{"id":117897,"date":"2024-06-18T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/18\/celine-dion-gives-emotional-speech-at-documentary-premiere\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:01:47","slug":"celine-dion-gives-emotional-speech-at-documentary-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/18\/celine-dion-gives-emotional-speech-at-documentary-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion gives emotional speech at documentary premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-18\/Getty_CelineDion_061824.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Roy Rochlin\/WireImage via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\"><strong>C\u00e9line Dion<\/strong> attended the New York premiere of her new documentary,<em> I Am: C\u00e9line Dion<\/em>, on Monday and got emotional while addressing the audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;This is, by far, the biggest crowd I&#8217;ve had in a few years,&#8221; she laughed during her introduction of the film, which chronicles her battle with stiff-person syndrome, an autoimmune neurological disorder. &#8220;I miss that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The &#8220;My Heart Will Go On&#8221; singer, who was ethereal in an all-white look for the evening, praised the film&#8217;s director, <strong>Irene Taylor<\/strong>, for telling her story with &#8220;such feeling and tenderness&#8221; and her neurologist, Dr.<strong> Amanda Piquet<\/strong>, for having &#8220;replaced my fear with hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Dion also shouted out her three children \u2014 sons <strong>Ren\u00e9-Charles Angelil<\/strong>, 23, and twins <strong>Nelson<\/strong> and <strong>Eddy<\/strong>, 13 \u2014 for their &#8220;daily love and support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;I love you very much,&#8221; she added after she thanked each of them by name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Dion said she was proud to share the film with fans, saying, &#8220;Your presence in my journey has been a gift beyond measure. Your never-ending love and support over all these years have delivered me to this moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;I cannot believe how fortunate I am to have my fans in my life. Thank you,&#8221; she added as her eldest son brought her a tissue to wipe her tears. &#8220;Thank you to all of you from the bottom of my heart for being part of my journey. This movie is my love letter to each of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\">Dion ended her speech with a promise to her fans, saying, &#8220;I hope to see you all again very, very soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\">Also on Monday, it was announced <span>that the<\/span> <span>Celine Dion Foundation has pledged $2 million to establish <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/giving.cu.edu\/fund\/c%C3%A9line-dion-foundation-endowed-chair-autoimmune-neurology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>the Celine Dion Foundation Endowed Chair in Autoimmune Neurology<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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