Shania Twain, 58, says she has ‘a lot of’ emotional scars from ‘challenging childhood’… after sharing she grew up poor and with violence in Canada

Shania Twain has ‘a lot of’ emotional and physical scars,’ she said last week.

The Man! I Feel Like A Woman! hitmaker has been through a lot in her almost six decades on the planet.

Speaking to Elizabeth Day on the How To Fail podcast, the 58-year-old hitmaker said: ‘I have a lot of scars.

‘I have a lot of scars from cooking. I have a lot of scars from working in the bush with sharp tools. I have a lot of emotional scars…. 

‘I’ve been through a challenging childhood and then my open throat surgery. Over time, I have realized that all of those experiences have really made me who I am today and I wear them well.’

She said in the past she grew up poor in Canada as her parents earned little money.

There was often not enough food in the kitchen.

And the crooner added that her mother and stepfather’s marriage was stormy at times, and from a young age she witnessed violence between them.

And when life gets tough, she channels her pain into words.

She shared: ‘I’ll document my feelings, I’ll put things down, they’re very raw, they’re very real, they’re very in the moment, and I live them. I like to live through my suffering.’

Some of the notes will turn into lyrics, but she likes to change them to be more upbeat.

She explained: ‘They’re now reflections of what I’ve been through.

‘But they are on the other side. They are the healed experience with a scar.’

The You’re Still the One hitmaker admits she can be comfortable in her own skin one day and not the next.

She said: ‘I’ve been someone that has been coming into my comfort my whole life. I think it’s just a process. I live it every day.’

Shania also admitted she used to be too timid to show off her body in revealing outfits for years.

She insisted: ‘Now, I’m perfectly fine.

‘But it’s been a process for me. The ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ video was the very first time I’d ever performed with legs at all.’