Céline Dion Opens Up About Overdose in Documentary Interview

2024-06-16 21:45:49

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June 16, 2024 – 11:45 p.m

(Key-ATS) The singer Céline Dion spoke on Sunday, throughout an interview with TF1, about her overdose with “very harmful medicines”, earlier than the printed of a documentary displaying the sickness that retains her from the stage.

The 56-year-old Canadian has been combating for years towards the stiff particular person syndrome (PRS), an autoimmune illness, with no recognized treatment, which causes acute ache, issue transferring and spasms. She has not been in a position to give a live performance since 2020.

Amazon Prime Video will broadcast this documentary entitled “I Am: Céline Dion” from June 25.

When the ache grew to become too robust, for a motive she did not find out about till the top of 2022, the Quebecer informed a French TV channel, “I canceled a number of exhibits, I discovered myself mendacity down, at taking remedy … possibly I will attempt an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic or one thing.”

“I began with small issues, till I succumbed … to very harmful medication, to proceed,” she defined throughout this interview recorded in Could in Las Vegas (United States of America).

To the journalist Anne-Claire Coudray who requested her if she took “Valium” (diazepam, benzodiazepine), Céline Dion answered: “Sure, amongst others”.

“Do not be alone”

“No analysis. So, at first it helped somewhat. However in a short time, the doses needed to be elevated,” she continued. “And once we get to a harmful degree of remedy and it now not works, we’ve got two choices: we proceed or we cease respiration and it is over.”

“Do not simply expertise ache. (…) Agree to speak about it however seek the advice of as effectively. Do not undergo alone,” inspired the singer.

Céline Dion, whose identify was put ahead by Le Canard chain initially of June to be one of many artists to carry out on the opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games in Paris on July 26, reiterated her certainty give concert events once more in the future. “I do not know when. However I’ll come again on stage,” she stated.