Do you want straight or polite? I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right? My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows. I would like to apologise to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with the Guardian relating to the American President. The question caught me off guard.
Elton John. Rod Stewart. Ed Sheeran. See more Must Read on Smooth. Shania Twain facts: Country pop legend's age, best songs and husband revealed 11 March , Updated: 12 March , Shania Twain is a Canadian country singer who has won 5 Grammy Awards.
To say Twain had a traumatic childhood is an understatement. She grew up in Ontario, Canada, and never knew her biological father.
Her mother, Sharon, had depression; her stepfather, Jerry, was an Ojibwa Native American, much discriminated against, alcoholic, violent and mentally ill. A number of them died prematurely just from neglect and alcohol abuse. There was little work around, no money and a lot of violence. My mom was quite violent, too. In her memoir, she describes an occasion when Jerry beat Sharon unconscious, then repeatedly plunged her head in the toilet. Twain grabbed a chair and smashed it across his back.
He punched her in the jaw; she punched him back. Twain was 11 at the time. Her father often abused her. She stutters to a stop. Did he sexually abuse her? How old were you when he started abusing you? I learned to block it out. She started writing songs as a young girl. Did she want to be a star? Violent home. Nothing to eat. And it really works. A lot of kids play with dolls and I played with words and sounds. By the age of eight, she was singing in bars to pay the family bills. After graduating from school in , she went to Nashville to sing country.
She was on the verge of a breakthrough in when she received terrible news. Jerry and her mother had been killed in a car crash. Despite everything, she loved them and she was devastated. She shelved her dreams and moved back home to become a surrogate mother to her four siblings. Twain never fully processed the tragedy, because she was too busy looking after the family.
She supported them by singing at a local resort. I was just out of myself. When you add shock to grief, it does crazy things to your mind. And that really helped me through — this was not nearly as bad as my parents dying.
Looking after the family took six years out of her life. After one album, she hooked up with Lange and found global fame. I ask whether she thinks of herself today as Eilleen or Shania. Last year she revealed she has been battling Lyme Disease - here is what we know about the Man!
I Feel Like a Woman singer The music sensation has sold over 85 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in the history of country music and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Her first marriage to Mutt Lange broke down when he left her for her best friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud.
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