Shania Twain’s latest album, Queen of Me, has sparked controversy after the singer decided to pose nude for its cover. Despite the mixed reactions that trailed her display of self-love, the singer revealed to Fox News Digital that she remains optimistic and focused on the positive attention she has received.
“I’m just doing what I do., To be honest, I only pay attention to the positive reaction,” she told the news outlet. “I take responsibility for my decisions and once I make them, I’ve made them because I’m happy with them, so it doesn’t matter to me.”
The Singer claims that posing topless made her begin to love her body
During an interview with Extra, Twain opened up about her previous insecurities regarding her body. She revealed that posing nude for her album cover had a profound impact on her self-confidence, stating that it “changed everything.”
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The singer further claimed that she has learned to love her body just the way it is. “I think as we get older especially, we do tend to get more shy or more critical of our bodies. Our skin starts to sag, it’s just part of growing old,” Twain explained. “I plan on aging naturally … So that also means being comfortable in your own skin and instead of hiding it, embracing it and enjoying it.”
Shania Twain reveals that her childhood impacted her confidence
Also, the “Any Man of Mine” singer revealed in an interview with The Sunday Times, that she faced challenges with her self-image as a child due to her early puberty. “I’m somebody that [was] never wearing a bathing suit at the beach as a teenager because I was way too self-conscious. My father made me feel self-conscious. It was almost dirty to wear shorts or not be entirely covered up. As my body was maturing and I was becoming a teenager, all of a sudden I was getting real curves. I mean, I’m a curvy person. I have boobs, and they bounce when I walk. So when that started happening, I started strapping myself down: I was wearing two bras; I was wearing tight, tight spandex things under my sweatshirts, that were way oversized; I was dressing like a boy.”
She concluded that the trauma affected her to the point that she began to feel uncomfortable living as a woman. “I didn’t feel good about becoming a woman. I was embarrassed by it. I was hiding my curves. I was rejecting it,” Twain explained. “I was rejecting what I was growing into, which was very natural. How shameful is that? And not shameful of me, but shameful of that pressure. It was terrible.”