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Celine Dion is Suffering, and it's Worse Than You Think

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0:00 This guy? Yeah, that cat. 60 years. [laughter] He does look 60 years old. >> Look at this cat. >> look 60 years >> Give me a ████ break, will you? It has been a conversation through the decades because she was very young when they met. >> so young. They got together when she was a teenager. >> She was like 14 or 15 or >> And he was her manager. Okay, I'm sorry to have to do this. I am hosting, so it will be very sad. We'll make it fun. Okay. >> [laughter] >> It's a challenge. >> All right, guys. Um Here's the latest ice murder. >> Wait, wait, wait, wait. It's going to spoil, so don't look at the screen for a second. Don't look at the screen real quick. I'm not looking at the screen. My eyes are closed. So, then you're okay? Okay, go ahead. >> I can look at the screen? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. ████ Anthony, dude. Shut up. It was.

0:51 Oh, it's Celine Dion. Oh. >> [clears throat] >> Oh, man. Oh. >> Why did Why is this recorded? Probably educating us on stiff person syndrome. That's what she has? Yeah. Oh, I didn't realize how intense it was. Is that MS or >> Oh, no, stiff person syndrome. >> Yeah. Oh. Poor lady. Oh my goodness, this is breaking my heart. But my heart will go on. We're making it happen. Cuz a new day has come. We're going to go a couple more minutes.

1:42 Okay? If nothing changes, we're going to give you the nasal spray. Okay. Wow. Relax. Try to calm down. That's so sad. So sad. Wow. Oh my god. It's okay, Celine. Everything is okay. Celine, you've got all your team here. We're all We're all with you. Everything's going to be okay. Did she say Seahawks at the end there? [laughter] >> [snorts] >> I got nothing. We're trying. You know, I got nothing. So, what you're seeing, it's a clip from Actually, it's from her documentary. So, this isn't like something that someone recorded and put out. Like, it's part of her documentary um that a lot of people are now discovering. It's actually from a couple years back. But, she's suffering from

2:32 something called stiff person syndrome, which is an autoimmune neurological disorder, and it causes painful spasms and frozen muscles. >> why she stopped singing? Yeah. Yeah, that's why that's that's why her residency in Vegas No, that's not No, that's not why cuz she decided not to sing. [laughter] She's over it. She just decided not to, yeah. She just got tired of it. I thought Cher beat her. Cher beat her? Yeah, I thought Cher beat her. That's why. >> revealed her diagnosis and not beat her at the Grammys. That was crazy. Did you guys see Cher at the Grammys? This was back in 2022. She revealed the diagnosis and she canceled the tours. And it's a rare condition that affects one in a million people and it's more common in women. Um one of the saddest parts is that she used to perform while she was battling this this disorder. What? Insane. It was insane. And it would become so challenging that like basically she she couldn't make her

3:24 voice anymore. You know, like to in order to sound like you, like she just couldn't do that anymore. This is a real quick. This is like an interview where she's basically talking about that. >> So, does Wait, does she goes in and out of it? So, it's not like she's in this state the whole time. >> Not the whole time, but it's gotten so bad that it's almost like perpetual at times. ████ Listen to her talking about it here. I couldn't get it all out of me. I was very, very, very scared. And then you panic, so the you panic, the you spasm, the you spasm, more you And I went on stage. >> Of course. And? And um I started to sound more nasal. Mhm. Cuz I'm your [singing] lady. It still sounds ████ great. And you are my man.

4:16 My whole team had to just They were trying to find my voice, too. Every fiber of you, but you don't want to disappoint. I don't Brian, when you hear that, are you like ew? Ew, me? >> [laughter] >> Yeah, cuz you're the audio file guy. No, but I get The guy who like has the Bose headphones on and you're like, "Oh, god damn." No, the the funny thing is that to me it sounds nice, but but imagine if you know you're not sounding like yourself. >> Yeah. how you want to sound. >> I sound like a normal person. She's like, [laughter] "I sing like a peasant." I'd be like, "I'm ████ killing it." Wow. But of course I like it. >> [laughter] >> When you're like the top 1% of something, Yeah. you know the top 1%. >> Every little bit of it, yeah. Feels, man. Yeah, us regular people are like, "She still sounds great." She's like, "I sound more nasally." And we're like, "Oh, oh, sure." You could kill every karaoke night that's ever existed. I'm

5:07 like, "You still sounded great at the Paralympics." Yeah, yeah. Legit. There's huge artists that are nasally their whole career and it's fine. >> Well, Britney. Oh, Britney. What? I I regret never seeing her. You guys saw her? What is the stiff person syndrome? So, it's just a neurological disease? It's an autoimmune uh disorder. It's very rare. It just gets worse over time? It gets worse and uh and there's no real There's some ways to treat it, but there's obviously there's nothing It's autoimmune, so they ████ off with trying to find a cure for these s████. >> When the rumors were going through that she was going to have her uh residency in Vegas again, uh and this was maybe 3 years ago the rumor started and then two years ago like it was confirmed so like everybody's getting happy about it like just barely two years ago before the Paris Olympics. I had told my mom like the year prior to

