistakes he can apologize and expect forgiveness for.
agree that there is some sort of emotional maturity problem, no doubt related to his upbringing. I would say this is an offshoot of the problem of having PR people around athletes, for image making and advertising reasons. I think marriage worked for him because it gave him a safer image and the opportunity to make more advertising money.It would have been interesting if he had remained single and had he and/or his team not obessessed about image so much. i think he’s a good enough athelete that he could still have made advertising dollars and his penchant for slutting around wouldn’t have been that big a deal – they could have shushed it up or spun it in such a way that he’d get away with it. Like Clooney. I mean, geez, big time athlete, famous, lots of money…of course he’s a man-whore, a lot of men would be. Getting married was the worst mistake and worst PR decision ever.
IMO, the lesson to be learned from all of this, esp. for athletes, is don’t even bother trying to hide who you are, don’t bother with the PR image making crap, because somewhere, somehow, somebody is going to figure it out, especially if you’re worth a lot of money, because they can make a lot of money off of you and you are going to look like a royal fool. The 24-hour news cycle and plethora of gossip sites, esp. like TMZ, make this the new reality. Maybe 20 years ago, you could get away with PR image making crap and your image would mean something, but I think those days are over. Better to be who you are, see what kind of advertising dollars you get, if that’s what you care about, and carry on. Or maybe not be an asshole, but that might be too much to hope for.
It’s kind of bugging me that people are saying Tiger made a fool of Elin.
The only person he made a fool of was himself.
The best thing Elin could do is leave him. She is too good for that sicko.
She should leave him BUT since they have children together and it binds them forever, she is not as free to do everything to him without thinking about the consequences.
Any responsible parent knows that someway, somehow s/he will have to sort out biterness to maintain an healthy relationship between the ex who is the father/mother of their children so to protect them, HER PRIORITY at this stage : PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
Children should never perceive the anger and biterness between both parents. She should leave him, taking the high road, not with a plan of revenge which eventually could backfire to those children. Hurting him even further by taking all will only hurt her since it will feed the biterness and hurt the children they have in common.
So personally, i think she should just act like the Good one,the queen, take her children, cut a fair deal and just leave elsewhere to heal.
It’s his lost not hers. She will eventually meet someone worth her.
Sure tiger said he would give up golf for Elin and work on their marriage. Did you expect something else from him? Tiger will never give up golf for Elin or anyone. He will never give up whoring around either. Divorce his sorry ass asap or pay the piper!!!!! No man is worth this hurt Elin, no man! Think of your children and keeping their respect. Nobody likes to get divorce but sometimes divorce is the only way to go on with your life.
Good on you Elin. show women what they are meant to do when husbands/men are men!!! You staying would be a mistake for all women. And for your beautiful daughter. Break the cycle now. What a disgraceful man who thought he was above everything. Tiger – you are soooo lucky to learn this lesson now – may you take it forward and be the person you have always portrayed. Sadly i think the acting part came easily for you!
He’s taking a break from golf to work on his relationship with Uchitel, not his marriage. Elin’s outta there, can’t be alone, Hooker is a few blocks away – this couldn’t get much better for him!
Good for her.
Never stay married to a man who passes his pee-pee around like a peace-pipe.
Community penises are NASTY.
I’m not married, but I know how painful it is to have someone you truly love cheat on you. My heart goes out to her.
Rachel has flown to where Tiger is… only a block or two away from the Wood’s home in Florida. Very convenient for tiger isn’t it Elin? Kick his sorry used up ass out of that house please. Not sure how you can stand to even look at him. How he can think that you would want to have sex with him now for that 3rd baby is beyond belief. He sure has gall..CONSTANTLY THINKING OF SEX ISN’T HE even at a time like this?
She’s considering dropping him into Vesuvius and throwing 20 H-bombs into it, releasing his manwhore essence into the ether. Like we need more of that.
Poor Tiger!!!hope u learn from all these mess. I really really pity ur condition..May God forgive u and give u the grace to pull thru this trying times…LOVE U
A married man having unprotected sex with dozens of questionable women has no conscience. Elin needs to get away from Tiger and hope that he did not give her some disease.
1) I just find it so hard to believe that Elin was clueless…up until now. I feel she is at risk anywhere close to Tiger. As well, as her physical/personal health. 2) Tiger was pretty much out of his family’s life. They had no priority whatsoever. Elin’s bound to have just felt so alone. What did she do while he was gone.
3)Also, what a cheap house for a man with all that money.