Singer Shania Twain weds on New Year's Day

LOS ANGELES: Country pop diva Shania Twain celebrated New Year's Day by getting married Saturday, in a private ceremony on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, her manager said.

Twain tied the knot with Frederic Thiebaud, two years after splitting with her husband of 14 years Robert Lange -- who allegedly had an affair with Thiebaud's then wife.

The couple announced their engagement last month, and chose a romantic island location to exchange vows hours after seeing in 2011.

"They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends," Twain's manager Jason Owen told said in a statement to cited on the Canadian-born singer's website.

Celebrity bible People magazine reported that the pair became romantically involved in 2009, finding solace after their respective spouses allegedly had an affair which broke up both marriages.

In a letter to fans in December, Twain wrote: "In the last two and a half years of adjusting to life after separation and divorce, I needed to lean on others more often than I was accustomed to.

"I am excited to share some personal news with you: I'm in love!" she said, adding that Thiebaud was "a compassionate, understanding friend and over time, an amazing love has blossomed from this precious friendship."

Twain and music producer Lange had married in 1993, six months after meeting. Living between homes in New Zealand and Switzerland, the couple had a son who was six when they separated.

Much? Complicated.....

Shania Twain Engaged to Ex-Husband of Woman who stole her Ex-Husband

Talk about shocking romantic switches that only happen in the movies! After Shania Twain was cheated by her husband of 14 years, Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange, over her ex-BFF Marie-Ann Thiebaud, the singer is now happily engaged with Thiebaud’s ex-husband, Frederic Thiebaud.

Due to their depressions over their ex-hubbies, the two turned to each other for support. This unlikely friendship blossomed until the two got finally hitched. Frederic is a 40 year old Swiss business executive working in Nestle. Twain announced that he asked her to marry him two months ago while they are in Switzerland.The engagement, however, became only known to the public after Twain showed up in New York wearing her engagement ring. Lange left the singer two years ago after he had supposedly fallen for Marie-Ann who was, ironically, Twain’s best friend. During that time, Marie-Anne denied that she was the cause of the divorce, saying that there are a lot of factors and that she is not the sole reason of the couple’s falling apart.Soon after the scandal, Frederic and Twain were seen travelling around the world like in Canada and Florida. The two denied their relationship at first, saying that they are just friends who can relate to each other. In summer 2009, however, Twain finally admitted that they have a deeper kind of relationship in her official website.

Sheer Sexy In NYC

reating herself to an enjoyable evening, Shania Twain was spotted out and about in New York City on April 8

The “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” songstress looked lovely and smiled from ear to ear as she made her way around Midtown Manhattan amidst a sea of shutterbugs.

And now that she has a new show called “Why Not? With Shania Twain” Shania says she’s finally starting to feel hopeful again after her divorce from Mutt Lange.

"I feel like in a way I'm starting over, with everything. This is a very personal experience that I think is important to share. This is an experience of recovery. I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things."

"There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear. So, that was a bad slump."
"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question. There's a lot of recovery to accomplish. I'm not there yet. I'm on my way there. I'm not sure I'll ever be there."