While Tiger Woods was teeing off early Wednesday morning, his ex-wife Elin Nordegren captured headlines by speaking exclusively to People magazine about their divorce.
Summing up the last nine months of her life, she admitted, "I've been through hell." The poised Swedish model divulged her intimate feelings over the fiasco in which she was betrayed by her husband and "by many people around me" in a cheating scandal.
After months of silence, Elin dedicated 19 hours over the course of four meetings to the interview. She wrote some of her answers, feeling she could better express herself at times in written word rather than spoken word.
Tiger himself even made a surprise cameo appearance while Elin was being interviewed. He brought their children, Sam, 3, and Charlie, 19 months, home from his visitation time. The estranged couple kept the encounter very civil. Elin told People she intends to remain in Florida, and not move back to her native Sweden, so that Tiger can be involved in the children's upbringing.
She also plans to continue working towards a college degree in psychology. "Money doesn't make you happy, but I have to be honest, it is making some things easier." Though it is not specified how much Elin received in the divorce settlement, she can afford to stay home to spend quality time raising her children and seek work once they are older. She is also grateful to be able to afford visiting her family overseas and for them to be able to visit her in the United States.
Throughout the ordeal, Elin still has faith in the institution of marriage. "It's going to take time for me to start dating again. It's going to be just me and the kids for a while," she told the mag. "I believe in love because I've been there."
Her daughter also helps her through the pain. She explained to her, "Mommy's boo boo is in her heart right now." The little girl suggested that popcorn might help to cheer her up. Elin has avoided most television, but was able to muster a chuckle in parodies of her situation on "South Park" and “Saturday Night Live."
Calling it "truly ridiculous" that she hit Tiger with a golf club on the night of his infamous car crash, Elin maintained, "There was never any violence inside or outside the home." She was completely taken by surprise at the surfacing of his alleged mistresses and "never suspected-not a one."
Despite an honest attempt at resurrecting their marriage, their union ended in divorce earlier this week. "Initially I thought we had a chance and we tried really hard," she said. "Without trust and love, it couldn't work."
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