After 15 years after her divorce, Shania Twain is talking openly about the heartache she went through following her divorce.
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Her Ex-Husband Is Still With Her Best Friend
After their romance was discovered 15 years ago, Shania Twain disclosed that her unfaithful ex-husband, Robert “Mutt” Lange, is still seeing Marie-Anne Thiébaud.
The Famous Couple Exchange
The singer, 57, was wed to Lange from 1993 until their divorce was formalized in 2008. During that time, they had a famous couple’s exchange in which Shania wed Thiébaud’s ex-spouse Frédéric Thiébaud.
On Co-Parenting With Her Ex
The Man! I Feel Like A Woman singer claimed during an interview with co-hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman for the Armchair Expert podcast that she and Lange co-parent son Eja, 21, but they never communicate.
How They Co-Parent
Shania added;
Wonderful Surprise
She commented about the start of her relationship with Frédéric while confirming Lange was still with Thiébaud, calling the romance a “wonderful surprise” and “what she deserved.”
How They Switch Partners
She joked that they were “playing musical chairs” when they switched partners but admitted that she “didn’t actually know Fréd that well” prior to their respective divorces.
How Her And Fred Managed Their Pain
She said she saw “how gracefully and graciously he was dealing with navigating the same pain’ after the affair was exposed, and while she felt ‘fragile”, he seemed “thoughtful.”
On Learning Of Lange’s Affair
The day after Lange requested a divorce, Shania learned of the affair between him and her best friend.
What She Said To Her Bestfriend
She experienced a complete panic attack at that time, as she had previously stated. All she could manage to say to her was that she was a nasty person.
How She Met Marie-Anne
Marie-Anne and Shania were great friends. They first connected when Marie-Anne was hired by the singer’s husband, Lange, to serve as his assistant and interpreter.
How Her Career Hung On A Balance Following The Divorce
Once the country star’s career took off and she became a best-selling crossover artist, the pair left the nation for a calmer life away from the spotlight in Switzerland. Shania claimed that she fell into a tailspin in the days following their divorce in 2008.
Her Lowest Moment
She said in her biography that she hardly ate or slept and that she was “ready to die”.
She Tried Reaching Out To Her Bestfriend
She alleges she even wrote an email to Marie-Anne to ask for her husband back writing:
How Her Husband And Marie-Anne Moved On Without An Explanation
She pleaded, but neither her husband nor Marie-Anne ever offered an explanation or provided any information regarding their relationship.
How She Once Opened Up To Her Best Friend
She had confided in Marie-Anne about the problems in her marriage and her suspicions that Lange was having an affair, which had only made the suffering worse.
However, Marie-Anne downplayed Shania’s worries and assured her that she had nothing to be concerned about, calling her “foolish” for even bringing up the subject.
Fred Broke It To Shania
Marie-Anne was heartbroken that she had given her the impression that she was concealing anything from her when she eventually worked up the nerve to inquire about whether there was a relationship between her and her husband.
But Frederic was the one to finally tell Shania the truth.
Uncovering Details Of A Supposed Solo Trip
He informed her that he had uncovered phone bills, hotel information, and invoices and had remembered seeing a garter belt and lingerie in luggage for a trip she was taking to be “alone”.
According to Shania in her book appalled that another woman’s lust for a lifestyle change was worth the destruction of her family, as she stated in the book.
In Leaning For Comfort, They Found Love
But in a twist that has become a “twisted” irony. In their moment of need, Shania and Marie-Anne’s ex-husband leaned to one another, finding camaraderie that developed into love.
They Said ‘I Do’ In 2011
In January 2011, the pair finally were hitched on a private beach in Puerto Rico.
