Elin Nordegren, the wife of Tiger Woods, will seek a divorce, ABC News.com is reporting. A source close to Nordegren told the Web site on Wednesday that a "divorce is 100 percent on."On a purely financial level, this sorta ruins Woods' chances of doing a redemption tour on Oprah. That gimmick only works when you are actually able to keep your family in tact, and spout some PR-mandated nonsense about "my renewed commitment to family" or whatever. As is, the whole "I'm healed" narrative falls apart if your old lady actually leaves. Mannn, Eldrick, this is totally not good.
Nordegren was recently photographed pumping gas without her wedding ring. Woods and his wife have been married for five years and have a 2-year-old daughter and a 10-month-old son.
Woods announced late last week he was taking an indefinite leave from public life and golf while he works to fix his marriage after multiple allegations of infidelity.
The announcement came two weeks after Woods crashed his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home, setting in motion a stunning downfall for the world's No. 1 player who for 13 years rarely made news off the golf course. One woman who said she had a 31-month affair with Woods shared a voice mail that she said Woods left her two nights before his Nov. 27 accident.
"I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children," Woods said in a statement released last week. "I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I've done, but I want to do my best to try."
Woods has not been seen in public since the accident.
Question: Can Tiger Woods reclaim his role as media darling and role model to Cablinasians worldwide without his wife by his side?
Report: Wife to divorce Woods [ESPN]
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Old Eldrick might have a few tricks up his sleeve yet so let's wait to see if his wife goes through with it. Maybe if he could channel his inner Black man and do a James Brown style "Please Please Please" pleading, she would forgive him. =)
Otherwise, no it will never be the same for him again. But winning fixes a lot of things and it's not like Elin was the only woman on the planet. If they do divorce and it's relatively uncontentious, if he comes back to golf and just starts winning, this will fade..somewhat.
Tiger will be fine. Money can cure what often ails us, and he will rebound stronger than ever. Many people don't care. This snooty sport needs a little drama in it. The children suffer as usual, but hopefully he will continue to be in their lives. As a society we've proven that we get over these 'issues' quickly, especially if someone else famous is caught or the real issues in the world worsen.
I don't give a damn. He didn't cheat on me. Divorce is not the end of the world, he will be just fine and soon the media can blather on about someone else's (mis)fortune.
Damn Cinco said it best right there.
Not to worry. In a few years Eric B and Rakim will get another check when "Dont Sweat The Technique" plays during a collage of Tiger Playing golf.
Just like Kobe. (Pretty cool commercial if you've seen it)
Plus anyway our culture suggests that being playah-playah is a good thing. We got straight up pimps as heros.
Tiger will be back.
She's just cashing in her chips she has stored up. Hey there's a bright side now Tiger can get his pimp on in full swing. Daedalus had it right anyhow our culture does tend to play up being a pimp or players.
The sad truth is Tiger had no reason getting married in the first place anyhow. He knew he wanted to live a certain lifestyle and should have never gotten married. Chalk it up to a lesson learned unfortunately for little Tigger its going to be a very damn expensive lesson.
Just goes to shows being a trophy wife does pay off. lol
Playboys have more fun. This should allow him to fire the phalanx of advisors he's got, since there's not that much extra advertising cheese coming in, and keep it simple for awhile.
I don't think he's going to sell the jet, though.
The other great thing about this is, the "dutiful wife at the apology" routine is so ridiculous even your kids don't believe that bull.
There is no way she could stay married to a man whose hoes are making TELEVISION COMMERCIALS and looking for sponsorship deals or TV shows to guest star on.
The game has changed, the AP has spoken, and the Athlete of the Decade will be better off just making a clean break.
i'm gonna jump in here and offer up what no man here has admitted. this is a CRUSHING BLOW. although i've been married for 8 years, i still have a LONG way to go before i figure out how men think/feel. but one thing i know, that i KNOW, that i know, is a man feels CRUSHED when his wife leaves him. even if he's not in love with her, his ego is black and blue right now. so ya'll can tout all you want about how he'll be back in full swing- literally and figuratively- but there's no denying that dude is feeling the loneliest of the lonely right now. you know he was hoping that elin would follow suit with elizabeth edwards and mrs. eliott spitzer to play the whole stand by your man" game. make a few appearances with him; stand next to him during a few interviews, etc. but girlfriend ain't having it. and they say sistahs are strong/angry/etc. elin has put scandanavian women on the MAP, boy. she's taking herself and THEIR KIDS to start a new life on her newly-purchased swedish isle. how's THAT custody arrangement gonna work out??? tiger may be coming back professinally, as ya'll predict, but he's feeling about as small as a crumb right now.
