TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2022

In a recent interview Shania Twain revealed some of the extreme measures she took to discourage her late stepfather, Jerry Twain, from sexually abusing her. The guy terrorized the whole family, which included Shania’s mom Sharon, her two sisters, a brother, and Jerry’s orphaned nephew.  Shania’s sexual abuse started when she was 10, and here’s what she resorted to. “I hid myself.  I would flatten my boobs.  I would wear bras that were too small for me, and I’d wear two, play it down until there was nothing girl about me.  Make it easier to go unnoticed.” She did fight back against him.  Quote, “I think a lot of that was anger, not courage.  And it took a long time to manage that anger.  You don’t want to be somebody that attacks me on the street because I will rip your head off.” Shania’s mom and stepdad died in a car accident in 1987, when she was 22.  She stepped up to raise her three younger siblings in she was getting her singing career going. This subject is part of her “Not Just a Girl” documentary on Netflix.

The ABC docuseries “Superstar” premiered last year, with each one-hour episode about a different celebrity.  Last year’s lineup included Whitney Houston, Kobe Bryant, Robin Williams, and Patrick Swayze. Season two starts this Thursday, and the first episode is all about the great Reba McEntire. It includes guest appearances by Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, Kristin Chenoweth, Wynonna Judd, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, and Dierks Bentley.

Cassadee Pope is “moving away from the country space” with the collaboration she recorded with Levi Hummon.  They just put out a song called “RSVP” . . . and Cassadee describes it as “pop rock.”.”

Carly Pearce will be on “The Voice” tonight for the semifinal results show.  She’ll be performing her latest hit, “What He Didn’t Do”.  Blake Shelton will also be performing with “No Body”, and John Legend with “Nervous”. It airs 8:00 p.m. on NBC.

Shay Mooney is very proud after he dropped close to 50 pounds and “never felt better physically, mentally, and spiritually.”  He posted a video featuring photos of his progression, and he included shirtless before and after pics.

Johnny “Football” Manziel is 30.  Heisman winning Texas A&M quarterback

Debbie Rowe is 64.  She’s the biological mom of Paris Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson Jr.

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