Elin Nordegren Breaks Silence On Tiger Scandal: 'I've Been Through Hell'

May 28 2018, Updated 10:19 a.m. ET
Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren, just two days after her divorce became final, broke her nine-month silence in an exclusive interview with People Magazine Wednesday in which she said she's "been through hell" in dealing with the shock, dismay and heartbreak over her ex-husband's serial-cheating ways, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
"I never suspected, not a one," Nordegren told the magazine of the multiple affairs. "For the last 3 and a half years, when all this was going on, I was home a lot more with pregnancies, then the children and my school."
Elin's first on-the-record interview with People confirms what Breaking Celebrity News was first to exclusively report - that Elin had no idea Tiger was sleeping around. As we previously reported, a source told us, "She never thought she'd be in this position. She had no idea that Tiger was cheating on her the entire time she was married."
Breaking Celebrity News also was first to report that the Swedish beauty was both "relieved and distraught" in wake of the divorce. Added our source, "She's so happy that it's over."
Speaking with People, Elin said, "I felt stupid as more things were revealed -- how could I not have known anything?
"The word 'betrayal' isn't strong enough. I felt embarrassed for having been so deceived. I felt betrayed by many people around me."
She continued, "I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children. I also feel stronger than I ever have. I have confidence in my beliefs, my decisions and myself."
Nordegren denied attacking Woods following their Thanksgiving dinner, as widely speculated in the media.
"There was never any violence inside or outside our home," she said. "The speculation that I would have used a golf club to hit him is just truly ridiculous. Tiger left the house that night, and after a while when he didn't return, I got worried and decided to look for him. That's when I found him in the car. I did everything I could to get him out of the locked car. To think anything else is absolutely wrong."