14 DAY TRIAL // LeAnn Rimes says her new album, “Spitfire,” was like therapy because it helped her deal with her many problems caused by the romance and marriage to Eddie Cibrian, to whom she’s still happily married.
In a new interview, the singer explains that she was “depressed and anxious” right after embarking on the new relationship.
Fans must know that, last August, Rimes went to rehab for a short while to treat issues with anxiety and stress.
She tells Us Magazine the reactions she got from the world at large for her affair with Eddie (because the relationship started as an extra-marital affair for both) got her there.
“I went in and took care of myself because I was stressed, I was depressed and anxious, and I didn’t know how to process everything,” she says.
Consequently, going away for a little while was just the thing for her.
“My whole life has been out there for everyone to judge [since I was 13 years old]. Going away was something I really needed to do,” she says.
After rehab, she also started working on the album, which is her most personal to date. This too helped her cope with everything that was going on in her life.
“I was feeling all these crazy emotions and feeling terrible about myself and was disgusted by myself and thought I was pathetic,” she says. Putting them on paper helped her deal with them.
Today, LeAnn says, she’s at her most confident and happiest.
“I’m the strongest I’ve ever been. I’m the most honest with myself that I’ve ever been, I’m the most secure I’ve ever been about myself and my family, and I’m the most confident I’ve been in a really long time,” she gushes.