Leaked: Tiger Woods’ humiliating phone call with ex-wife about his new lover Vanessa Trump… and her telling reaction

Revealing a new lover to an ex is awkward for anyone — but Tiger Woods must have feared fireworks more than most when sharing the bombshell identity of his latest secret flame.

The notorious lothario felt he had no choice but to call his ex-wife Elin Nordegren with news he was dating Vanessa Trump, 47, for fear that knowledge of their tryst would leak, the Daily Mail can reveal.

‘Tiger knew it was going to get out eventually so he had to make the phone call to Elin before his love life ended up in the newspapers again,’ says a friend of the 49-year-old golfing star. ‘He’s made this call before about other women — but never like this.’

Woods picked up the phone to Nordegren, 45, in late December or early January, according to the friend. He revealed to her that their two children were spending time with none other than the president’s former daughter-in-law, Don Jr’s ex.

The Daily Mail broke the story of the Woods-Trump shock romance two weeks ago and on Sunday the golfer went public with their relationship in a gushing Instagram post saying ‘love is in the air’.

Nordegren, a 45-year-old Swedish model, was married to the 15-time major champion for six years until his affairs with multiple women were uncovered in 2009, leading to the spectacular implosion of their relationship.

The awkward phone call, which lasted only a few minutes, was very civil in nature.

‘It was a pleasant, almost friendly conversation,’ the insider says. ‘Tiger and Elin are supportive of each other.’

While Nordegren is not political, our source says she saw the inherent humor of Woods dating the mother to five of the president’s grandchildren.

‘Her response at first was like “Seriously? A Trump? For real?”,’ the insider says. ‘She was more amused than anything. But she really quickly just accepted it.’

‘They’re not the type to give each other their “blessing” per se, but they keep each other in the loop with anyone who is going to spend any amount of time around the kids.’

‘Elin isn’t one to react to things emotionally,’ said the friend, who knows both Woods and Nordegren. ‘So she just processed the information and wished them well.’

During the phone call Woods told Nordegren — the mother of his children Sam, 17, and Charlie, 16 — that the romance was not, at that time, serious.

But he did say Trump was spending more time around the family.

‘She likes the kids; they like her,’ says the insider. ‘So there was really no reason for any drama with Elin. It was more of a call so she didn’t learn about it in the news.’

The source added that golf’s new power couple love ‘hanging out’ but weren’t planning to make lots of public appearances together.

But last month they were spotted together at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines in California.

In February, Vanessa took her 17-year-old daughter Kai to watch a round of the TGL, the golf league created by Woods and Rory McIlroy.

Meanwhile, President Trump met up with Woods for a round of golf last month.

Woods and Vanessa live just 20 minutes apart from each other in the wealthy southern Florida enclave of Palm Beach and were spotted together at a golf tournament last month.

‘I don’t think Elin was flabbergasted,’ says the pal. ‘He’s told her about several girlfriends since they divorced. The only surprise this time was who the girlfriend was.’

Vanessa was married to Donald Trump Jr, 47, from 2005 to 2018. They have five children together, including Kai, who attends the $38,595-a-year The Benjamin School with Woods’ kids.

Kai, the eldest granddaughter of President Trump, is a talented golfer who plans to attend the University of Miami after graduation.

The Trump family was not a stranger to Woods’ ex, who is often seen around The Benjamin School.

‘The school really requires parental involvement,’ says the Woods pal.

‘So their paths crossed a lot, they had a lot of people in their circles. It’s a community where they saw each other frequently. So Elin also knew exactly who Vanessa was.’

Nordegren is not the only one who has accepted the romance. Don Jr, who is now dating Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, is reportedly ‘cool’ with his ex-wife’s new relationship.

‘He pretty much signs off on it,’ says the Woods pal, ‘but it’s not like anyone will be double dating soon.’

Nordegren was married to Woods from 2004 until their divorce in 2010, a year after is infidelities became public and sparked a relentless media circus.

The scandal went nuclear on Black Friday of 2009, just days after the tabloids broke the news of his affair with a cocktail waitress.

After an argument inside the family home, Woods ran barefoot to his black Cadillac Escalade and tried to escape the home.

Nordegren chased after the vehicle, smashing the rear window with one of his golf clubs.

Woods begged his wife for forgiveness, and even entered rehab for sex addiction. But his pleas were unsuccessful and Nordegren filed for divorce in 2010.

She received a reported $100 million divorce settlement.

But friends say that Nordegren has largely forgiven her ex-husband for his philandering ways and supports him dating anyone he wants.

‘She’s not political and from what I know she wouldn’t be a Trump supporter,’ says the friend, ‘but I don’t think that really factors into her feelings. She just wants to make sure that the kids are around good people.’

Woods was preparing for his latest golf comeback and had set his sights on competing in The Masters in August.

But his career suffered a major setback when he revealed two weeks ago he had ruptured his Achilles tendon and was undergoing surgery.