People Magazine’s cover story this week asks the eternal question: “Should Elin Woods dump the man who cheated on her and humiliated her?” Except, you know, they ask it in a nicer way. I don’t the answer to this question, and I can only say that I’ve left relationships with men I loved for a lot less than what Tiger has put Elin through. But that’s me – and there were no kids involved, and let’s face it, I have the luxury of putting myself and my interests first. All that being said, I still think Elin should dump Tiger in a hot second. He’s a mess, and I don’t see how their marriage could ever recover from the lies, the infidelity, the insanity that is Tiger’s major issues with sex, with women, with his own morals system.
Anyway, People hasn’t put up any part of their cover story today, so I have no idea what the new secrets and scandals are. And yet! The National Enquirer has another story about Elin that I found interesting – apparently Elin confronted Tiger’s mistress Rachel Uchitel, calling her a “home wrecking whore” and a “bitch”. Hm…
In a nasty showdown, Tiger Woods’ enraged wife Elin spewed insults at his mistress – blasting her as a “bitch” and a “home-wrecking whore,” The ENQUIRER has learned.
“Elin shouted, ‘You’re interfering in my family!’” says a source. “‘You’re ruining our lives! What’s wrong with you? You’re pathetic!
“‘Don’t you realize there are children involved? Don’t you care?’”
The ENQUIRER has obtained all the behind-the-scenes details of the no-holds-barred confrontation between Elin and New York party girl Rachel Uchitel, the first woman exposed by The ENQUIRER as the sports superstar’s mistress.
Elin had two bitter screaming matches with Rachel before going on a physical rampage that drove her husband out of the house — and into headlines around the world. Tiger and Elin are now living in separate, nearby houses — and Elin is enjoying life out on the town with pals.
“Elin is determined not to live in Tiger’s shadow as much as she used to,” disclosed an insider.
“She has dropped plans for a divorce at the moment, but she is keeping open her options.”
[From The National Enquirer]
While I think that if Elin wants to yell at her husband’s mistress just to get it out of her system, she should be allowed and God bless. But it bothers me that Elin might lay the brunt of the cheating stuff at the feet of the mistresses. Tiger was the one who lied, who cheated, who broke the trust, who was, in other words, a total womanizing freak. I have never really understood the urge to demonize “the other woman” when it’s the dude who deserves most of the blame. Although, in Uchitel’s case, I do think she’s pushing to be the next Mrs. Tiger Woods. Which just shows that she’s dumb as a box of hair.
UPDATE: This is weird news, but not wholly unexpected. Tiger Woods will be giving a press conference on Friday in which he might apologize and talk about his future in the game. The golf game, not the “screwing around” game. The New York Post has more.
People Magazine cover courtesy of CoverAwards.
Elin! You HAVE A BACKBONE!
I really don’t understand why the other woman is always blamed. She’s not ruining your life, your cheating, no good, louse of a husband is. Put the blame where it belongs, I say.
I think she puts a lot of blame on Tiger, but this girl IS a home-wrecking bitch and deserves to be called out. I would NEVER mess with a married man, or a man in a committed relationship.
I agree, Dido1. It seems like wives often blame the other woman more and lean toward forgiving their louse of a spouse.
That said, I still have a really hard time believing that Elin had NO idea that these things were going on. She may not have realized how many women there were, but she had to know he was cheating. It wasn’t like he was all that discreet. I think the public humiliation more than the cheating is what really upset her. It makes me suspect that she’s going to take him back. Pity.
The way they’ve worded this it sounds like they’re referring to Thanksgiving. I do remember hearing that it all came out due to his phone, so maybe she took the phone and yelled then. In which case, she didn’t yet know about the bajillion other women, so I can understand putting most of the blame on Rachel. I think for a lot of women, myself included, it’s easier to start with the woman. You don’t have complicated feelings about the hussy who was getting with your man the way you do about the man himself. But once you’ve allowed that anger to be expressed, then you can see more clearly and get angry at the one who really, really deserves it.
I’m not sure why the Enquirer thinks it’s newsy, though.
