LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Shania Twain’s shock of a Marie-Anne Thiebaud (photos below) affair with then husband Robert “Mutt” Lange is part of the storyline of her reality show premiering tonight. When news hit about Mutt Lange and Marie-Anne Thiebaud affair in 2008, both denied any such conduct occurring. Initially, Twain remained outside the news media’s glare when details of the affair surfaced. Now Twain is back, with a reality show on Oprah’s OWN network premiering tonight. Twain will tell audiences tonight that she blames Marie-Anne Thiebaud, not Lange, for the affair that ended her marriage.

When asked about his split from Twain in 2008, Mutt Lange told news that he had just grown apart from the woman he married in 1993. “[We had] literally just a growing apart, that’s all.” That is not how Twain details it tonight. Twain has long held that Mutt Lange was growing close to the couple’s secretary and manager of their Lange-Twain chateau in Switzerland.

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Asked about allegations of an affair, Marie-Anne Thiebaud told news at the time that marriages sometimes fall apart for many “complicated reasons” and “never just one reason. And those reasons should be kept private.”

In “Why Not? With Shania Twain” (10 p.m., OWN), Twain doesn’t keep anything private. Tonight Twain begins a path to expose her thoughts of what transpired and is still bothering her today. In the three years since the affair Twain has rarely spoken about the affair until this month.

Tonight, however, Twain calls Marie-Anne “the traitor”. During the next three episodes, therapist named Gordon Livingston helps Twain sort through her pain over the affair. Twain tells the therapist that her ex husband was “a very kind man” who she believes did not “deliberately” have an affair.

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The reality show fosters a bit of potentially conflicting timelines. While Twain has gotten over the pain of the affair, she is reexamining it in the reality show as though its impact is still fresh. But in the landscape of today reality shows in which celebrities are said to be talking about trivial, even fabricated, subjects, Twain is distinctly real, allowing probing details about her life to be examined. She details how her stepfather beat her mom, how she and her sister and two brothers struggled financially until Twain started providing for them, how they overcome the loss of both parents during a car crash.

In 2010, Thiebaud’s husband, Frédéric, married Twain. Robert John “Mutt” Lange has since gone on to continue to do hit music and is currently working with Lady Gaga.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Following the Marie-Anne Thiebaud and Robert “Mutt” Lange affair (photos below), Shania Twain suffered dysphonia. Twain details her condition of dysphonia, the loss of her speaking and singing voice, in an Oprah Winfrey interview this week. Twain tells Oprah that she has since been able to regain her speaking voice but is still working on her vocal cords.

Shania Twain’s discussion about dysphonia with Oprah this week prompted praise from viewers. Many of them wrote that they too have suffered from spasmodic dysphonia, muscle tension dysphonia, or dystonia.

When news of the Marie-Anne Thiebaud and Robert “Mutt” Lange affair first surfaced, Twain remained out of the public eye. She now tells news that she was suffering from dysphonia. Initially, Twain was unable to sing and had difficulty even calling to her dog with normal volume. “It’s a constriction that’s both psychological and emotional, and it literally does choke the muscles around the voice box” she tells Redbook this month.

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“When my marriage broke down, I got so physically constricted that I couldn’t get any volume out at all,” she explains “I couldn’t even call for my dog.”

Twain told Winfrey that as, she regained her energy, she was able to speak again. She said her divorce was a “a very positive thing” adding “I needed the wake-up.”

“I realize I couldn’t live without singing and had to do something about it. This is why I was like, ‘Just get it all out right now. Clean the pipes.’”

Twain’s re-entry into the music business has been detailed on LALATE in the last few months. Twain’s producers have already revealed that her upcoming reality show will focus on her regaining her voice. Twain has seen a Nashville doctor. She told Oprah that her throat muscles are squeezing her voice box.

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Shania’s appearance on Oprah this week coincided with the launch of her reality show on Oprah’s cabler OWN this Sunday. Shania’s book “From This Moment On” also his stores this month.

I’ve trapped my own voice, and now I’ve got to unwipe all that,” Twain told Oprah. “I really can’t imagine not singing again.”

Shania has said of her recent marriage to news that “Frédéric Nicolas Thiébaud has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend”. Twain added that “over time, an amazing love has blossomed from this precious friendship.”

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Shania Twain was honored at the Junos tonight being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Shania Twain received the Junos introduction Sunday evening by Bryan Adams. Adams called Twain a “Canadian treasure.”

