Shania Twain is an icon, she’s done it all and has had an incredible career, and she’s not slowing down anytime soon… Shania of course perfected the pop country sound of the 90s with hits like “You’re Still The One,” “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” “From This Moment On,” “Any Man of Mine” and many, many more. She saw unprecedented crossover success, a defining attribute of her career, and she ultimately became the first artist to ever release three consecutive Diamond-certified albums. Twain is gearing up to release a new album called Little Miss Twain on July 24th, and ahead of the new project coming out, she spoke with The Times for a lengthy feature, where she spoke a lot about growing up very poor in Canada and everything she’s accomplished as an artist. Specifically, she opened up about her 2019 Let’s Go! residency at the Zappos Theatre in Las Vegas, where she had torn two muscles in her thigh and it started bruising very fast, which she admits is a result of her being “malnourished”: “I was malnourished. To be thinner.” She had beautiful costumes, and she walked out there to sing to thousands of adoring fans every night… but inside, she was struggling, and in a business where looks matter a lot, she had to face her changing body as she went through menopause and had to deal with the reality of what that meant. In fact, it got so bad that Twain admits she “stopped looking in the mirror,” because she “hated” her body, and it became a very unhealthy relationship. Twain says it got entirely too out of hand, as she started an extremely unhealthy diet, and her body simply couldn’t keep up: “I was doing very unhealthy things. And I was working my body more than I was feeding it, to keep up with the strain. Now I’m, like, bring on the mirrors, I’m going to look at myself all day long!” The aspect of embracing yourself and your looks as a woman is something ladies of pretty much any age can relate to, and I imagine as you age and go through that change, it gets even harder, so I think it’s great that she’s opening up about it and sharing her journey… if Shania can struggle with it, I imagine pretty much anyone can. Of course, Shania has certainly become a feminine icon, but she wouldn’t go as far as to call herself a “feminist.” She says: “I don’t see myself as a feminist. I see myself as a very independent thinker and not necessarily because I’m a woman. I am referred to as a feminist. I think I have a lot of feminist points of view because I am so defensive of the vulnerable woman, I really am. I just feel that I’m strong as a person… I’m not strong for a woman. I’m not independent for a woman. I’m not self-sufficient for a woman. I just am a woman. And this falls on boys too. It’s, like, ‘Oh, the boy needs less protection than the girl because he’s a boy.’ That is so not true and it’s not fair. Vulnerable men need just as much protection as vulnerable women.” She would later add that she aligns with a lot of feminist morals and values, but that the word “feminist” is still tricky for her due to her upbringing. Twain now lives between Switzerland and the Bahamas (and she has other homes in Las Vegas and Canada) with her husband, Swiss businessman Frédéric Thiébaud, whom she married in 2011, and she says her new perspective on her looks and life have been shaped by him. She says Frédéric thinks she’s “the hottest woman on the planet,” and the best at everything she does, and that has given her an incredible confidence to embrace everything about who she is as a woman. She looks absolutely incredible… I’m a good 30-something years younger than her and I wish I looked even a small percentage as good as she does: View this post on Instagram Little Miss Twain will be out next month, and Shania has released one song thus far, “Dirty Rosie.” View this post on Instagram “Dirty Rosie” The post Shania Twain Says She Doesn’t Consider Herself A Feminist: “I Just Am A Woman” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Shania Twain is opening up about the unhealthy habits that left her malnourished and the life change that helped her find acceptance. Continue reading…

They definitely came a very long way together. As first reported by TMZ, and confirmed by court records in Williamson County, Tennessee, Jelly Roll has filed for divorce from his wife Bunnie Xo after a decade of marriage. The petition for divorce was filed by Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, against his wife, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, back on May 18. It’s being reported that it was a “mutual decision” and a “private family matter.” Whiskey Riff obtained a copy of the divorce complaint that was filed by the “Save Me” singer, which reveals that the couple separated on May 9, a week and a half before the request for a divorce was filed. He cites “irreconcilable differences” as the grounds for the divorce, which in Tennessee is a no-fault grounds for divorce that means that the parties agree on the terms of the separation. The couple were married back in 2016 before renewing their vows in 2023, and have been incredibly transparent about their relationship, including their struggles along the way. As Bunnie has discussed in the past, the two separated not long after getting married when she discovered that Jelly Roll was having an affair with an ex of his: “We got married in 2016. The affair was started with an ex in 2017, and then I think I found out about it early on in 2018.” A source spoke with People, who says they’ve “always had a complicated dynamic,” which started when they first met in Las Vegas when Bunnie was a high-end escort, and Jelly was living in a van back in 2015. They had a platonic friendship before they took their relationship to the next level in 2016. More recently, Jelly roll has gone through some intense physical changes, dropping nearly 300 pounds over the last couple of years, and the source confirms that he has “changed a lot.” They also confirmed that there was a moment “where everything fell apart,” as they were on different pages about their future together, and of course, there was “a lot more going on privately”: “He’s very focused on his future, his health and being around for a long time. There wasn’t a moment where everything fell apart. They still love each other but were no longer on the same page about certain things, including what they wanted their future to look like. People saw the public side of things, but there was a lot more going on privately.” You obviously never know what’s going on in people’s personal lives, and even though they always presented publicly as a united front with a very strong relationship, clearly, things were far from perfect and they’re now going their separate ways. During Jelly’s Grammy Award acceptance speech in February, Jelly thanked Bunnie for changing his wife, saying he would have ended up “dead or in jail” without her: “I want to thank my beautiful wife. I would have never changed my life without you. I would have ended up dead or in jail. I would have killed myself if it wasn’t for you and Jesus. I thank you for that.” Bunnie in particular has been very open about their relationship, mostly on her Dumb Blonde podcast, where she has spoken at-length about the ups and downs of their relationship and they have certainly been through a lot together. Neither one of them have spoken publicly about the split yet, though Jelly has changed his Instagram bio to reflect the change in their relationship. The bio used to say “Music Man,” followed by a lock and key emoji with link to Bunnie Xo’s account, though now the country singer’s bio now just reads “Music Man” by itself. JThe post “No Longer On The Same Page About Certain Things” — Jelly Roll & Bunnie Xo Have Reportedly Been Struggling For A While first appeared on Whiskey Riff.