Agreed, blame the man not the woman/women. There will always be stupid, insecure women willing to get with married men for whatever reason. Your man is the one who cheated and he deserves the brunt of the blame. If this happened during Thanksgiving as PrincessPea mentioned I can understand blowing up at the woman at first. Ultimately it’s the guy who deserves to be blamed.
Holding your husband responsible doesn’t make the skank any better; the fact that Elin may have let her have it on the phone doesn’t mean she doesn’t know where the true blame lies. If she thought it was all the skank’s fault, Tiger would be back home by now, but he’s not.
She would be nothing and no one without Tiger. She should take the money and run because if she stays with him she will be the laughing stock of the world and all her claims of these other women. If she did berate Rachel or any of his other lovers she needs to get a life and put the blame where it belongs – on Tiger. These other women werent married w children – he is! And 1 month in rehab for a man who has been sleeping w mult women over years – haha! yeah right. He will go on to do this again for sure.
I think that it’s alright to blame the other man/woman when he or she knows the person they are helping to cheat is married with children, as long as your spouse gets at least equal (and in many cases, more) blame. It takes two to tango, ya know? They both did something wrong. Obviously Tiger did something much worse, and repeatedly, and I’m sure Elin has his balls in a stranglehold at this point.
Totally agrre with the “why blame her?” thing.
People who blame the other women make it sound as though men are a)innocent halfwits who were “corrupted” by the big bad bitch and b)unable to control themselves if there is an offer on the table.
Give men more credit than that.
You don’t have to like the other chick, but she is not to blame. Only one of the people in the affair took vows to keep that penis in one place.
I doubt she said this- when are they really gonna cross paths? But I WISH and HOPE she did and I am totally 1 bazillion percent team Elin on the matter.
Spitting on that dirty bird’s face and grabbing her by the hair while saying it, would probably be too nice. Why do I think so? because this marriage wrecking whorse was in a relationship with him, not just a dirty hole. (although she probably was that too)
If the headline is what Elin really said to Rachel, she was WAAAAAY nicer than I would’ve been…
Thank you, Dido and everyone else. Blame the guy; he’s the one who cheated. Tiger is the homewrecker, not Rachel, no matter how skanky Rachel is.
Actually he is to blame, because if it had only been one woman she might have forgiven him, but how many have there been so far, 18? I’ve lost count.
I don’t blame her if she said that and she was correct. Tiger is a douchebag idiot,piece of crap…….and Rachel is a homewrecking whore.
The fact that he is the marry one does not mean that the other party is innocent.
If you are sleeping with a men or women that is marry and he(she) is still haves a relationship with his wife/husband , you are a skank.
Wait, some of you sound like you don’t think Elin should hold anything against Uchitel at all. Is that really how you feel? She knew who he was, that he had babies, and she didn’t just fuck him once you know. I understand that only Tiger promised to be faithful, but you think that lets Rach completely off the hook?
Why do people think you can only be mad at one person for something TWO people did? They were BOTH WRONG.
It takes two to tango. Faithless Hussy (Uchitel) and Tiger are both equally responsible.
It’s not like he could pass himself off as an unmarried “nobody” either. She knew exactly who he was and what she was getting involved in. It’s how she rolls, see?
I read the article and got the impression that (if this did happen) this was before Elin confronted Tiger at home on Thanksgiving. If the previous timeline is to be believed then this is how she caught him by calling Uchitel on his cell phone after he went to bed. If I confirmed cheating rumors by calling the other woman directly I wouldn’t have nice things to say either.
“Elin had two bitter screaming matches with Rachel before going on a physical rampage that drove her husband out of the house — and into headlines around the world.”
Tiger messed around, not the whores. If Elin stays with him, she is stupid and even more pathetic than Tiger.
If that’s all Elin supposedly said to Rachael Uchitel, she was nicer than I would be. Rachael has made money off of the fact she was the paid mistress of a married man. She didn’t care about the kids anymore than Tiger did. If Rachael has to walk around hearing people call her a whore, it’s a small price to pay for her decision to whore around with a married man.
