VIDEO: Shania Twain Tells Oprah: 'I Didn't Want To Live!'

Posted on May 03, 2011 @ 08:55PM

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Country singer Shania Twain opened up about the devastation of her divorce Tuesday, telling Oprah how her discovery that her ex-husband was reportedly having an affair almost killed her will to live.

"I just didn't want to live," the Man! I Feel Like A Woman! singer told TV talker Winfrey about her discovery in 2008 that her hubby of 14 years, Robert "Mutt" Lange, was sleeping with her former best friend, Marie-Anne Thiebaud.

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In her first interview in five years, Twain, 45, said she realizes that the shocking revelation left her strong.

"I needed the wake-up," she said.

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The seedy made-for-country-music affair, whoever, sent Twain into dark places. At one point, she e-mailed her hubby’s paramour: "Why are you torturing me? Let it go, please," she said. "Find love somewhere else from someone else...this is killing me.”

When asked by Winfrey if she wanted to die, the songbird replied candidly: “I didn’t want to kill myself but I just didn’t want to live, I lost my will to live. So much of my life was rolled up with into Mutt, our lives were intertwined in every respect and I was completely shocked."

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In a twist of romantic irony, Twain later fell in love with Thiebaud's then-estranged husband, Frédéric, and the pair were married in Puerto Rico in January.

Along with releasing a new memoir titled From This Moment On, Shania is now starring in a new docu-series, Why Not? on the OWN network. It’s set to premiere Sunday, May 8 at 9 pm EST/10 CT.

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Why does Oprah NEVER let her guests fing TALK!? She just won't shut up so her guest can get a word in edgewise, she always figures what SHE has to say is more important!

by Sherilyn
Posted Wed, 05/04/2011 - 3:40pm

omg, shania is so gorgeous! just check out the nude pics they have of her at:: doiop.com/pic-gallery

by greg.peters
Posted Wed, 05/04/2011 - 3:57am

Oprah thinks she has the answer to everything! Why isn't her life perfect if she is so all-knowing?

by INQUIRINGMINDS
Posted Wed, 05/04/2011 - 12:31am

It can destroy your self-esteem, trust, belief in your fellow man, and shake your very foundation. I don't think anyone needs that in their life for any reason. And yes, it can take away your very will to live.

by INQUIRINGMINDS
Posted Wed, 05/04/2011 - 12:30am

I don't believe that being cheated on is something to be grateful for and intended to be a wake-up call. Discovering the one you trust and believe in is lying and cheating has got to be the most devastating things that could happen to a person.

by INQUIRINGMINDS
Posted Wed, 05/04/2011 - 12:28am