Tiger Woods blocked Rachel Uchitel’s $300k Playboy deal

[HMG Celebrity News] – In case you believed the Tiger Woods story was over, not so much. As we reported some time ago, Rachel Uchitel allegedly booked a Playboy shoot to make even more money from their connection, but now we hear she pulled out when Tiger objected.

The magazine offered the 35-year old nightclub hostess $300,000 and even wanted her on that issue’s cover — next to a Tiger. But Woods made it clear this would break the terms of her reported $10-million payoff, so Uchitel canceled the shoot.

“It put Rachel in danger of losing the millions Tiger paid her,” a source told Radar. “The magazine wanted to mention her relationship with him, but it would have jeopardized the deal she already made.”

The shoot was to feature Uchitel “totally naked, except her pubic area,” says the source. Most of the shots would have been just breasts and butt, but she would have been required to pose naked in some of the photos.

The deal was made after she already secured the money from Woods. Uchitel even tried to increase this latest pay-day to half a million dollars.

“Rachel said she thought the cover was worth more to them,” the source recalls.

That didn’t happen, but despite the risk of losing Tiger’s cash some of Uchitel’s friends thought she should still do the shoot;

“One advisor thought Rachel was an incredible commercial endorsement,” a friend dishes. “They believed they could create a brand like Mariah Carey, Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez. Rachel tried everything to make that spread happen.”

Finally, after weeks of no doubt dreaming about big dollar bills Uchitel’s attorney released this statement on December 11th:

“Rumors that Rachel Uchitel will be appearing in Playboy have been circulating. Those rumors are false. Rachel will not be appearing.”