{"id":1798363,"date":"2023-01-07T10:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1798363"},"modified":"2023-01-07T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:51:00","slug":"shania-twain-57-opens-up-about-being-sexually-abused-by-her-stepfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shania-twain-57-opens-up-about-being-sexually-abused-by-her-stepfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Shania Twain, 57, Opens Up About Being Sexually Abused By Her Stepfather"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshania-twain-57-opens-up-about-being-sexually-abused-by-her-stepfather%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1798363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.05-09.08-themixnet-63b73c3936dc1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>While Appearing on the \u201cTODAY\u201d Show on Thursday Morning, the singer Shania Twain As she shared her story about being sexually abused as a child by her stepfather, she couldn&#8217;t help but feel emotional.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks Thank you for stopping in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaniaTwain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShaniaTwain<\/a>! \ud83d\udc96 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77LP1n7Tlr\">pic.twitter.com\/77LP1n7Tlr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1611015940065353729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Twain Discusses Sexual Abuse<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11603509\/Shania-Twain-talks-sexually-abused-stepfather.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> It was reported that Twain57-year-old he went on \u201cTODAY\u201d To promote her new album \u201cQueen Of Me,\u201d But the conversation quickly shifted to Twain\u2019s stepfather Jerry As she explained why her body had always embarrassed her, she claimed that she was sexually abusing her as an infant. Twain She never knew her biological father and her mother and stepfather died in a car accident in 1987.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Twain Explain to the host Hoda Kotb that she decided to pose nude on the album\u2019s cover as a way of dealing with the abuse her stepfather put her through decades ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the boss of me,\u201d Twain Defiantly said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shania Twain, 57, poses semi-nude for \u201cWaking Up Dreaming\u201dThis is her first song in five years. What What are your thoughts about this? I think she looks beautiful and would love to age gracefully. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShaniaTwain?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShaniaTwain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Entertainment?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Entertainment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Music?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uyc0vNVMp4\">pic.twitter.com\/uyc0vNVMp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USAS \u2013 History, Travel, Tech (@USAS_WW1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAS_WW1\/status\/1600094330340769794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe Get our daily emails and join us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By By opting in, I agree to receive emails containing the most recent in Lifestyle + Entertainment TellMeNow. Your Information will not be sold or shared with third parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/12\/shania-twain-reveals-she-flattened-her-breast-to-save-herself-from-being-sexually-abused-by-her-stepfather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shania Twain Reveals She Flattened Her Breasts To Save Herself From Being Sexually Abused By Her Stepfather<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018This Is Who I Am\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really about saying I was abused as a kid,\u201d Twain explained. \u201cMy stepfather would fondle me up on the top and make me go without a shirt and I was already maturing. This cringy horrible wanting to escape being in my own skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to start loving myself in my own skin and really embracing that and not being embarrassed of it or shy of it. This is who I am,\u201d She added. \u201cLoving who you are. I\u2019m my own royalty. I\u2019m the boss of me, and I\u2019m responsible for the decisions I make, for what I say, for what I do. It\u2019s a statement of self-confidence that I\u2019ve grown into more over the last few year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Twain When it came to photographing her new album, she decided to go completely nude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI did a whole shoot as part of the album artwork where I\u2019m completely nude and it was really scary, but it was sort of like, you know, I don\u2019t really love my body,\u201d She spoke. \u201cI don\u2019t love looking at myself in the mirror with the lights on or looking at the mirror at all at my body. So I said listen, I\u2019m gonna face that fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check Out Twain\u2019s full comments on this in the video below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGiddy Up!\u201d We\u2019ve got icon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaniaTwain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShaniaTwain<\/a> You can live in the house! And She shared all details about her upcoming album &#8220;Queen of Me,&#8221; Out Feb. 3! \u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WjIFM7b9s\">pic.twitter.com\/6WjIFM7b9s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1610998619515101184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/11\/shania-twain-talks-posing-nude-at-57\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shania Twain Talks Posing Nude At 57<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Twain\u2019s Previous Comments On Sexual Abuse<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Twain The world was first to learn that she had been sexually abused back in 2018 by her stepfather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUh huh, uh huh. I\u2019m not going to go into details about it,\u201d She told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2018\/apr\/22\/shania-twain-unexpected-return-freak-illness-country-pop-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> At the time. \u201cI don\u2019t mind saying it, because I do think it\u2019s important that people understand you can survive these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twain She stated that she was just 10 years old at the time of the abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI feel the sexual abuse goes hand in hand with the physical and psychological abuse when it\u2019s somebody you know. I learned to block it out,\u201d She continued. \u201cAbusers need to manipulate you, whether it\u2019s before or after, and what I said to myself is: \u2018OK, there\u2019s something wrong with this person and that person is not well.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shania Twain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gn7RQOTZW9\">pic.twitter.com\/gn7RQOTZW9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cream (@Creamofthe1960s) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Creamofthe1960s\/status\/1599252685647028225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While it\u2019s horrific to think that Twain had to suffer through sexual abuse, we\u2019re glad to see that she appears to have come out the other side and finally found confidence in her body. You You can learn more about Twain\u2019s journey to finding love for herself when her album drops on February 3!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Appearing on the \u201cTODAY\u201d Show on Thursday Morning, the singer Shania Twain As she shared her story about being sexually abused as a child by her stepfather, she couldn&#8217;t help but feel emotional. Thanks Thank you for stopping in @ShaniaTwain! \ud83d\udc96 pic.twitter.com\/77LP1n7Tlr \u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 5, 2023 Twain Discusses Sexual Abuse Daily Mail &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1798366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[13838,13837,5458,3819,11076,13839,13840,13836],"class_list":["post-1798363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-13838","tag-abused","tag-bongino","tag-report","tag-sexually","tag-shania","tag-stepfather","tag-twain"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1798366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}