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Shania Twain opens up about husband's devastating affair with 'best friend'
Netflix documentary.The That Don't Impress Me Much star who empowered many women across the globe with her incredible vocals and insightful lyrics actually suffered much heartache herself.Having been a role model for so many females on the planet at the time, it was an extra hard pill to swallow for the songstress who learnt her ex-husband Robert 'Mutt' Lange had been having an affair in 2008.READ NEXT: Most expensive music memorabilia ever sold - £1.4m Beatles piano to £4.5m Nirvana guitarThe 56-year-old described the feeling as similar "to losing her parents" in the teaser clip for her new upcoming documentary.Reflecting back on what is now history, Shania also felt at the time that she "had lost her voice forever".Shania discovered that Robert had been unfaithful and had been having an affair with her then-personal assistant, best friend and "confidant" Marie-Anne Thiébaud.Speaking about the situation with Oprah Winfrey previously, Shania told the host: "I said, 'Marie-Anne, don't you think my husband is acting strange?""And she said, 'No, I don’t see anything strange.'"After 14 years of marriage, Robert who shares son Eja with Shania broke off their union and didn't give her an explanation.Fortunately, Shania did get answers but the truth was never revealed to her by Robert or her friend Marie-Anne.The singer was informed of the infidelity by Marie-Anne's then-husband Frédéric Thiébaud - who had found out himself.Speaking on the Oprah Winfrey show about breaking the news he explained: "I said, 'guys, now you have to tell her. This is ridiculous.