Elin Woods can call Rachel Uchitel whatever the F she pleases. And I hope she enjoys it! No, the blame for her husband’s cheating definitely does not go to her, it goes to the married man, but she still deserves some choice words. Kinda wondering when this alleged confrontation occurred.
Tmz has pics of Elin visiting Tiger and taking him Starbucks drinks today
i’m a marriage counselor and bottom line: if a guy isn’t happy at home he WILL find it somewhere else. if you don’t want your man to cheat, pay attention to him! put down the kid and put on the lingerie… if anyone is at fault, it’s both tiger and elin. to blame the “other woman” and call her out in the media is just a desperate attempt to have people feel sorry for elin because she knows, when all is said and done, she too is partially responsible for tiger’s indiscretions. sad, but true.
@ princesspea: Nobody is saying Uchitel gets a free pass but Tiger deserves the lion’s share of the blame. He’s married, not Uchitel, and he cheated on his wife. Uchitel didn’t cheat on anybody although she should have respected his marriage. But since Tiger had no respect for his own marriage, I’d say 80% of the blame goes to him.
ya that’s right Elin, it’s her fault…right, now go back to tiger and forgive and forget
you stupid b*tch – get a clue elin
Yay Elin! That Uchitel woman is a tramp and she looks like a flounder in the image above.
team elin.
rachael is a paid escort, hostess, high class whore, like she has a conscience!
elin has every right to take a golf club to rachels surgically enhanced, un-natural looking face and teeth.
elin if you want someone to hold her down for you babe.
call aussie mama!!!
fre;
when there are children involved dear, sacrifices are made. for better or worse means just that.
it’s not just about elin. european women try harder. sometimes people change.
it’s her choice, let her be. it takes huge strength for her to make a go of it. the easiest thing to do is give up.
Why blame just one of them? They are both at fault and share equal blame. He’s a douche, but Rachel Uchitel is a serial screwer of married men and she is, as another said, “a whorse.” (love it!!!) Elin should grab them both by the ears and smack their skulls together.
Ms. Ugh-tail needs to take about 12 steps backwards in that pic, leap backwards and go home where the rest of the trash resides. What are those, gummi-worms stuck to her lips?
Elin went after Tiger with a golf club. I don’t understand why people think she’s not putting any blame on him.
i love it that Icky-tel is posed in front of a nasty garbage truck!!! it’s the perfect shot!
“whateve: February 17th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
i’m a marriage counselor” Seriously???…If so, you’re the shittiest one ever.
I say blame both of them. And considering the golf club rampage Elin went on, I think she is blaming both of them. Obviously, Tiger is the one who broke her trust, but Rachel knew he was married, and is just as guilty as he is.
I put a bit of faith in other women to respect the band around my husband’s finger.
Sometimes I wish I were, but I’m not naturally a manipulative bitch- i’m the girl guys’ marry. When my husband meets the manipulative kind, that is, the kind of girls guys Don’t marry… then it’s up to him to believe her hype, and I think it all boils down to: how tight our marriage at that moment, and how well she’s playing her game that night.
I think the “blame the husband only; he’s the one who took the vows” statement is incredibly stupid. It takes two to tango. Of course the other woman should be put in her place and the husband too. Elin has every right to confront the other women. These mistress/wh*res need to leave married men alone and a wife has every right to stand up for her home against these vultures.
Elin is someone very special in her own right and is not a shadow for any man. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister. Her father, Thomas Nordegren, is a radio journalist who served as a bureau chief in Washington, D.C. When she met Tiger, she had hopes of becoming a child psychiatrist. She gave that dream up to be his wife.
She has a right to be angry at Uchitel — a party planner, a hanger on, a phoney bimbo who is a lowlife parasite. And yes Elin is right to be angry with her phoney lying cheating loser of a husband. Nothing in life is ever perfect. But for a moment in time, Elin probably thought she had the perfect life.
Plz don’t say she is nothing and nobody, and that she found her identity by marrying Tiger. And plz don’t blame her for not holding his attention with lingerie and whatever. It’s an ignorant and offensive thing to say and only shows how little you value yourself and says absolutely nothing about Elin.
Ruffian9: “whateve: February 17th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
i’m a marriage counselor” Seriously???…If so, you’re the shittiest one ever.”
