Ah, celebrity marriages.
Is there anything more interesting than a relationship like singer Shania Twain’s marriage?
Fans just can’t get enough of inside looks into their favorite celebrities' lives and loves.
Honestly, who can blame them?
There’s usually the whole “are they?”
or “aren’t they?”
It’s like the best romance movie, but it’s real!
Shania Twain’s marriage, however, is truly one for the books.
The word-famous country singer has a love story that is truly epic.
“Although I admit I wouldn’t want to live it over again, either.
Once was enough.”
But what actually happened?
Here is the truth about Shania Twain’s relationship with her husband.
ForShania Twain, that place is Switzerland.
Marie-Anne was married to Frederic Thiebaud at the time, and the two families quickly developed a friendship.
But how Mutt became her ex-husband is even stranger.
“I said, ‘Marie-Anne, don’t you think my husband is acting strange?'”
“And she said, ‘No, I don’t see anything strange.'”
Well, according to Twain, Marie-Anne was lying.
She was reportedly having an affair with Mutt Lange!
And, sadly, that’s exactly what happened to poor Shania Twain.
“I did discover the affair with my wife and Mutt,” Thiebaud said onOprah.
“I said, ‘Guys, now you have to tell [Shania].
You just owe her that.'”
But the secret lovers didn’t want to tell Twain, so Thiebaud had to do it himself.
Twain said that when she first heard the news, she was in shock.
“I called [Marie-Anne] up,” Twain revealed onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“I wanted to give her the opportunity to tell me herself without me accusing her.”
“I was ready to die,” she wrote in her memoirFrom This Moment On(perPeople).
Find love somewhere else from someone else that isn’t hurting two families so much."
The singer’s devastation also took a toll on her physical health.
Who can blame her?
“I rejected it initially,” she explained.
“But I couldn’t control Fred’s love for me and how easy he is to love.”
For Shania Twain, it was her relationship with Frederic Thiebaud.
In fact, in an interview she did forAARP Magazine(viaE!
Talk about wife swap!
In that comfort, they fell in love.
“We slowly became very, very good friends.
As it turned out, she walked right into the arms of Frederic Thiebaud.
Their romance didn’t start right away, as she wasn’t ready for love initially (perPeople).
That is where I fell in love with him, because he was so exemplary in every way.”
How did they spend their first months together?
Traveling the world, of course!
Throughout their travels, Thiebaud acted as the official videographer capturing hours of footage on his cell phone.
Thiebaud gushed about his soon-to-be-bride onOprah,saying, “She’s a true angel.”
The lovebirds didn’t wait long to tie the knot after they got engaged.
“And it’s true.
It’s definitely true.”
But before their romance began, Twain wasn’t sure she would ever be able to love again.
“I’m sure a lot of people say, ‘I’m never going to love again.
I never want to fall in love again.’
Songs have been written about that.”
She did suffer a truly great loss the betrayal of both her then-husband and her former best friend.
And that love seems to be a lasting one.
As of this writing, they’re still blissfully married.
What’s their secret to such a long and happy marriage?
As Twain toldPeople, “Faith and love.”
How can he keep a global superstar like Shania Twain so deliriously happy?
He treats her right.
I’m more in love with her every day."
One wonderful example of Thiebaud’s romantic actions is the time he made Shania Twain a surprise snack.
“The other day I was showering …
He knew I hadn’t eaten yet,” the singer dished toRedbook.
“I could hear chopping and singing … Frederic Thiebaud is really setting the bar high for husbands everywhere.
“We stare at each other a lot and call each other lovey names,” Twain toldRedbook.
And beautiful, he is.
They’re gentle, intelligent, and alluring, and such a beautiful shade of green.
Fred’s and [her son] Eja’s eyes are exactly the same shade.”
I’d chase a ball for him any day" (viaRedbook).
Good for me, is all I can say, and I’m loving every minute of it."
Frederic Thiebaud helped come up with the idea for Shania Twain’s reality series, Why Not?
Back in 2011, Shania Twain had a docu-series onOWNcalledWhy Not?
The show follows Twain as she deals with her past traumas and finds her voice again.
Where did Twain get the idea for the show?
Her husband, Frederic Thiebaud.
After watching the footage she thought, “I’ve never seen myself like this before.
I’ve never seen myself so devastated.”
She continued on to say, “And I realized I didn’t want to run away anymore.
I wanted to face it …
I have to document everything.”
Twain’s docu-series shows a stripped down and very real side of the singer.
What was her intention?
“I hope that people benefit from the candid footage.
I’m human, you’re human, we all go through the same doo-doo.
No need for makeup, lights, action.”
As reported byL’Illustre, the pair own a stunning home in La Tour-de-Peilz.
But Twain and Thiebaud don’t spend all their time in the mountains of Switzerland.
Like any self-respecting celebrity couple, they also own a spectacular mansion in the Bahamas.
The couple is certainly living the good life now.
But does she regret it?
Does she think all the pain and suffering were worth her current happiness?
The singer is grateful for the way things turned out.
And I had to meet Mutt to have this child who is the absolute center of my life."
Her gratefulness doesn’t take away from the betrayal she and her husband had to endure.
Nor does it make her forget it.
“I definitely forgive.
I just don’t forget,” she toldBelfast Telegraph.
“This will haunt me forever.
It is impossible to forget.”
But no matter what, Twain and Thiebaud’s relationship is still wonderful.
As Twain toldBelfast Telegraph, “We both can’t believe it still.
It is a beautifully incredible thing that is like a miracle.”
