The global star opens up in a documentary which is released Tuesday on the Amazon Prime platform. The Quebecer makes no secrets about her illness and her addiction to painkillers and despite the loss of her voice, she does not lose hope of getting back on stage again.
The documentary on Celine Dion is released Tuesday on the Amazon Prime platform and it is shocking because the Quebec star has chosen to hide nothing about her illness. She suffers from stiff man syndrome, a rare condition that causes spasms, damage to her vocal cords and severe pain.
From the beginning of the film, we see an amateur image which shows the singer lying on the ground, stiff, in full crisis until the firefighters arrive. Another sequence is even more terrible. We see the singer being treated by an increasingly worried masseur while her body is in spasm, her face distorted and frozen. 20 Minutes talks about a shocking reality that some would describe as shameless.
Ill since the age of 17
But Celine Dion decided to show everything and no longer lie. Because she has suffered from this illness for 17 years and she hid it for a long time. She says in the documentary that during concerts, she let the audience sing to rest her voice. He also happened to tap on the microphone to make it appear as if there was a technical problem, when it was the voice that was broken.
On TF1 last Sunday, Céline Dion also confessed her addiction to painkillers. She took valium before going on stage, up to six times the maximum allowed doses.
A comeback at the Paris Olympics?
Despite the illness, Céline Dion plans to return even though she has made her entire career based on her extraordinary voice, the one that has allowed her to sell more than 200 million records worldwide. To hold the stage every night in Las Vegas for years.
Today at 56, she knows she will never find it again but she plans to return. Differently and with another voice… And why not in Paris. Rumor has it that she might perform live on the night of the Olympic opening ceremony on July 26.
Nicolas Poincaré with LM