Yes, whateve, you forgot to add *have dinner ready and bring him a drink and his slippers*.
Having been married to a cheating husband and having been subject to a ruthless whore who stopped at nothing to make my life a living hell, I think it’s too bad Elin wasn’t able to club Uchitel in the head too.
You have no idea how hard it is when the person you’ve placed your trust in and who you want to believe in has betrayed you. Especially when that person is an egomaniac and excellent liar. It’s not as black and white a situation as some of you are making it out to be.
I think it depends on the situation. Some men lie to women and tell them they are single. Some men lie and tell women that they are in the process of getting a divorce. (Which a woman should always verify.) Tiger may have lied and told Rachel that his marriage was just a show for his media image. She still should’ve stayed away, but a lot of women are gulliable. Then there are some women that go after married men just for the excitement and fun.
I think in all cases of cheating, the cheater should be blamed. Some cases, the woman is as much at fault, but in some cases not so much.
I also think that the biggest deal breaker to me would be the fact that he cheated on her with so many dang women, and supposedly didn’t use protection. Esp. while she was pregnant. He put Elin’s and his children’s life in danger. Sometimes you gotta look at the bigger picture and cut your loses.
I feel bad for her. I read the headline and got quite emotional reading it. I was in her place and I know how it feels. She seems like a decent woman who, in spite of having common sense, never expected anything like this. It can happen to anyone. She has probably already given Tiger her piece, well, as other posters pointed out, she went after him with a golf club, but regardless of how much her husband is responsible, it’s only natural to also hate the other woman. I don’t think it’s that she’s blaming it all on her. It’s that she’s giving the other woman what she deserves along with Tiger.
Snarf is totally right. Tiger’s the one who cheated, and was unfaithful… but Uchitel made it possible for him to cheat. Had she said no, he probably (by that, certainly) would’ve found someone else, but Uchitel would have been blameless. Both of them have whatever’s coming to them. My heart goes out to the children, who will be affected by this for the rest of their lives.
@whateve: As a marriage counselor, you ought to know that some guys who are happy in their marriages will cheat on their wives anyway if they get a chance, as long as they think they won’t get caught. They do it for a simple reason: it’s fun and they can get away with it. And guys like Tiger, who have it all, have this attitude where they think they are entitled to cheat.
@ Ruffian9: – that’s a little harsh don’t you think? We’re all allowed to say what we think / give our oppinions. Calling someone shit at their profession is really a low blow. Maybe you’re not understanding what Whateve trying to say?
@ Whateve – I agree with you! I’m married to the love of my life, however i’ve had my fair share of fights to save my relationship (prior to getting married) and “your flannel PJ’s” came up in an arguement and i was like WTF? – Anyway, i invested in the lingerie and let me tell you – it just gets better and better. My husband is in a happy space, i’m in a happy space – it is important to take your partner’s wants and needs into consideration. If you ain’t going to satisfy those fantasies – someone else will ……….. Just my oppinion Ruffian9 🙂
To the dispassionate observer, clearly the cheating spouse should take the majority of the blame, but Elin isn’t a dispassionate observer. When you love someone you can’t turn that off in a moment; you can’t immediately rationalise that the man you chose to spend your life with could be such a egotistical love-rat, so you lash out at the easy target.
And to be fair to Elin, Rachel Uchitel IS a homewrecking ho, with previous experience in the field of homewreckery – *coughDavidBoreanazcough*.
Rachel Uchitel is a total home wrecker and must get her reward. Elin has shown so much maturity, love and forgiveness in her dealing thus far towards maintaining the sanctity of her marriage. Any woman who sleeps with a married man deserves to be stoned, just as Rachel will be miserable in her entire life. I don’t totally agree that Men should be blamed entirely, women seduce these married men. If a married man approaches you, you have the damn right to refuse except an insecure woman who knows that it maybe impossible for her to get married.
Men do not have the level of control as women when it comes to sex. That Rachel looks like a grandma, she tricked a young man into sleeping with him and finally going to press. Tiger made a mistake, but second chance should be given to him.
