Shania Twain is a major superstar whose name is known worldwide. However, her life was not always as glamorous as one would assume. It is always fascinating to know more about your favorite celebrity’s childhood.

She might dominate the charts and travel the world now, but that did not always happen. She did not always have an easy life.

Keep reading to know more about the singer’s childhood, which might surprise you.

Born to a family grappling with poverty in Timmins, Ontario, she had a tough start to her life. Her stepfather’s low-paying reforestation job and her mother’s depression made things even harder. She was just one of five children and had to learn early on to do without.

She began to sing in bars and perform; however, soon, she would have a lot more responsibility on her shoulders than just having some gigs every now and then. Soon she was left to be responsible for her siblings.

Since her family always struggled with money, she knew how to be without even essentials such as food, heating, and electricity.

She realized her life was different to that of her classmates when she would be without lunch and look at her peers during lunch, hoping they would leave some of their food uneaten so she could take it.

The young girl would usually tell her teacher that she had left her lunch in her locker or at home. She began to focus on music as a way to escape the harsh realities of her life.

She would go to the forest with her guitar, light a small fire, and then lose herself to her music. The music she played helped her forget the harshness of her real life where her responsibilities and poverty weighed her down.

First taste of performing

Her mother was able to see her talent and began to take her to gigs at local bars when she was just 8 years old. She would perform after midnight when patrons would already have their alcohol served to them since she legally could not be in a place where alcohol was actively being served at that age.

When she was 11 years old, she got a permit to perform earlier in the evening however she did not get paid till she was fourteen years old. She also started working at McDonald’s, a job she later referred to as her “saving grace,” as it allowed her to get paid while also providing her with regular meals, something she did not know about.

She would work at McDonald’s after school and then sing at bars afterward; her schedule was incredibly busy and left her exhausted. However, she focused on her music and hoped to have a better life.

However, her family struggled with things other than poverty. Her stepfather had legally adopted her and her siblings. He was harsh and abusive and made their home environment incredibly toxic and scary for the children.

She recalls having to fend for herself against his violence. She recalled a specific moment when she threw a chair at him in self-defense. “I think a lot of that was anger, not courage,” she later said of it.

The abuse went on for a while, and it was only one part of her trauma. When she was ten years old, her stepfather began to sexually abuse her. She kept the abuse a secret, and it further weighed on her for years till she felt brave enough to talk about it publicly.

Some of her trauma remained unresolved because when she was 22 years old, her mother and stepfather died in a car crash. Shania Twain was left to care for her younger siblings. She was the second eldest and was responsible for the younger children.

A new job

She wanted to make sure all of them were together, so she took a singing job at a nearby resort, a job that allowed her to have a small home. At the time, her life was very stressful. She woke up to chop wood to heat up the house, get her siblings to school, then sing late into the night.

The teenager had to maintain a feminine image of a polished singer for her job. She had never had time to focus on herself before, but now her job required her to take care of herself.

The big break

As her siblings grew up and became more independent, she was able to focus more on her own career. She recorded a demo and sent it to record labels. Her hard work paid off when Mercury Nashville signed her. This marked the beginning of her musical career.

As her music career started, she met a renowned music producer. The two of them collaborated and soon it turned romantic as they married one another. They soon developed Twain’s musical style, co-writing and producing together.

Her celebrity grew rapidly as a result and she reached massive audiences with her music.

But as her success rose, she noticed that her voice was having some setbacks. But it took another decade for her to get a diagnosis for Lyme disease, which had affected her vocal cords.

She had to take a break from singing and undergo surgery which left her with a raspier voice than before. She embraced this difference and focused on her music. Her musical partnership with her husband, music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, was still working well. The two have a son together, Eja D’Angelo Lange. Apart from musically, the couple also were doing well personally however Twain discovered that her husband was cheating on her.

He was having an affair with his close friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud, whom she had previously worked for as their secretary. Shania Twain found an unexpected ally in Thiébaud’s husband, who was just as blindsided by the affair. Her relationship with Frédéric Thiébaud started off with their mutual devastation.

However, the relationship soon turned romantic and in 2011 the two of them married and began a new chapter in their lives.

Twain revealed that she no longer holds any resentment for her ex-husband and his affair. She acknowledges what he did for her musical career and the child they share together.

The singer has seen it all in her life! She has been on the highest of highs and the lowest of lows! We are sending the singer our best for her future. Share this with other fans of Shania Twain who might not have known this about her.

Elon Musk has taken to social media after claims made by author Ashley St. Clair stating that the pair had a baby together last year.

St. Clair, a right-wing influencer, claimed on Musk’s platform, X, that she and Musk share a five-month-old child, disclosing on Friday that she was breaking the news to get ahead of the mainstream media.

