Trying again at all of it. Rachel Uchitel opened up about her relationship with Tiger Woods for the primary time throughout part two of HBO’s Tiger documentary, which aired on Sunday, January 17. Nonetheless, she made it clear that regardless of being known as a “mistress,” that’s not who she is in any respect.
“I feel folks overlook how badly I used to be handled, and the issues that individuals actually did to me, and that I couldn’t go anyplace, and I used to be blamed for lots of stuff,” Uchitel, 45, completely informed Us Weekly on January 11. “For 10 years, I’ve lived with that very same scrutiny. I can not go locations with out folks nonetheless speaking to me that very same means. I don’t suppose folks actually understand that, that I’m nonetheless handled that very same means.”
Though she was one of many many ladies concerned with the golfer, 45, throughout his marriage to Elin Nordegren, the Celeb Rehab alum is completed being recognized that means.
“I don’t essentially need to make this a person vs. girl factor, however in quite a lot of conditions, the ladies get caught with the stigma and can’t get away from it, they usually simply get pigeonholed on this factor,” she informed Us. “The comments of ‘home-wrecker,’ ‘mistress,’ ‘slut,’ ‘whore’ and the blame simply get placed on you, and you’ll’t get away.”
She’s hopeful that talking out within the documentary will assist “eliminate the disgrace” and “get the shackles off” in terms of the detrimental consideration.
Throughout an interview with The Los Angeles Times printed on Sunday, the Alaska native opened up about struggling to seek out work after the scandal and being turned down for jobs regardless of her profitable resume.
“I might love some alternative as a result of I haven’t been in a position to get an actual, regular, sustainable job for the final 10 years,” she stated, including that she was denied jobs at MSNBC and Bloomberg. “I might like to go work in a newsroom once more. I might like to do one thing regular once more. They’ve informed me flat out that I’m too scandalous.”
At the moment, she’s working to boost awareness about love addiction with a restoration heart referred to as Transcend.
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