Family Law

Elin Nordegren talks about divorce from Tiger Woods

By ckramer

Elin Nordegren has granted an interview to People magazine, to talk about her recently finalized divorce from her now ex-husband, golfer Tiger Woods.

As Tiger?s golf game suffers under what could be the stress of the divorce, Elin shared some of her experience in the interview that has the whole world listening to the story of the wife who Tiger cheated on with women around the world.

According to the interview, she never saw it coming. She also never hit her husband with a golf club, as many news sources implied after the night when Tiger ran his car into a tree and injured himself.

?I?ve been through hell,? Nordegren told the magazine. ?It?s hard to think you have this life, and then all of a sudden?was it a lie? You?re struggling because it wasn?t real. But I survived. It was hard, but it didn?t kill me.?

The couple has a 3-year-old and an 18-month-old together. Elin and the children have been living a mile away from Tiger in a rented house with five bedrooms and gated security in Windermere, Florida. Tiger has to get permission to get past the guards to see her and the kids.

She said that therapy and long runs were two things that helped her to get through the hardest times in the wake of the scandal. She also kept a journal of what she was going through and what her emotions were at the time. ?I haven?t gone back and read what I wrote in December and January,? she said. ?I?m afraid to.?

Golf is no longer a part of her life. She said she hasn?t watched a minute of it. She?s even regained her sense of humor, and she laughed at a few of the parodies that were made about her and the situation, calling them ?pretty hysterical.?

But just because she can laugh about it now doesn?t mean that there aren?t scars. Nordegren never lusted for the spotlight, so when the gossip news broke nine months ago, she has had to battle with the desire for her life to remain private.

?This was one of the things I had the hardest time with people thinking,? she said. ?There was never any violence inside or outside our home. The speculation that I would have used a golf club to hit him is just truly ridiculous.?

She also talked about Tiger?s secretive ways as he cheated with numerous women, and what it felt like to learn about his habits and activities.

?I felt stupid as more things were revealed,? she said. ?How could I not know anything? The word betrayal isn?t strong enough. I felt like my whole world had fallen apart. I felt betrayed by many people around me.?

At a press conference at the golf course where Tiger was preparing for his latest tournament, he expressed sadness at the divorce finalization.

?It?s a sad time in our lives, and we?re looking forward to how we can help our kids the best we can. It?s one of those things where it?s a sad time.?

Full post as published by The Divorce Blog on August 27, 2010 (boomark / email).