I lo111cved the interview, but I have to note a few things.
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thepoet26 — 14 years ago(June 12, 2011 05:23 AM)
I think Shania is too sympathetic toward Mutt, too. So much so that I actually stopped watching her new show because of it. I'm not saying she should be angry and bitter at this stage but she seems to feel the need to
defend
him, as if he was swept off his feet by her friend. As you said, both parties betrayed her yet she doesn't seem to hold him responsible for much of it, making it come across as though she is still in love with him and married her friend's ex just to get even.
I'm all for Shania finding love again and really hope things work out for her and her new husband but they'll need more to base their marriage on than bitterness toward their ex's. That's why it annoys me so to see Shania still so openly concerned with Mutt.
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nolaladyj — 14 years ago(June 12, 2011 12:11 PM)
Agree with the whole sentiment of, why no anger towards Mutt? (Having been cheated on my my ex, I sure as H*LL blamed him, although it wasn't a friend of mine he cheated with, let alone my best friend.) I think Shania has some deep-seated issues about men. I read that her book goes into sexual abuse by her stepfather, which she really dismisses, because her stepfather was a "wonderful" man. I'm sorry, a "w111conderful" man doesn't take advantage of little girls in his charge. She probably saw her mother forgive a LOT at the hands of this man, and it has colored her thinking about him and set some kind of pattern later on for her feelings and attitude in her own marriage to Mutt.
Having said that, I think it takes a lot of courage to bare her soul every week on "Why not?" and I find her endearingly honest. Though I have serious doubts about the wisdom of marrying the man who was married to your "enemy" (and I don't think she has really fully resolved her feelings for Mutt) I'm rooting for her all the way. I'll be tuned in every week. -
Jelly-4 — 12 years ago(November 06, 2013 03:45 PM)
Just saw a clip of an interview Shania did with ABC.
She says she is still mad at her ex-husband.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-makes-comeback-20799162/
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kvc2 — 10 years ago(June 03, 2015 09:36 AM)
Her book states that her stepfather came into her room and whispered insulting (really ghastly) words and sentences to her. But there's no inference that he touched her. God knows sneaking in5b4to a girl's room while she is asleep and whispering stuff into her ears is weird enough.
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the_hype01 — 14 years ago(May 05, 2011 05:42 AM)
This interview was very candid. In fact, it's the most real and insightful interview I believe Shania has ever given. Granted, it's to promote her new book and show on OWN. I've always loved her, but could never really grasp the type of person she is, and it could be all an act, but if that was the genuine Eileen Twain..wow, she's very forgiving and humble, even going as far as revealing her most vulernable and 'pathetic' moments.
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Ginger42256 — 14 years ago(May 05, 2011 08:43 AM)
Parents have the right to make the choices on what types of people they want their children to be around. She doesn't want to expose her son to an adulterer. She HAS to share him with the father which is bad example enough. She doesn't need to expose her child to the woman daddy cheated on mommy with. It is her right as a parent to do so and she is right for setting those boundaries.
She isn't wrong for keeping her son away from that woman.
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ShilohJoliePitt — 14 years ago(May 08, 2011 04:09 PM)
Shania did in fact blame the other woman and not her husband. From the letter she read it really sounded like she was ready to take her husband back.
She begged for the other woman to leave them alone. It almost sounded like she's still in love with her ex husband and yes marrying her husbands friend was a rebound and revenge move. After all that she still seemed stuck on the friend. That ex-friend's memory will always be present. How can Shania fully EVER move on? She married her friends ex and now she has to worry if the friend is around her kid. It's all to much. She should've fought for full custody, moved, and never married her friends husband.
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Ginger42256 — 14 years ago(May 09, 2011 05:25 PM)
Some people can forgive. Nothing wrong with fighting for your marriage or your husband back. If you truly love a man you will forgive and fight for him.Ok maybe not "forgive" but certainly put it behind you and fight for your marriage. I know as much as it hurt I would. I've been there and it was the worst pain in the world but I did fight for him because I do love him. In the end the other woman wonn but at least I fought for him as much as I could.
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nbulous — 14 years ago(June 06, 2011 08:26 AM)
Does anybody think it might be her new husband Fred (the ex-husband of her ex-best friend) that masterminded this whole thing?
Think about it. Mutt and Marie-Anne repeatedly have denied any relationship. What evidence is there that these two actually hooked up?
I'm thinking Fred is the one who led Shania to believe that Marie-Anne and Mutt were having an affair. Just look what it ultimately got Fred: a
major
upgrade in the wife department.
Fred is the one who gained the most, IMO. I mean, what heterosexual male, married or otherwise,
wouldn't
plot and scheme to have Shania?
So the theory is that Marie-Anne and Mutt have never had an affair. It was a scheme devised by Fred to ultimately nab the prize of Shania, and it worked to perfection.
Thoughts?
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nbulous — 14 years ago(June 06, 2011 06:53 PM)
Didn't Shania say that she confronted Marianne and asked her to leave Mutt alone, and Marianne responded that she has no control over who Mutt loves? It was during an Access Hollywood interview, and I would guess that it's in her book too. I guess part of your theory 111cwould be that Marianne is in on Fred's scheme? But what about Mutt? He's apparently agreed not to have their son around Marianne. If they weren't together, why would he agree to that condition?
I'm just going off of what I saw on Oprah and "Why not? with Shania Twain" so I'm not as familiar with the situation as you seem to be.
I thought she tried to contact Marie-Anne, but Marie-Anne never answered her phone and changed her number. And even if she did make that statement, what does that really prove? Isn't that a true statement? If taken out of context, sure, it could be an implication of guilt, but in what context did she make that statement?
Marie-Anne wouldn't have to be in on it. Why would she need to be? She and Fred would just have to be estranged. After Fred sees that Shania and Mutt have divorced, he pounces and launches his premeditated diabolical plan to win his long coveted quarry.
As far as Mutt agreeing not to have his son around Marie-Anne, it could be that Mutt is just humoring Shania to get her off his case, as per the following. Suppose he isn't really having an affair with Marie-Anne. No matter what he says, he still has to listen to Shania constantly insist that they are having an affair. In frustration, when he hears Shania further insist that he not let his son around Marie-Anne, maybe he's like "Okay whatever" in a tone of resignation?
We don't have enough context and details to rule this type of stuff out. I just look at Fred on "Why Not?" and I see a look on his face like the cat that swallowed the canary.
Yeah, yeah, I know. It's probably not true, but I'm just sayingknow what I'm saying?
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rekd — 14 years ago(June 08, 2011 01:12 PM)
The person I worry more about in this whole situation is her husband's child. Shania says horrible things about his girl's mother yet expect to help raise her. I am confused by her whole attitude. She seems to only blame the woman and not Mutt- of course maybe that is how she needs to deal with it.