Shania Twain Broke Down in Tears: ‘I Lost Everything — My Voice, My Marriage, and My Faith’

She was one of the brightest stars in music — a global icon who redefined country and pop with her power, charm, and unstoppable energy. But behind the glittering success, Shania Twain faced a heartbreak so deep it nearly ended both her career and her spirit.

At the height of her fame in the early 2000s, Shania seemed untouchable. Her album Come On Over had shattered records, her world tours sold out in minutes, and her love story with producer Mutt Lange looked like a fairy tale. To fans, she was the picture of confidence — the woman who had it all.

Then, it all came crashing down.

In 2008, Shania discovered that Mutt — her husband and creative partner — had been having an affair with her best friend. The betrayal was devastating. “It was like my entire world exploded,” she later said. “I didn’t just lose my husband. I lost my family, my closest friend, and the foundation of my life.”

But heartbreak wasn’t the only blow. Around the same time, Shania began losing her voice. She struggled to sing, often choking mid-performance, her once-golden tone cracking under the weight of an undiagnosed condition. Doctors eventually found that she was suffering from dysphonia, brought on by Lyme disease — an illness she didn’t even know she had contracted years earlier.

“The irony,” she said tearfully in a 2018 interview, “was that my voice — the thing that defined me — was slipping away just as everything else was falling apart. I lost everything. My voice, my marriage, and my faith.”

For years, Shania withdrew completely from the spotlight. No tours, no albums, no interviews — just silence. Fans wondered if they’d ever hear from her again. “I didn’t know who I was without my music,” she admitted. “I felt broken — physically and emotionally.”

But true to her nature, Shania Twain didn’t stay down.

After years of therapy, vocal rehabilitation, and deep reflection, she found her strength again. Slowly, her voice returned — different, raspier, but raw with truth. In 2017, she made a stunning comeback with her album Now, her first in 15 years. “My voice is not the same,” she said, “but it’s me. Every crack, every note — it’s all my story.”

And through the pain, she found unexpected healing. In a twist of fate, Shania fell in love with Frédéric Thiébaud, the ex-husband of the very friend who had betrayed her. “We were two broken hearts who understood each other,” she said. “And together, we built something new.”

Today, Shania Twain stands not just as a superstar, but as a survivor — proof that strength doesn’t come from never falling, but from getting back up when the world thinks you can’t.

Because even when life took everything from her, Shania found her song again — and sang it louder than ever.