Shania Twain says it was 'intense' to learn husband cheated with her best friend

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Netflix documentary Not Just a Girl.In the clip the chart-topping singer is seen looking back at memories of her devastation at learning that Robert was committing adultery with her secretary and close friend Marie-Anne Thiébaud.Shania, 56, admitted feeling "it was similarly intense to losing [her] parents" in the footage released to viewers on the streaming site on Wednesday. Read More: Shania Twain, 56, sizzles in mesh lingerie and leopard print frenzy for throwback picHer parents Jerry and Sharon Twain both died when they were involved in a tragic car accident in November 1987.She continued: "I thought I had lost my voice forever.

I thought that was it."Canadian Shania first met Robert when he got in touch with her in 1993 after listening to a selection of tracks from her self-titled debut album.The South African music producer offered to work with her on more material, leading to several telephone exchanges between the pair before they finally met at Nashville's Fan Fair in June 1993.The five-time Grammy Award winner found herself wrapped up in a whirlwind romance with him, and the pair were married six months later in December 1993.Robert became a driving force behind her career, co-writing and producing an array of her best-selling hits including You're Still the One, Man!

I Feel Like a Woman! and That Don't Impress Me Much.Shania gave birth to their son Eja on August 12, 2001.The couple eventually separated in May 2008 after 14 years of marriage, with Roberts's affair with Marie-Anne the reason for the split.Devastated Shania was betrayed further as Robert and Marie-Anne initially denied their affair prolonging her emotional turmoil.She was already struggling with her health after a 2003 diagnosis of dysphonia.