Céline Dion will be at the Montreal Canadiens game!
The 56-year-old singer made an unexpected cameo at the 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft, which took place on Friday, June 28, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, to reveal the Canadiens’ fifth-round choice.
As the team’s “No. 1 fan,” Dion entered the arena wearing a white V-neck dress and holding hands with her eldest son, René-Charles Angélil.
Several hockey fans cheered as the music legend approached the stage, a bright smile on her face. When she got onstage, she exchanged handshakes and cheek kisses with the team leaders before taking her seat at the microphone.
“I am excited. “I’m not even a hockey mom,” the Grammy winner quipped to the audience before revealing the team’s choice, Russia’s Ivan Demidov.
After his announcement, Demidov partied with family and friends before taking the stage to congratulate the hockey team’s leaders. Before taking his new team jersey, he also shook hands with Dion and her child.
Irene Taylor’s new documentary, I Am: Celine Dion, which offers a “raw and honest behind-the-scenes look” at the “superstar’s struggle with a life-altering illness”—stiff-person syndrome—released just a few days prior to Dion’s surprise appearance.
“Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit,” the film’s summary states.
Since the diagnosis, the “My Heart Will Go On” singer has had to postpone tour dates and embark on an intensive treatment regimen that includes medicine, immunological therapy, voice therapy, and physical rehabilitation.
Dion told people that her three kids, whom she had with her late husband, René Angélil, had kept her going despite her health issues. René-Charles has accompanied his mother on various occasions since her diagnosis, including the documentary’s debut on June 17 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
At one point, I was unable to move and was missing out on a significant portion of life. My children started to notice. I was thinking, “OK, they’ve already lost a parent.” “I don’t want them to be scared,” added Dion, who is also the mother to 13-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy.
“I told them, ‘You’ve lost your father, but your mother has a different disease. I am not going to die.” I’m going to learn to live with it,” she said.