Celine Dion: “Illness does not define me”! The actress prepared a surprise for fans
Celine Dion, 55, will release a new documentary called Me: Celine Dion, in which she will open up about the rare and incurable neurological disease that forced her to retire from music. The Canadian star suffers from Stiff Human Syndrome (STS), which is characterized by progressive muscle stiffness and recurring episodes of painful muscle spasms.
Those who suffer from this condition have episodes where they turn into "human statues", losing control of their muscles. The body is fixed in a rigid position, as a result of which patients cannot walk or speak. One in a million people suffers from this disease.
“The last two years have been a real challenge for me, from discovering my disease to learning to live with it and manage it without letting it define me. As the path to relaunching my singing career continues, I realized how much I missed seeing my fans. During this absence, I decided to document this part of my life, to try to bring awareness to people about this little-known disease and to help those with whom I share this diagnosis,” Celine Dion said in a press release recently. . The documentary about the famous singer was directed by Irene Taylor and filmed over the course of a year. It will soon be released on Amazon-owned streaming service Prime Video.
“The documentary I Am: Celine Dion is a candid and intimate portrait of a turning point in her personal life and career, lifting the curtain on her journey as she overcomes an unimaginable diagnosis,” explained Jennifer Salke, director of Amazon MGM Studios.
Celine Dion last appeared on stage in 2020.
Celine Dion, who is worth $800 million, has sold more than 250 million albums during her four-decade music career. The star last appeared on stage at a concert held in Newark, USA, in March 2020. At that time, her Courage World Tour was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, with tears in her eyes, the singer made a statement that came as thunder to fans: she canceled all her concerts due to symptoms caused by SPR.
Other stars suffering from illness
Kim Kardashian (43 years old) recently published a video on her Instagram account in which she showed fans how psoriasis manifests itself, a disease that she has been treating for more than 18 years. The star, frightened by her symptoms, said: “I don’t know what’s going on. I don't understand what caused this reaction." Kim, whose net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion, filmed her legs showing red and extremely painful skin reactions. According to the American publication Page Six, the star is undergoing treatment to combat exacerbations of psoriasis, including homeopathic remedies and cortisone injections.
In turn, the cute British actress Daisy Ridley (31 years old) said that due to anxiety she had serious health problems. The Star Wars star, who has a net worth of $9 million, admitted he left with "holes in his stomach" because he was too stressed while filming The Last Jedi. “I was very thin and hardly ate. My body suffered terribly, you say I was a skeleton. I was extremely exhausted,” the star explained, according to Fox News.
Selma Blair, 51, told her fans that she experiences constant pain while battling multiple sclerosis and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The actress, who is worth $6 million, was diagnosed in 2018. She said her “body hurts all the time” but tries to stay positive in a video posted to Instagram this week: “I want those who are hurting to know that they are sick. not alone. I go through this all the time too! I'm tired, but I'm okay." Multiple sclerosis is an incurable disease in which the immune system attacks the body and causes damage to the nerves of the brain and spinal cord.
