Tiger Pays Elin Up to $80M Not to Bolt

Her first—and last—post-divorce interview is here

(NEWSER) - The inevitable post- divorce Elin Nordegren interview is here. It’s her first and, she tells People , her last. “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,” she says, adding that she’s studying for a psychology degree and feels “stronger than I ever have. My immediate plan is for the kids and me to continue to adjust to our new situation. My main focus is to try to give myself time to heal.” More»

Did anyone see it coming from Whoopi?

(NEWSER) - Jesse James and Tiger Woods are getting a lot of heat for sleeping around while married, but men aren’t the only ones who cheat. The Frisky rounds up 10 famous female cheaters:

• Whoopi Goldberg: Admitted Wednesday on The View, while discussing James, that she “screwed around” while married “five or six times.”
• Meg Ryan: Lost her status as America’s Sweetheart when she cheated on Dennis Quaid with her Proof Of Life co-star, Russell Crowe.

Vanity Fair: Pal Bryon Bell Set Up Trysts

(NEWSER) - Turns out Tiger had some help managing his mistresses, especially from his BFF "sex czar." Interviews with four former flames suggest the golfer's pal Bryon Bell helped arrange his trysts. “I would always go through Bryon,” says cocktail waitress and former Tiger flame Jamie Jungers. Bell may have also set up sessions with Brit porn star Joslyn James and New York nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel, according to a new report in Vanity Fair. More»

Nordegren, Woods under same roof again—briefly

(NEWSER) - Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren may have actually spent a few hours under the same roof—albeit a roof belonging to a sex rehab halfway house. Woods is back in therapy after spending six weeks at Mississippi’s Pine Grove center, but he’s moved to a private home—possibly belonging to Pine Grove’s owner—in Cave Creek, Ariz., for private sessions. “Elin was with him, but she’s heading back to Florida,” a source tells the New York Post . More»

Woods returned to rehab for substance abuse, not sex addiction: tab

(NEWSER) - Tiger Woods isn't just a great golfer and a sex addict—he's a drug addict, too, according to the National Enquirer . Woods "blamed a lot of his cheating behavior on his drug addiction, saying that the drugs were responsible for impairing his judgment," but wife Elin Nordegren isn't buying it. The tabloid says his problem is with two substances, which Fanhouse reports are a prescription painkiller and Ambien. Meanwhile, Gatorade said today it's dropping its onetime stalwart, the AP reports. More»