Shania Twain reveals how she handles 'issues' with her husband… 18 years after their exes had affair

Shania Twain has opened up on why she believes her second marriage to Frederic Thiebaud will last a lifetime.

In a new interview with People, Twain, 60, credited her husband of 15 years with resolving issues fast because he's open with his feelings and wants to talk problems through immediately rather than let them fester.

'He's really good at reminding both of us that we have to keep communication open,' the Still the One hitmaker said.

'He's the greatest talker, and he's not inhibited at all with expressing his feelings, which is really wonderful in a man. If you have a man that is really open and wants to keep the communication open, you're blessed as a woman.'

Twain, who hit back at bodyshamers who called her outfits 'trashy,' contrasted her communication style as more reserved. She'd rather 'take a walk or be alone with my guitar' to process marital issues quietly on her own.

But Thiebaud, 55, a former executive with Nestle, has a more direct approach that cuts through denial and prevents her from drowning in distress.

'Fred wants to talk about it. He wants to talk it through, and he wants to fix it,' Twain described. 'And that's the best advice. I mean, he's not wrong.'

Twain wed Thiebaud following her split from Robert 'Mutt' Lange over his alleged affair with Thiebaud's then-wife and Twain's then-best friend and assistant, Marie-Anne.

The Canadian hitmaker and Lange were separated for two years before their divorce was final in 2010. They have a son, Eja, 25, who they continue to co-parent together.

Twain and the Swiss businessman bonded over the heartbreak of their exes' betrayal. Soon their friendship turned to romance and they were officially a couple in 2009.

They wed on New Year's Day in 2011 in a small sunset beach ceremony in Rincon, Puerto Rico.

Thiebaud is her 'forever true love… the love I'm going to grow old with, and it's a beautiful feeling,' Twain, whose seventh studio album Little Miss Twain was released on July 24, told People.

While she may not have completely forgiven Lange, Twain has learned to let go of the painful past.

'Forgiveness is in the family of letting go,' she said in a May 2024 episode of the Great Company with Jamie Laing podcast.

'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.

'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,' she added.

Twain previously told People in 2022 that getting married again was the furthest thing from her mind.

'When I got divorced, I said, "I'm never getting married again." I was definitely one of those people that could have written a million songs about, "I'm never going to fall in love again." But Fred was such an undeniable love.'

She acknowledged at the time they had 'deep scars in common. We were a big part of each other's healing.'