Tiger is to blame, but there really is a huge difference in women who would never go into a relationship with a married man and those who do AND then think they have the right to be upset when they aren’t the only “other woman” – it’s disgusting.
I don’t understand, Tiger has like a bazillion of women, why choose one? Walk Elin walk. Look at Cheryl Cole, took back her loser hubby, now she is in for more heart ache, once a loser, always one. Leave him and start your life alone.
Ah, but Ursula, Ashley Cole’s cheating MADE Cheryl Cole. Before, she was the bitchy one in Girls Aloud (with a criminal record for assault, no less); after his infidelity she rode the wave of public sympathy straight into the “nation’s sweetheart” role. Obviously, it’s now high time she canned his a**, but being cheated on was the best darn career move she ever made!
@Ogechi: Bullshit, honey, stop making lame-ass excuses for men when it comes to sex. Tiger’s no little boy any more, he’s a grown man and he is responsible for his actions. That right to refuse works both ways, you know? If a woman tries to seduce a married man, all he has to do is say no.
I understand that it is Tiger’s fault and he is to blame! HOWEVER…. these women KNOW that he is married and most of them throw themselves at him for his $$. That’s just how they are now a days. They get themselves pregnant for a paycheck and it’s disgusting. Like I said it IS Tiger’s fault! But women have no morals. I would NEVER EVER mess with a married man! It’s disgusting! Besides, what goes around comes around. I would never want that to happen to me. All of them should be ashamed of themselves as well!
I agree that the ultimate blame lies with Tiger. However, I find the idea of homewrecking whores being blameless to be laughable. There are plenty of available men out there and it’s disgusting how many women have no trouble screwing around with married men. Call her out on it, but blame the husband!
just love how elin uses pre-tiger pics of herself to compete with the ho train that is such a part tiger’s legacy.
If I were Elin I think I would be more disturbed by what Tiger told his mistresses about the state of his marriage and his feelings for Elin more so than his infidelity. He will always be a cheat, he’ll just be more careful next time. I think he paid her to stay with him until this all blows over. She would be nuts to stay in a situation like this. The kids won’t be that affected by a breakup considering he’s been a very very part-time Dad up until this point.
The perfect example of a “Goodugly” woman.
Half the time you see shots of her she looks really good. The other half she looks really ugly.
My brain can’t decide.
#54 Anoneemous: you are wrong about the kids being “unaffected” by this. This huge spectacle of shame is being/will be felt by these children their entire lives. When a parent is amoral, or criminal, it goes to the child’s own identity. I feel sorry for the kids, and for Elin. I hope she returns with the kids to Sweden and Tiger loses all contact. The kids deserve a chance for a normal childhood. As much as they can still have, for they will learn how their dad disrespected their mom and them. Sick and sad.
Elin has all the rights to hate that wh***, this doesn’t mean that she is putting all the fault on her!
What ever happened to — sisterhood, karma, don’t do to someone what you wouldn’t want done to you? They are equally responsible. With so much misery in the world that is uncontrollable (Haiti, children with cancer, etc.) why would someone deliberately choose to be part of something that is so hurtful to someone else? I truly believe what goes around comes around.
Maybe Elin is yelling at both of them. I personally think that, after yelling at my husband (and possibly chasing him down the driveway with a weapon of destruction), that I’d still be angry enough to yell at the other woman. Anyone else?
Elin has every right to speak her mind and take action. I’m actually proud of her for standing up for herself. BACKBONE! Tiger is lucky he still has a penis. She could have easily taken a divot out if his crotch with the golf club. He’s squirming like a little bitch right now and it’s funny to watch. As for those cunts, I bet they’ve never dreamed of this much fame when they were spreading their meatflaps. Hopefully they’re pussy’s rot off.
ELIN NEEDS TO LEAVE TIGER. WHEN A MARRIED MAN TELLS HIS MISTRESS THAT HE’S WITH THE WRONG PERSON,THAT PERSON (YOU, ELIN) SHOULD LEAVE, AND FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE WITH YOU. YOU KNOW THE SEX IS FOREVER DOOMED. SERIOUSLY.