Shania Twain, 60, Shares the Menopause Surprise She Never Saw Coming

Don’t get her wrong, she thinks menopause is alright! Music icon Shania Twain opened up in June 2026 about how her menopause experience has surprisingly been “very good” for her body image.

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“Menopause has been very good for me because I’ve learned that [there are] some things [about your body] you cannot control,” she told The Times on June 13. But getting to that point was a difficult journey for the “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” songstress.

“I stopped looking at myself in the mirror. I hated my body,” she shared of a period in 2019 when she struggled with her body image during her Las Vegas residency. “I’m, like, ‘Oh, I cannot stand this changing body’… All of a sudden I’m bloating, and I’m definitely not in control. I can’t just lose five pounds.”

“I was doing very unhealthy things [to get thinner], and I was working my body more than I was feeding it to keep up with the strain,” she explained. “But that was so unhealthy. Who cannot look at themselves in the mirror?”

But since menopause, the 60-year-old has found a new appreciation for her body and what it’s capable of. “Now I’m like, bring on the mirrors, I’m going to look at myself all day long!” she laughed.

Shania Twain Still Impresses Fans Today

Twain rose to fame in the 1990s by blending country and pop, becoming one of the genre’s biggest crossover stars with insanely popular albums like The Woman in Me, Come On Over and Up!. Her his have stood the test of time, with favorites like “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!,” “You’re Still the One,” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” helping her sell more than 75 million records worldwide and earn five Grammy Awards. She’s even the best-selling female country artist in history!

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Despite decades in the spotlight, Twain remains a major force in entertainment today. In recent years she released the album Queen of Me, headlined three Las Vegas residencies, and in 2026 hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards for the first time.

She’s also working on new music, has a biopic coming out, and performed at Wembley alongside Harry Styles, proving her continued popularity and influence across generations of fans.