Her post reads: “Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father. I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety, but in recent days days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause.

“I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment. For that reason, I ask that the media honor our child’s privacy, and refrain from invasive reporting.”

Musk, readers will surely be aware, made headlines last night week after his appearance from the Oval Office alongside his four-year-old son and President Donald Trump. Among the questions put forth by journalists was one that forced Musk to publicly correct a statement he had previously made about sending $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza in the Middle East, when it was actually Gaza in Mozambique.

“How can we make sure that all the statements that you said were correct, so we can trust what you say?” the journalist asked after Musk had admitted he had it wrong.

“Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected,” replied Musk.

“I mean, you know, we will make mistakes, but we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes.”

Given the fact that Musk is now acting head of the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency, as well as his status as the world’s richest man, it should come as no surprise that he finds his name in headlines more often than not.

Even so, when right-wing influencer and author Ashley St. Clair, 26, claimed to have mothered what would be Musk’s 13th child, it did raise a deal of eyebrows.

Ashley St Clair plotted for HALF A DECADE to ensnare Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/lUsVXN0P5A

— MILO (@Nero) February 15, 2025

So much so that Musk himself commented on the rumors, by way of adding his thoughts to an image sharing an alleged screenshot of tweets between a user called Greg Price and St. Clair, Musk writing: “Whoa.”

The screenshots reference a tweet from Price on May 20 reading: “He’s got a kid with a woman already. Seems unlikely to work out.”

And a now-deleted post from St. Clair writes back: “Well he actually has 7 kids & goes through women pretty fast.”

Musk has confirmed that he has 12 children with three other women, which would make any child by St Clair the 13th of his brood.

Yesterday, St. Clair’s representative, President and CEO of Digital Strategy Ltd, Brian Glicklich, took to Twitter yesterday (February 15) to share a statement addressing Ashley and Elon’s alleged relationship, noting the pair ‘have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about raising the child for some time’ and it was ‘disappointing’ a tabloid reporter allegedly ‘repeatedly ambushed’ St Clair and her family and ‘made it impossible to complete that process confidentially’.

The statement ended: “We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashely, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share.”

There’s nothing like coffee in the morning. I always start my day with a cup. But in the evenings, I usually go for tea.

You know how it is, you start the kettle and in no time, you have a hot cup ready — after dropping in a bag of your favorite brew, of course.

After a few minutes, you pull out the bag, toss it in the trash and drink the tea.

But ever since my grandmother taught me some tricks to do with old tea bags, I haven’t thrown any away.

Scroll down and check out these clever ideas for used tea bags. You’ll be surprised how handy they are — and you might even save a bit of money in the future, too…

1. Soothe sunburns

Take a tea bag filled with black tea and rinse it with cold water.

It will be your new best friend when you get a sunburn during the summer or when traveling abroad. Black tea contains tannic acid that helps the skin heal and gives you a prolonged cooling sensation.

2. Relieve minor burns

You can use the same tea bags that use for sunburns for another urgent situation.

If you accidentally burn yourself, apply a tea bag on the affected skin. The tannins in black black tea also soothe minor burns.

3. Get rid of warts

Did you know that green tea contains antioxidants that can prevent warts from growing? Take a used tea bag after it’s cooled down and place it on top of the wart.

After 15 minutes, remove the tea bag and replace it with a new one. Leave the second one on for another 15 minutes. Then, wait a few days and your wart will fall off.

4.  Put an end to puffy eyes

The tannins found in black tea can also help soothe the puffy bags under your eyes.

The next time you drink a cup of tea, save the teabag. Put it in a small container and place it in the refrigerator for a day or two. Then, when you feel like it’s time to do something about the bags under your eyes, grab a couple tea bags from your refrigerator.

5. Remove grease stains

Do you let your dishes soak because of stubborn stains?

Just fill your sink with water and dirty dishes. Then, throw a few tea bags in the water. The stains will be much easier to remove.

6. Weed killer

A bag of tea can be turned into a weed-killing concoction.

Try apply brewed black tea to weeds, or make a tea recipe of citrus (orange or grapefruit), tea, and water. Black tea steeped in a jar of vinegar with orange rind can also be used as a spray, according to Tip Hero.

7. Fertilizer

Not only can you compost tea bags as fertilizer in the compost bin, but loose leaf teas and compostable tea bags may be dug in around plants.

Roses love it, and so do houseplants and garden plants like ferns. You can also dig the tea bags or loose leaves in around plants to utilize the tea bags for plant growth directly around the root system.

Have you ever used tea to boost your green thumb? Which of these tricks would you try?

Tell us in the comments and don’t hesitate to share these awesome household remedies with your friends and loved ones on Facebook!