Las Vegas is reacting to Céline Dion‘s current analysis.
As we reported final week, the 54-year-old singer revealed she has been identified with a neurological dysfunction referred to as Stiff Person Syndrome. That illness has compelled her to cancel some 2023 tour dates and postpone others. And it’s additionally affecting native life in Sin City, the place Dion lives, as insiders grapple with the fallout from the analysis.
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For one, Vegas residents are pondering what might occur to Céline’s efficiency schedule following this well being reveal. One native journalist within the Nevada social gathering metropolis, Scott Roeben, instructed Page Six that Dion’s legendary 16-year-long residency at Caesars Palace helped propel Vegas into what it’s immediately. And with out Celine on the docket probably ever once more the town could have misplaced one thing.
Roeben defined:
“This is the house that Celine built. People had been telling me for some time that Celine would not be returning to live performing — maybe ever at all.”
Oh, no…
Of course, the My Heart Will Go On singer had lengthy been a fixture within the desert city. She first began canceling exhibits there in October of final yr, although. At the time, she instructed followers she was coping with “severe” muscle spasms.
Her newer analysis of Stiff Person Syndrome has made the state of affairs much more pressing. As Roeben indicated, it might be attainable she by no means returns to performing. That can be simply terrible. The journalist defined what sources are saying:
“When it’s Celine, it’s not what you do, it’s who you are. To have it taken away, it’s even more tragic. My sources believe she may not be able to return to the stage. After that initial talk of struggling with muscle spasms, we started hearing about how serious things were, but Celine is the type of person who doesn’t want people to be unnecessarily concerned: Her fans are obsessed with every breath she takes. They hang on every word.”
Much of this most up-to-date battle has roots lengthy earlier than the Stiff Person Syndrome analysis, although. And the problems go far past simply the singer’s bodily well being.
Some insiders are fearful about Celine’s outlook and psychological well being following the dying of her beloved husband and supervisor René Angélil. Of course, he died again in 2016 following a battle with throat most cancers. He was instrumental in Dion’s profession, organising her first residency with Caesars Palace in 2003 amongst different issues.
He was additionally her beloved accomplice for many years, and the one with whom she shares three youngsters. Thus, when he died, it hit Céline extraordinarily exhausting — and it’s nonetheless affecting her. One insider reported:
“Since René died, it’s been very difficult. He hasn’t been there to protect Celine. He was her touchstone, he looked after everything for her. Celine relied on him for everything — her management, her finances, her music production — and things have gone downhill since his passing.”
Wow.
That supply additionally cryptically defined how they’re unsure who takes care of the singer’s finest curiosity proper now:
“I’m not sure exactly who she has in her corner looking after her anymore, or if they have her best interests at heart. It’s true — she may not ever be able to perform live again.”
Ugh. We hate to listen to that.
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Amid that insider’s new claims, not less than one factor is definite: Céline hasn’t been seen round Vegas usually lately. After Angélil’s dying in 2016, locals say the Canadian-born crooner’s world has closed in. Roeben defined that dynamic:
“[People in Las Vegas] would spot Celine out and about with her entourage. But, for this very long stretch of time, nobody has shared even a paparazzi photo or a fan photo. She just kind of disappeared.”
Damn.
From a profession perspective, the singer does have some proverbial irons within the hearth. She is meant to make her performing debut within the romantic drama It’s All Coming Back To Me starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas. That undertaking has been pushed again from February of subsequent yr to May, per Page Six. But Dion is about to play herself within the movie. Plus, it should function her music.
To that finish, the unnamed insider is optimistic there may nonetheless be a future. They mentioned of Dion’s resilience:
“Celine said she will be unveiling new songs for the movie. But whether she does press or not for it [remains to be seen]. Celine is really tough. She’ll be OK.”
Wow. Well, we sincerely hope she will probably be OK.
Sending love and light-weight throughout this troublesome time…
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