Their marriage hit all-time low when Tiger’s dishonest scandal got here to gentle, as a number of girls got here ahead claiming that they had sexual relationships with the athlete.
“I have been by way of h—,” Elin confessed to Folks. “It is laborious to assume you’ve gotten this life, after which impulsively – was it a lie? You are struggling as a result of it wasn’t actual. However I survived. It was laborious, however it did not kill me.”
Sharing her response upon studying her then-husband’s clandestine romances, she stated, “[I was in] absolute shock and disbelief. I felt silly as extra issues had been revealed — how might I not have identified something? The phrase betrayal is not robust sufficient. I felt like my entire world had fallen aside. It appeared that my world, as I assumed it was, had by no means existed. I felt embarrassed for having been so deceived. I felt betrayed by many individuals round me.”
They filed for divorce after six years of marriage and finalized it on August 23, 2010. Tiger paid Elin $100million of their divorce settlement.
“Cash does not make you cheerful, however I’ve to be sincere: It’s making some issues simpler,” she shared. “I’ve the chance to be with my youngsters as a lot as I need, and I’m able to journey to see my household and still have them come right here as typically as I like.”
She advised Folks, “I used to be all the time going to have a profession – with or with out Tiger. Now that I cannot be touring and following Tiger round to golf tournaments, I will end my research quicker. Then I need to discover a strategy to contribute and make a optimistic distinction in folks’s lives.”