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Tiger Woods’ wife blasts mistress in angry phone call
Tiger Woods’ wife blasted his mistress in a furious phone call when she found out about their affair.
Elin Nordegren phoned Jaimee Grubbs from a blocked number. When the 24-year-old cocktail waitress asked who Elin was, she replied: "You know who this is because you’re f***ing my husband".
Details of the phone call emerged as Woods made an astonishing apology last night, admitting cheating on Elin, 29, and letting down his family.
The golfer admitted to “transgressions” after his car crash sparked a string of allegations he had slept with other women.
The apology followed Grubbs’ claim she had a three-year affair with Woods and a US report named another woman – Las Vegas club promoter Kalika Moquin – as another mistress.
A magazine said she and Woods had “hooked up a bunch of times”.
In his apology Woods admits to “personal sins” and hailed his Swedish wife, with whom he has two sons, for showing “more grace than anyone could possibly expect”.
He also vowed to be a better husband and dad.
Woods, 33, has been holed up inside his luxury home in Florida since the crash on Friday, the full extent of which was revealed yesterday in a police report.
Woods pulled out of his drive and drove over a concrete kerb and on to grass at around 2.25am.
He drove over the kerb again and swerved once more on to a grass verge.
The report states: “As a result, the right side of vehicle one collided with a row of hedges.”
He tried to get back on the street, jumping a kerb again and on to another verge, where he smashed into a fire hydrant. Incredibly, he kept going, crossed over a neighbour’s drive and hit a tree.
A diagram released by the police showed the short but erratic journey which ended with Woods knocked unconscious.
Pictures show his £35,000 Cadillac Escalade’s mangled bumper and two smashed rear windows. It has been claimed Elin smashed the windows in a fit of rage.
Woods had told a friend hours before the crash that Elin had “gone ghetto” on him and scratched his face, according to a report on website TMZ.
The website also said Woods later told the pal he needed to buy a huge diamond for his wife. In a phone call after the crash, Woods reportedly told the friend, “I have to get a Kobe Special.” Asked what a Kobe Special was, Woods replied: “A house on a finger.”
He was apparently referring to the £3million purple diamond ring basketball star Kobe Bryant gave his wife after he was charged with sexually assaulting a woman.
Another US report yesterday claimed Woods had stormed out of his home after a row with Elin and was heard by neighbours screaming: “You’ve ruined our Thanksgiving! Are you happy now?”
It was earlier claimed Elin chased after his car with a golf club after a bust-up over claims of a fling with club hostess Rachel Uchitel, who has denied the reports.
In yet another blow to the image of golf’s superstar, pictures emerged yesterday of him with a mystery woman in a Las Vegas nightclub on October 4.
Grubbs, from California, has claimed she had sex 20 times with Woods since 2007 and exchanged more than 300 flirty texts.
She also revealed a voicemail, in which Woods begs her to change her ID name on her phone as he thought his wife was checking his messages.
Woods allegedly called Grubbs three days before the crash to warn her his wife had “gone through his phone and may call you”.
A voice that sounds like Woods, said: “Hey, it’s Tiger. I need you to do me a huge favour. Can you please take your name off your phone?
“My wife went through my phone and maybe calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. Just have it as a number on the voicemail. You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye.”
Last night the message was posted online. Meanwhile Grubbs has said: “He told me last month we will always be together.
“He gave me the impression he and his wife had separate rooms.”
She claimed he texted her in September to say: “I will wear you out soon. You just need some attention from me.”
The last time they met was two months ago. She claimed: “We cuddled, watched Angels and Demons, then had sex. It was very romantic.”
A pal of Moquin alleged in Life & Style: “Tiger told Kalika married life isn’t all it’s built
up to be.” Moquin, 27, said: “It’s not appropriate for me to comment.”
Meanwhile, Florida Highway Patrol said it had completed its investigation and would not bring criminal charges.
Woods will pay a £100 fine for careless driving with four points on his licence.
Property damage caused by the crash was £2,000 while his car needs £4,800 worth of repairs.
Tiger Woods: His apology in full
I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all
of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behaviour my family deserves.
I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behaviour and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.
Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realise the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means.
For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives.
The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support
our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect.
But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy.
I realise there are some who don’t share my view on that. But for me, the virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one’s own family.
Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn’t have to mean public confessions. Whatever regrets I have about letting my family down have been shared with and felt by us alone. I have given this a lot of thought and I believe there is a point at which I must stick to that principle even though it’s difficult.
I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father my family deserves. For those who have support-ed me over the years, I offer my profound apology.
Will Tiger Woods Bounce Back After This Car Crash and Affair Nonsense? Are You Kidding?
Surfing the web for the best post-Tiger Woods car crash humor, we have to go with Craig Ferguson in his Monday monologue:
"Economists are saying that so far holiday sales are down, but that doesn't figure in the diamond ring that Tiger Woods is going to have to buy his wife.
"Anyway, it doesn't necessarily mean there was any kind of domestic dispute. It's Tiger Woods' house. Golf clubs are everywhere. They do everything with golf clubs -- cook with golf clubs, brush their hair with golf clubs. 'Honey can you pass the meatballs?' (Does a golf swing) 'There you are.' "
Ferguson was also right-on in his response to questions of whether or not all of this will hurt Tiger's credibility with advertisers.
"People are asking if this will cost him millions of endorsements. I say people who like golf don't give a rat's ass. All people who love golf care about is golf. People who love golf will buy anything he endorses. When he endorses something to do with golf, I'll buy it."
(Mimics Tiger's voice) "Hi, I'm Tiger Woods. And when my wife comes after me in domestic dispute, I make sure she uses the Nike SUV Diamond Drive."
"Will all of this hurt Tiger Woods' game? Are you kidding? The golf course is the one place people can't ask him personal questions. Tiger Woods is dying to get back on that golf course."
Will golf fans forgive Tiger? Are you kidding? Does anyone remember that eleven short months ago Alex Rodriguez was the most despised man in all of baseball? What killed that? A few clutch hits in the postseason. Our favorite sign during the Yankees victory parade was "Thank you, Kate Hudson."
If Tiger wins the Masters next year, they'll not only forgive him, his latest girlfriend will be doing endorsements.
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Sources: US Weekly Mag., Mirror.co.uk, Village Voice, MSNBC, Tiger Woods.com, Facebook, AP, Google Maps
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