Thank you deedee. You said it.
I'm starting to think this chick might have actually loved Eldriz.
Why? Why is everyone taking such ghoulish delight in destroying this man?!? What did he ever do to US? He hurt his family. No one else. With every new revelation, the media cackles with hypocritical glee (how many of THEM are fooling around right now, I wonder?)
He has more than paid for his crimes---he has been eviscerated by vultures who proved once and for all that the only thing people love more than a hero is to see a hero fall. And that's very sad.
Write her a check and tell her to burn the road up. Yes, he will be hurt, yes his pride is hurt, but he'll be ok. The thing that will help him feel better is the new booty. The guy is already mentally strong. I'll bet he'll miss the kids being around as much, but again, he'll be alright. I'm just waiting for the party he's going to throw when this is over. Imagine the women that will be there.
I mean David Letterman is making jokes about Tiger. I think it's everyone wanting to see him fall and the fact that all of the racial stereotypes are being brought to the forefront. Black man with a trophy wife gets caught cheating and now it's a big story. I honestly think had this been Juanita, it definitely wouldn't have been a big deal.
@Inquisitive Mind
" think it's everyone wanting to see him fall and the fact that all of the racial stereotypes are being brought to the forefront."
Matter of fact, I don't think anyone wanted to see this man fall. He is the greatest golfer to ever live and he really did come off as a truly likable guy.
I hate golf but I did keep an ear open about Tiger's latest accomplishments because he is so amazing.
Now, with all this other stuff going down I can say that as a wife, I'm totally disappointed in him. But that does not take away from his abilities.
And this media coverage does not indicate any of us wanted him to fail--especially the white folks. My white friends love the man--as a golfer.
And for all you men who keep sayings she's a gold digger/trophy wife--step off. You don't know her motives and you don't know her.
@ Marbles "Why is everyone taking such ghoulish delight in destroying this man?!?
The same reason people like to watch train wrecks. Americans love to watch something go up high and crash and burn. I cant say it's right or wrong but i think it detract from their own pitiful lives to watch someone else fall.
Why us this titled Elin's Revenge? There's nothing vengeful about leaving (yet), it's just the smart thing to do.
Tiger will have to become a playboy, no decent woman will marry him after this, unless he goes the sex rehab route.
Tiger's not black. =)
But that aside the reason it's big news is that Tiger had created a public image that was evidently quite different from who he really was. Not just a little different but a lot different.
The other thing is that apparently it wasn't just one woman he was cheating with but multitudes, some of whom had no problem going public and revealing pretty intimate details.
And by most standards his wife is far better looking than the women he was creeping with. It's not like Tiger was running around with Meagan Goode or Scarlet Johanssen.
And Tiger is the best known athlete (and one of the best known people) on the planet.
So all of that means that it's big news. If 14 women came forward revealing salacious details about Jordan at a time when Jordan was competing as the best basketball player in the world, I think we would have seen similar interest.
But again the biggest thing is the difference between image and reality. Derek Jeter changes women like socks and it's not considered scandalous.
Why are some people keep saying how tiger is black when he is only 1/4 black? He is literally more asian than black. Tiger is 1/4 black, 1/4 native american, and 1/2 asian.
I think is it the skin color, but there are indians and other ethnicities that is darker than tiger, but nobody claims them as black.
Using that logic Goob probably 80% African Americans are really not black. The majority of blacks have white and or native american ancestry in their background. Tiger's father from all accounts had a black mother and father so in my book that makes Tiger 1/2 black.
Tiger. Cheetah. Whatever. Give it some time and he'll be able to continue whatever it is he is doing. How does all this affect our lives on the day-to-day issues. How does 'keeping up with the Joneses' affect any of our lives.
Let's continue our focus on the real issues of the day and leave the Cheetah's problems waaaayyy on the back burner. If it's enterainment you want, check out the movie listings.
Don't get distracted from things that affect YOUR bottom line. Tiger has made more money than I will probably ever make. But we all have to "keep on truckin'".
Nuff said on the Tiger Woods issue. Peace.
What pisses me off is the sponsors. What are we saying exactly to the world? Michael Phelps, a world know figure and leader gets a slap on the wrist keeping most of his sponsors for doing what is in most areas illegal, and yet sponsors what to dictate what's moral or not? Come on if Bill Clinton can still make his millions and he did what he did as POTUS, then the bar has been set to high for Tiger...
of course he has a long ways to go to catch Wilt Chamberlain...
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