Celine Dion had mentioned the stiff person syndrome, the disease from which she suffers, in December 2022, through a video shared on instagram. Since this announcement, the Canadian singer has reappeared on the big screens in the film Love Again: a little, a lot, passionatelyreleased in February 2023. Claudette Dion, one of her big sisters, gave her news on Thursday August 31, 2023, in the columns of the Canadian magazine, Hello. She first explained that the interpreter of My Heart Will Go One was reached “of a little-known disease”. She then clarified that the star was suffering from “spasms”adding that it was “impossible to control”. “You know, people often get up in the middle of the night because of a cramp in the leg or the calf? It’s a bit like that, but all the muscles”, she gave as an example, before regretting “not being able to do much to support her, or relieve her of her pain”. As a reminder, when Celine Dion announced her illness, she also confided that the spasms affected “all aspects of her daily life, sometimes causing difficulty when she walked, and not allowing her to use her vocal cords to sing as usual”.
Celine Dion can count on the support of her family
If Celine Dion had to put her concert tour on hold, announcing not to return to the stage before 2024, she relies on “a great team of doctors and a sports medicine therapist to regain your strength”. She was also able to count on the infallible support of her family and their encouragement. Her 74-year-old sister Claudette Dion also said that Celine Dion “do everything to recover”ensuring “she is a strong woman”. Moreover, it is with the Canadian media 7 daysFriday August 18, 2023, that Claudette Dion wanted to restore the truth concerning the rumors of depression of her little sister and the relationship she has with her eldest son René-Charles, aged 22. “My little sister has a moral of steel and she is fine”, first guaranteed the spokesperson for the Fondation Maman Dion, an organization founded by her mother which helps disadvantaged young people. She then detailed: “I want to clarify that the rumors saying that Celine suffers from depression are false, just like the one saying that she no longer speaks to her son René-Charles… He always went home with his mother and the twins”. “Those who claim that my sister’s voice is gone are wrong. She sang me some notes on the phone and her voice is still there”finally rejoiced Claudette Dion.