Shania Twain recently opened up about her previous marriage to Robert "Mutt" Lange, saying she doesn't feel any hatred toward him after his affair. While appearing on an episode of the "Great Company with Jamie Laing," Twain was asked about her ex-husband Lange whom she tied the knot with in 1993 before splitting up in 2008 after he had an affair with her close friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud. Twain has since married Marie-Anne's then-husband Frédéric Thiébaud, in 2011 and are still going strong.
When speaking with Laing on his podcast, Twain shared her thoughts and experiences with forgiveness. "Forgiveness is in the family of letting go. But forgiveness, more specifically for me anyway, is not about forgetting necessarily. It's about understanding the other person, and that might mean that they're wrong...Maybe you believe forever that whatever they did was wrong." She added, "Do I hate my ex-husband for making a mistake? No. It's his mistake. Not my mistake. So sad for him that he made such a great mistake that he has to live with. And I don't know what that is, but it's not...That's not my weight."
Twain has been open about her tough childhood, sharing the emotional and physical abuse she went through at the hands of her stepfather, Jerry. During the podcast discussion about forgiveness, Twain added, "My father's a better example, OK, because this is someone that I totally forgive. I understand that he wasn't well, that you don't act certain ways unless there's something wrong with you. There's something wrong with your stability," the musician added. "I feel bad that he had those problems. So, it's not for him, not for, you know...So, it's very hard to hate or not be able to forgive somebody that you believe," Twain continued. The singer's mother, Sharon, and stepfather, Jerry, passed away in a car accident in 1987. "He’s a human being that deserves empathy and understanding. I think we all do, you know? If you're a criminal, just 'cause you're...you don't hate your own parent or I'm speaking for myself, you know?"
