Different kind of butting heads going on now (Reuters)
On the fifth day of Tiger Woods, America Held Hostage, the Tiger finally broke, and the public, or a good deal of it, got what they wanted: A confession.
But it gets even better for you gossip lovers.
US Weekly's scoop, complete with audio proof finally got Tiger to fess up about his infidelity --sort of.
Yesterday, Woods released a statement on his website saying "I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart."
What probably broke the camel's back was the bombshell voice mail Tiger left with one of his alleged mistresses, worried that the missus was on to the mistress.
Hey, it's, uh, it's Tiger. I need you to do me a huge favor. Um, can you please, uh, take your name off your phone. My wife went through my phone. And, uh, may be calling you. If you can, please take your name off that and, um, and what do you call it just have it as a number on the voicemail, just have it as your telephone number. That's it, OK. You gotta do this for me. Huge. Quickly. All right. Bye.
Notice, he never said anything to her about ending the alleged affair, just to "hide" it better.
But wait, there's more. BILL ZWECKER of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that Tiger Woods and wife ELIN NORDEGREN have entered marriage counseling and are in the process of
Ms. Ellie (Reuters)
Ms. Ellie (Reuters)
totally reworking their pre-nuptial agreement
. How so? Zwecker says that Woods is paying Nordegren a "hefty seven-figure amount" to remain his wife.
The money, he says, is being "transferred into an account she alone controls --to stick with her husband."
Further, the current pre-nup states that the couple needed to stay married for 10 years for her to collect a divorce settlement of $20 million. Zwecker says that time frame has been shortened and the dollar amount increased "substantially."
It's probably worth it for Woods, at least financially. If Nordegren leaves him and takes their two kids, it'll only damage him more publicly and lead to fallout with his sponsors.
Meanwhile, if more and more info continues to leak out about affairs Tiger has had (see below!), it'll be interesting to see if Nordegren waffles for even more cash.
Proving once again that loves conquers all, but sometimes money conquers more.
--More affairs? Well, he's a golfer. He's used to playing around with a lot of people, sometimes in threesomes and foursomes.
--At this point, Tiger is practically qualified to be the next governor of South Carolina.
--Well, nobody's perfect, but it's sure a lot easier when you can afford to pay $20 million for being imperfect.
--Go figure. You'd think a perfect life would be multi-millionaire from playing a sport you love, and then marrying a hot Swedish chick and having a couple of cute kids. Just goes to show that even with all that, a man will still try to nail a slutty cocktail waitress if the opportunity arises. Ladies: Is there no hope at all?! Oh, the humanity!
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