Shania Twain said she learned to love her body at 57, but it wasn’t always like that for her.
“I freaked out inside, but no one knew,” the country music icon told The Mirror in an article published Saturday. “Now I look at myself naked and I like the honesty about myself.
“I’m saying you should look in the mirror and be okay with it. I’m just getting older and limp. If I hate myself now, what state will I be in five or ten years from now?”
The “Man! I feel like a woman!” The singer said she wanted to turn off the lights earlier, “since all I could see were the imperfections, so I said, ‘Okay, how do I deal with that and take it to a point where I accept it?’ “
SHANIA TWAIN REVEALS SHE WAS ‘STRENGTHENED’ TO POSING NAKED FOR NEW MUSIC
Shania Twain says she learned to love her body at 57 after struggling with insecurities about herself for a lifetime. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
She decided to do a nude photography session for the cover of her 2022 single “Waking up Dreaming” to “find a healthier and more realistic perspective on myself.
She told the Mirror that her insecurities about her body started when she was young and when she performed on stage as a teenager she felt her breasts were too big.
Shania Twain said she once thought about a breast reduction but is glad she didn’t go through with it. (Mark by Holden/E! Entertainment/NBC)
“I couldn’t stop her from bouncing,” she told the outlet, “so I had to strap her in and wear two bras and loose clothing.”
Last year, she said she also taped her breasts to avoid the attention of her abusive stepfather.
Shania Twain said she wants to embrace her body now because she’s only getting “older and flaccid.” (Kevin Mazur)
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“I just didn’t want those boobs,” she told the Mirror. “And I thought I wanted a breast reduction, but they settled down. I was like, ‘It’s a good thing I didn’t do that. This is what I should look like.'”