Shania Twain has revealed she will never forget her ex-husband Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange’s affair with her best friend.
The singer was married to Robert who cheated on her with her former best friend Marie-Anne Thiébaud, from 1993 until their split in 2008.
The pair caused a frenzy when they did a couple’s swap as Shania married Marie-Anne’s former spouse, Frédéric Thiébaud, six months after her divorce was finalised.
However, the the 58-year-old has insisted that Robert “deserves empathy and understanding” after his affair.
Shania revealed that although she does have some forgiveness for her ex, she will not “necessarily forget” what he did as she confessed that she feels “sad for him.”
Speaking to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast, the singer explained that Robert deserves empathy and understanding despite his previous problems.
When asked about Robert and forgiveness, she said: “Forgiveness is in the family of letting go. But forgiveness, more specifically for me anyway, is not about forgetting necessarily. It’s about understanding the other person, and that might mean that they’re wrong.”
“Maybe you believe forever that whatever they did was wrong. Or maybe you believe that… Like in my father’s a better example, okay, because this is someone that I totally forgive.”
“But I understand that he wasn’t well, that you don’t act certain ways unless there’s something wrong with you.”
“I feel bad that he had those problems. So, it’s not for him, not for, you know. So, it’s very hard to hate or not be able to forgive somebody that you believe.”
“He’s a human being that deserves empathy and understanding. I think we all do, you know. If you’re a criminal, you know, just ’cause you’re, you don’t hate your own parent or I’m speaking for myself, you know.”
“So, do I hate my ex -husband for making a mistake? No. It’s his mistake. Not my mistake. So sad for him that he made such a great mistake that he has to live with. And I don’t know what that is, but it’s not. That’s not my weight.”
