Céline sits down with Adrienne Arsenault on CBC - Friday June 14, 2024 -8pm ET

[scielle]

Well, CBC has an advantage here in that they have things like footage of interviews with 15-year-old Celine in their archives!

But yes, this was thoughtfully done. Not just the interview but the editing, the entirety of the story. It was aimed more at being informative.

[Remon]

Well, CBC has an advantage here in that they have things like footage of interviews with 15-year-old Celine in their archives!

But yes, this was thoughtfully done. Not just the interview but the editing, the entirety of the story. It was aimed more at being informative.

 

Good point, didn't think about their archives!

[comingback]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhfSCgpc7Rg

 

" I want to be an international star and be able to sing all my life". Yes, Celine.

 

Edited June 15, 2024 at 11:01 AM by comingback

[tshlw]

Another little piece from CBC: Outpouring of support for Céline Dion from her fans

Tara Zier is in it for a hot second towards the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jnH-sCVIs0

 

Wow how much stuff he has, he could open a museum. That is next level.

Edited June 15, 2024 at 03:09 PM by tshlw

[SuperLove4Celine]

The inclusion of the rough performance of "A vous" from Ottawa as part of this special really surprised me.

[ryba]

The inclusion of the rough performance of "A vous" from Ottawa as part of this special really surprised me.

I wish she would explain what happened here so she came back and sounded great again

[jpatdeleon09]

I wish she would explain what happened here so she came back and sounded great again

 

I guess we now know what pill she took

[scielle]

Nice compilation of comments in response to Adrienne’s interview: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8cwV57xxoi/?igsh=MWl4NmUxc2IweDYxYg==

[scielle]

By the way, has anyone come across ratings for the CBC special? It kinda aired twice… first, portions of it during the Thurs night newscast, and then the full special on Fri evening.

The YouTube version is doing numbers - almost 450k views.

[Jeanette]

Jeez, just caught up with this tonight after watching the documentary last night and this interview had me crying just as much as the documentary itself. Honestly, my heart is breaking for her, I know she’s doing better but I really am scared she’s going to push for this comeback before she’s ready, and perhaps her body will never be ready even. I so hope I’m wrong, of course 😑

 

Everything makes much more sense to me now, about how she’s struggled with this for 17 years. This interview was much more informative and just structured way better, with better questions and following up on what Celine was saying, than the Hoda one, that one didn’t really move me in the same way as this. The interviewer here did a fantastic job.

 

Everytime she mentions the fans and how she misses us, probably more than singing itself. Uch it just breaks my heart 💔

[Jeanette]

Double Post Edited June 29, 2024 at 11:40 PM by Jeanette

[PuraVida]

It would be so incredible if Celine did a Q&A from fan questions. Or even if a hardcore, knowledgeable fan interviewed her and asked all the questions we have and want to know. Because there's still so much ground that wasn't covered through these interviews -- or even in the documentary actually.

 

One question I have is...how much did her band and background singers know about her condition, the drugs she was taking, etc.?

[Jeanette]

It would be so incredible if Celine did a Q&A from fan questions. Or even if a hardcore, knowledgeable fan interviewed her and asked all the questions we have and want to know. Because there's still so much ground that wasn't covered through these interviews -- or even in the documentary actually.

 

One question I have is...how much did her band and background singers know about her condition, the drugs she was taking, etc.?

 

 

This would be great actually as still so many unanswered questions. Timelines, severity of symptoms, consistency of symptoms. I obviously appreciated her honesty as a fan but in a lot of ways we have more questions than answers. I find the whole thing so hard to wrap my head around and looking back at footage now, I keep thinking was she ok then or not and things like taking up ballet and stuff like that. How could she put her body through that kinda regime if she was going through these symptoms? Taking up something that physically challenging would be hard for someone at the peak of fitness, let alone someone suffering from spasms and rigidity so it does bamboozle me a bit. Perhaps she thought it would help her, as she was obviously in the dark too with what was really going on with her body!

 

For me, I could get my head around it more if this was something that just started during covid, which is naively what I thought when we got the announcement in Dec 2022. Even though she said “dealing with health issues for a long time” I still thought she meant since she first started postponing shows during this time. I honestly had no idea she meant for almost two decades! Although there are instances now, looking back, that make sense but still can’t believe she’s dealt with this all that time and given so much. She really is extraordinary in that sense.

 

Obviously, we aren’t owed anything other than what she’s shared already but some context on certain things would help.

[ryba]

It would be so incredible if Celine did a Q&A from fan questions. Or even if a hardcore, knowledgeable fan interviewed her and asked all the questions we have and want to know. Because there's still so much ground that wasn't covered through these interviews -- or even in the documentary actually.

 

One question I have is...how much did her band and background singers know about her condition, the drugs she was taking, etc.?

My career related questions would be:

 

Are you releasing the 2016 and 2017 Summer tour? Why not?

 

When are you going to release play me like a love song?

 

When are you going to release the Phil Spector songs?

 

Give us more insights about the Phil Spector sessions.

 

Please release a rarity album, including the Spanish version of have you ever been in love

 

 

Please release the making of the I’m alive music video. We need the full footage.

 

I think it would make her feel good going back in time and thinking about those milestone moments in her career

Edited July 19, 2024 at 04:51 PM by ryba