Shania Twain Was ‘Devastated’ When Ex-Husband Cheated With Her Former Best Friend But Says They Co-Parent ‘Well Together’

Mar 10, 2023 by apost team

Shania Twain is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has sold over 100 million records throughout her career. This makes her the best-selling female country music artist of all time and one of the top-selling artists in music history. She has come to be known as the "Queen of Country Pop" and is best known for her songs "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" and "Any Man of Mine." The singer won a Grammy Award for the latter song.

In 2008, everyone was shocked when her then-husband, Robert Lange, cheated on her with her secretary, Marie-Anne Thiébaud, who was her best friend at the time. Marie-Anne was married to Frédéric Thiébaud, and in a stunning turn of events, Twain and Frédéric later tied the knot together in 2011 in Puerto Rico.

Following the cheating scandal, Twain promptly dumped Lange. He made some far-fetched statements about the breakup, such as, “It’s literally just a growing apart, that’s all.” The couple has only one child, Eja, born on August 2001, which means he was probably around 9 years old when his parents formally divorced in 2010.  The Thiébauds also divorced as a consequence of the affair.

Frédéric and Twain have now been married for over a decade. The couple officially dated in 2009 and got married in Rincon, Puerto Rico, on New Year’s Day in 2011. 

Years after the split, Twain recalled to Dax Shepard on his “Armchair Expert“ podcast the heartbreak that she felt after discovering the infidelity of her husband and how her now-husband Frédéric handled the situation on his side. 

Twain was candid in her responses to Shepard on his “Armchair Expert” podcast on Feb. 27, 2023. Upon reflection, she believes that the things that had happened to her after the divorce shouldn’t have been “so hard” on her. 

“I should have been less naive about life's ups and downs. Maybe I'm too much, like, 'That's all behind me,” she told Shepard. 

Many were shocked when Twain linked up with Frédéric after their respective divorces with their partners, but she clarified that they had no romantic connections with each other when they were still together with their ex-partners. She even revealed that she had only been with Frédéric at dinners and get-togethers because of how busy he was working with a huge company. 

In fact, Twain revealed that it was actually Lange and Frédéric who had more interactions back then. But, she thought it was a “beautiful surprise” to see how her now-husband dealt with the divorce “smarter,” “gracefully” and “graciously.”

"It was not cool with him, but he was smarter about it. I was uncontrollably fragile over it, which I had never felt before ever because I thought for once I was stable. I really believe that I'm safe, so that really devastated me, I think more than any other instability I've ever felt,” Twain said of Frédéric and the breakup of her first marriage. 

Elsewhere in the interview, Twain also revealed that she has not spoken to Lange other than about their now-21-year-old son Eja, who they both co-parent. 

"Mutt and I parent well together — for people who don't talk to each other," she admitted. "We'll just text. We both love our son so much, so we don't play any games like that. We have the same priority, we share spaces for him. No nonsense there."

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