Shania Twain has made it with husband Frédéric Thiébaud.
The country music star looked back at how far she and the Swiss businessman have come in their 15-year marriage, saying that he “would have been my lifelong love even from then” had she met him earlier in her career.
“This is the love I’m going to grow old with, and it’s a beautiful feeling,” Shania shared in an interview with People published July 30. “I’m sure we’ll always have romance, but there’s a depth and a gratitude that I have about having this love.”
The 60-year-old added, “It just takes sometimes years to find that person.”
Indeed, it took Twain quite some time to find who she describes as her “forever true love.” After all, the “Still the One” singer was married to music producerRobert “Mutt” Lange for 14 years before their 2008 breakup over his alleged affair with her close friend—and Frédéric’s first wife—Marie-Anne Thiébaud.
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“It was a beautiful surprise to then see how gracefully and graciously he was dealing with navigating the same pain,” Shania told Armchair Expert in 2024, explaining how she “didn’t really know Fréd” until they had split with their respective partners. “He was so thoughtful about it.”
So, what’s her and Frédéric’s secret to a successful marriage?
“He’s really good at reminding both of us that we have to keep communication open,” she told People. “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.”
Shania started dating the former Nestlé executive in 2009. They tied the knot on New Year’s Day 2011, while Mutt—with whom Shania shares 24-year-old son Eja Lange—and Marie-Anne remained together.
“I think everyone gets what they deserve,” Shania told Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on their podcast. “I got what I deserve: I got the greatest man on the planet.”
That’s why the Grammy winner isn’t holding a grudge against her ex-husband.
“It’s very hard to hate or not be able to forgive somebody that you believe is a human being that deserves empathy and understanding,” Shania said in a 2024 episode of the Great Company With Jamie Laing podcast. “I think we all do. So, do I hate my ex-husband for making a mistake? No, it’s his mistake, not my mistake.”
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Plus, she and Mutt, 77, will always put their son first.
“Mutt and I parent well together—for people who don’t talk to each other,” Shania explained during her Armchair Expert appearance. “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,” she continued. “No nonsense there.”
As for how other celebrity couples weathered cheating scandals, read on…
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Pattinson and singer FKA Twigs dated for three years until 2017 and a year later, he began seeing Suki Waterhouse. The couple welcomed a baby girl in 2024.
Meanwhile, Stewart went on to date several women—including Alicia Cargile, St. Vincent and Stella Maxwell—before marrying Dylan Meyer in 2025.
As for Sanders, he and his then-wife, model Liberty Ross, divorced after 10 years and two kids in the aftermath of the scandal.
Garner later clarified that she and Affleck broke up long before the rumors, telling Vanity Fair in 2016, “We had been separated for months before I ever heard about the nanny. She had nothing to do with our decision to divorce.”
The Alias alum and the Oscar winner divorced in 2018 and continue to co-parent their three kids: Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
In 2021, Affleck rekindled his ’00s relationship with Jennifer Lopez and the two wed the following year. They split in 2024.
Meanwhile, Garner has been dating businessman John Miller on-and-off since 2018.
At the time, Savchenko responded to his wife’s claims with a statement, saying, “My relationship with Chrishell was and remains strictly platonic. Our friendship during our season on DWTS was not the reason for our split. Elena and I have had longstanding issues in our marriage. This has been an ongoing situation between Elena and I paired with poor timing.”
Savchenko and Samodanova—who share daughters Olivia and Zlata—finalized their divorce in October 2021.
In the wake of the allegations, Prinsloo stood by her man, with a source close to the couple telling E! News that the Victoria’s Secret Angel is “upset but she does believe him that there was no physical affair.”
The couple stayed together and went on to welcome a son, who joined big sisters Dusty Rose and Gio Grace.
Since then, the Miss Congeniality star adopted a daughter she named Laila and began a romance with photographer Bryan Randall. He died in 2023 at age 57 after battling ALS.
James married Bonnie Rotten in 2022 and the two welcomed a son the following year. Rotten filed for divorce in 2024, but later requested to have her petition be dismissed.
Since then, Young moved on, welcoming four kids with fiancée Keonna Green.
As for Azalea? She, too, became a parent. The “Fancy” hitmaker gave birth to son Onyx with Playboi Carti in 2020.
The actor has since gone on to father more children (he has seven total) with different women.
Miller got engaged to Tom Sturridge and welcomed daughter Marlowe with him in 2012. However, the couple split 2015.
The actress went on to welcome another daughter with Oli Green in 2024.
Despite their split, Schwarzenegger and Shriver have maintained friendly relations and their son Patrick Schwarzenegger has even formed a friendship with Joseph.
In response, Udoka took responsibility for his actions and said in a statement, “I want to apologize to our players, fans, the entire Celtics organization, and my family for letting them down. I am sorry for putting the team in this difficult situation, and I accept the team’s decision.”
The pair split in December 2022.
Woods went on to date pro skier Lindsey Vonn for three years before their split in 2015. He was linked to Erica Herman before striking up a relationship with Vanessa Trump.
As for Nordegren, she welcomed a son with NFL star Jordan Cameron in 2019.
Duhamel went on to date actress Eiza González before tying the knot with Audra Mari in 2022. The Safe Haven star and the former Miss World America welcomed son Shepherd two years later.
Though Glanville spent years feuding with her ex and his now-wife, the drama between them has since seemingly subsided. As Glanville explained in 2021, “I think we both grew up a lot because obviously, it was a decade of fighting.”
Ariel, who shares two young sons with Ned, shared in a statement of her own, “Nothing is more important to me and Ned than our family and all we request right now is that you respect our privacy for the sake of our kids.”
The couple confirmed in 2025 that they had parted ways.
Brinkley went on to date John Mellencamp, but split with the singer in 2016 after a year together.
As for Cook, he found himself in another cheating scandal in 2014 when his second wife, Suzanne Shaw, accused him of being a serial cheater and issued an apology to Brinkley for not heeding her advice. Cook and Shaw divorced, and the architect married Alba Jancou in 2023.
