Shania Twain • Robert John Lange • Marie Anne Thieb

Shania Twain • Robert John Lange • Marie Anne Thiebau

That still doesn’t impress her much. Shania Twain gave a rare update on her relationship (or lack thereof) with ex-husband Robert “Mutt” Lange and former friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud 15 years after their affair rocked the country music icon’s world.

“Once life was going so well, I settled too well into that almost forgetting that you never know what’s around the next corner. That hit me hard,” Twain, 57, said on a recent episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast as the topic of her divorce came up. “I don’t think that a lot of things that happened to me since my divorce should have been so hard on me. I should have been less naive about life’s ups and downs. Maybe I’m too much, like, ‘That’s all behind me.’”

Dax Shepard admitted that he was “really nervous” to bring up the fact that the “Honey! I’m Home” singer is now married to Thiébaud’s ex-husband, Frédéric Thiébaud, because he didn’t know if the topic embarrassed her.

“It’s not embarrassing,” Twain replied.

Twain and Lange, who worked together on several of her best-selling albums, split in 2008 amid the affair allegations. The two couples were friends for years before they played “musical chairs” — as Shepard put it. 

“He was so thoughtful about it all. … It was not cool with him, but he was smarter about it,” Twain explained. “I was uncontrollably fragile over it, which I had never felt before ever because I thought for once I was stable. I really believe that I’m safe, so that really devastated me I think more than any other instability I’ve ever felt.”

“Fred’s so smart. This is one of the smartest people I know [and] he didn’t know either. That helped me feel better. … Neither of us saw it coming. … I allowed myself to trust too much. … I did let my guard down too much,” the Grammy winner continued. “I was angry, though. The anger comes a lot from my childhood too because I’m thinking, ‘Man, you can do anything to me, but if you f—king lie, like, right to my f—king face? Now, I’m so angry.’ It wasn’t just, ‘Infidelity happens.’ That was not me. I spun around in that for quite a while. That was the hardest part to let go of really, the anger.”

Twain confirmed that Lange and Marie-Anne are still together, but they aren’t in touch unless she has to text about their son, Eja, who was born in 2001.

“I never have. I mean, Mutt and I parent well together — for people who don’t talk to each other,” Twain said. “We’ll just text. We both love our son so much, so we don’t play any games like that. We have the same priority, we share spaces for him. No nonsense there. … I think everyone gets what they deserve. … I got what I deserve — I got the greatest man on the planet.”

She is still not really impressed by it.Fifteen years after her affair shook the world of country music queen Shania Twain, she provided a rare update on her relationship—or lack thereof—with her ex-husband Robert “Mutt” Lange and former friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud.

"When things were going well in my life, I became too comfortable with it and nearly forgot that anything may happen at any time. When the subject of her divorce was brought up on a recent edition of the podcast "Armchair Expert," Twain, 57, stated, "That hit me hard." Many of the things that have occurred to me after my divorce, in my opinion, shouldn't have been so difficult for me. I ought to have been more realistic about the ups and downs of life. Perhaps I'm going too far, thinking "that's all behind me."

Dax Shepard said that he wasn't sure whether the issue embarrassed the singer of "Honey! I'm Home," Éphérie Thiébaud's ex-husband, so he was "really nervous" to bring it up.

"It's not humiliating," Twain said.

Amidst the suspicions of an affair, Twain and Lange, who collaborated on many of her best-selling albums, called it quits in 2008. Before engaging in what Shepard referred to as "musical chairs," the two spouses were longtime friends.

"He gave everything such careful consideration. Though he was wiser about it, it was not okay with him, Twain said. "I felt incredibly vulnerable over it, something I had never experienced before because I had assumed I was stable for once." That truly upset me, I guess more than any other instability I've ever experienced, since I really feel that I'm protected.

"Fred is really intelligent. He was also unaware of the fact that this person is among the sharpest persons I know. That gave me a sense of relief. Neither of us anticipated it. I overindulged in trusting myself. The Grammy Award winner went on, "I did let my guard down too much." But I was furious. My thoughts are, "Man, you can do anything to me, but if you f—king lie, like, right to my f—king face?," which is another major source of my fury from my early years. I'm furious right now. It was more than simply "Infidelity occurs." I wasn't that person. I spent quite some time spinning around in that. The anger was perhaps the hardest thing to let go of.

According to Twain, Lange and Marie-Anne are still together, but they don't communicate much until she has to SMS about their 2001-born kid, Eja.

"Never have I. For folks who don't speak to one other, Mutt and I parent very well together, Twain said. "We'll only text each other. We don't play any games like that since we both adore our kid so much. We share places with him and have the same priorities. Nothing absurd there. Everyone, in my opinion, gets what they deserve. I've found the most amazing guy in the globe, which is what I deserve.