Twain made news earlier this month revealing her plans to take TV audiences back to her Canadian roots. Twain will return home to Timmins, Northern Ontario, Canada, with sister Carrie Ann to reclaim her roots in the upcoming series “Why Not?” for the OWN Cable network.

Twain has also been back in the studio to deliver her fans new music. To date, Twain has sold 75 million albums worldwide to date.

Appearing before the Junos attendees tonight, Twain said “I really am turning into such a sap. But this is just a very beautiful moment for me. I am, I’m really so proud of Canada’s talent.” She added “I sit here tonight in the audience, and I watch these amazing artists up here on the stage, world-class talent, songwriters, singers, performers — we should be proud of these people. They’re just blowing me away.”

In “Why Not?” Twain will also be surrounded by top talent including Gladys Knight, Lionel Richie and David Foster as she works on her voice for new tracks. She is also joined by new husband Frèdèric Thièbaud.

“I guess, I have more pride in what the country has created musically than I am even of my own success. Honestly, I’m just more proud to be from Canada, and to be part of everything that’s happening here musically” she told audiences.

On May 3, Shania will tell more about her early years in Timmins in a new book. Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, will release Twain’s new autobiography, ‘From This Moment On.’

“This is a beautiful country. … I feel like I should just be wearing the Canadian flag tonight to be honest with you. I would love that.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – “Why Not?” will detail Shania Twain and Frèdèric Thièbaud’s new marriage and Twain’s return into music , confirms reps to news Thursday. “Why Not?” has been picked up by the OWN Network for a May 15 premiere date. But for Twain, the series is one of many new projects that will arrive this spring and summer. From a TV series, to a new book, a happy marriage, a return home, and possibly even a Las Vegas show, Twain has all the answers in advance of the “Why Not” premiere.

The OWN series will tackle Twain’s divorce from Robert (Mutt) Lange in 2008, her romance with Frèdèric Thièbaud and eventual marriage this January 1.

On March 27, Twain will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, confirms to news that Twain’s new autobiography, ‘From This Moment On,’ will hit shelves this May 3.

On TV, Twain will find comfort from Gladys Knight, Lionel Richie and David Foster as she works on her voice; she will return home to Timmins, Northern Ontario, Canada, with sister Carrie Ann to reclaim her roots; and she will return to the studio to reinvigorate fans that have already bought her 75 million albums worldwide to date.

Robert Mutt Lange and Marie-Anne Thiebaud are still together. But in 2009, Marie-Anne’s husband Frederic Thiebaud and Shania fell in love, announcing news of their relationship that year. Shania said at the time that Frederic is “the love of her life”.

The series premieres May 27 and airs Sundays at 10:00 PM ET/PT on OWN.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Marie-Anne Thiebaud and Robert Mutt Lange are reportedly still in love; the romance between Marie-Anne Thiebaud and Robert Mutt Lange is what ultimately resulted in this weekend’s news – the marriage of Shania Twain to the husband to her former employee.

In 2008, Shania Twain and Frederic Thiebaud started to grow close after her then employee, Marie-Anne Thiebaud, and husband, Mutt Lange, fell in love with each other. It would take two years until Shania Twain and Mutt Lange’s divorce would be finalized. But between 2008 and June 2010, Shania and Frederic Thiebaud, Marie-Anne Thiebaud’s husband, would grow close, confirming their relationship in 2009, announcing their engagement on December 20, and marrying on January 1, 2011.

When news hit about Mutt Lange and Marie-Anne Thiebaud in 2008, both denied any affair occurred. So what happened between Shania and Mutt Lange? Mutt Lange said that he had just grown apart from the woman he married in 1993. “[We had] literally just a growing apart, that’s all.”

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Instead, Mutt Lange was growing close to his secretary and manager of the Lange-Twain chateau in Switzerland. By summer, Lange and Twain split.

When sought for news comment in the summer of 2008, Marie-Anne Thiebaud simple said that marriages sometimes fall apart for many “complicated reasons” and “never just one reason. And those reasons should be kept private.”

Shania by 2009 called her new love Frederic Thiebaud a true gentleman. He reportedly works for Swiss Nestle.

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Shania credits her happiness today to her fans. In 2008, she said that one day her broken heart will be repaired and stronger than ever. “I need some time to heal this broken heart but make no mistake; I will be back and hopefully stronger than ever.” Shania credits fans to helping her overcome heartbreak. “Your overwhelming support reminds me to smile, no matter how deep the pain and to always be grateful for all the beautiful blessings in my life.”

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