6:00 her following birthday in March that I was like hey Celine Dion's going to perform again in Vegas. I'm going to bring you out on your birthday so we can go watch her again because years ago when she did her first residency at the Caesars Palace uh my family took us with like we we went to Celine Dion. >> to see it? That's really cool. >> Yeah, we got to see her and she was incredible. Oh, rub it in our faces. Yeah, Jesus. Here we go. Here we go. >> ████ incredible. Like one of like I'm I'm talking about I was like the the only son, you know, that was thinking to myself I was like oh man Celine Dion is I'm just going with my mom. I remember sitting there being just ████ in all the whole time. Did your heart melt? Did you cry? >> When my heart No, I don't think so. When my heart

6:50 My heart will go on. Won't won't go on. Won't? When My Heart Will Go On comes out like half like the front half of a ship actually comes out from a production standpoint. I WAS TRIPPING OUT. I WAS LIKE WHAT the hell? That's why >> amazing. So then I thought to myself when it was confirmed that she was doing a residency in Vegas again I was like I have to bring my mom back cuz she was the one who wanted to go the first time. That's why the family went. This means so much. And then the whole thing got canceled and then I was heartbroken for my mom at the time and that's it. >> in her face? And you yelled at her I heard I heard you yelled at her. I yelled at my mom. >> he rubbed it in her face. I heard you put hands on her. You missed out on the boat, mom. >> hands on her. I I I regret putting hands on her. I apologize still to this day. Public statement. But I remember being devastated cuz I couldn't I couldn't I don't do a lot for my mom. I'm a s█████ son. But I thought this would be a great thing that we could connect with and then her residency gets canceled and

7:41 that's when I looked it up and that's when I learned about her stiff person syndrome and stuff and I was like, "Man, this is so sad." Which is also why when she did the Paris Olympics, it was phenomenal. It was like incredible because like if you were >> Come back, baby. >> Yeah, if you're a fan of her it it's just like witnessing her while no it's like it's like a loving Black Panther more after knowing Chadwick was enduring what he was going through. OH, YEAH. >> [groaning] >> DUDE. >> YOU LOVED IT FOR whatever reason. And then you realize that he was enduring it. >> Yeah. >> And then you're like, "Man." And you love him more so you love it more. It's like watching Frankie Valli and you're like yeah. Respect. And he's not looking so bad anymore. >> [laughter] >> Trolls aside, Celine Dion's goated. I love her. She's amazing. For sure [laughter] she's goated. Yeah. >> For sure. >> Wow, that's crazy. Just rub it in all of

8:31 our faces that you were able to ████ bask in her glory and ████ >> So, come me back. All right. All right. All right. Hey. That's why MTV exists, bro. It's crazy that like it's so I I I didn't recognize her at all when I saw that other video. This I just was like I feel Yeah, I will I was doing host prep cuz you know we host we all host we host chat we host the show. But I was like, "Damn, homie. That's Celine Dion. That's crazy." That's tough. It's the only way I knew otherwise I wouldn't have known. Yeah, that's so sad. I thought she got bit by a tick or something. Bit by a tick? >> Yeah, you get Lyme disease and then you get paralyzed. >> The same Yeah. year that you get bit? >> Uh some ticks they carry Lyme disease and it's known to give you paralysis. Oh, yeah. No, it um >> Yeah. Uh not full on paralysis. It's a

9:21 thing that like slows you down. Uh ████ what's it called? Lyme disease. Is it Lyme disease? I think so. Wait, what's the thing that apparently Justin Timberlake has? I think it's called being gay. >> [laughter] >> Does Does have something? >> I think >> gay. That's true. Hey, we're we're turning it around, but we got to stick to the topic, guys. No, look, Celine is a genius for sure, and she's so good. Uh this kind of thing is wild to watch, though. It's Like what do you guys think about this as a a thing in our public where we kind of watch people going through debilitating stuff? Like being It's being documented now. Is that like Sorry. Yeah, Justin Timberlake was revealed to have been diagnosed with Lyme disease. July 2025. >> when he was hiking? I don't know, but literally this past year he was diagnosed with that. Is there a cure for that or no? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

10:11 There is? Yeah. You can cure it completely? Yeah. What the ████ Completely? You can treat it. >> No, I don't think you can cure it completely. Not Not cure it, but treat it. You can treat it. I don't know. Continue with your story. >> I think he got bit by a tick. Do you guys think it's messed up to to see this or is this like some part of our culture? >> probably approved it, no? But did she? Cuz like look at her right now. >> when she If it's in her documentary, I think she's approving it. I think it is good for you to like I guess that it raises a sensitivity towards what that must be like rather than if you just hear it in passing. Yeah, I think it does more good than it does harm. You know when people go like when so if your friend was to go, "I can't make it, dude. I got stiff person." What the ████ is that? I just come out. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, like it kind of makes you more knowledgeable about like what that might Or also like, "Hey, I canceled my entire residency in Vegas." And people were

11:01 like, "Why? You didn't feel like singing anymore?" [laughter] Oh, you didn't want it to sound nasally, huh? Okay. Yeah, you got you got to learn about it. You got to learn about it. >> Could have got lazy. It's It's like seeing the the Bruce Willis uh clip. Oh, dude, that's rough, too. That s███'s wild, right? >> Cuz he has dementia or what is it? He has dementia and he has overhead. So he really he really needs to work. Is the word, yeah. Yeah, cuz he has debt to pay. >> [laughter] >> Does he actually have debt? I don't know, dude. I'm just ████ around. You know why I thought she she retired and she was just done with the show? Why? Because um Did you know that she actually was done with this with the Caesars for a minute? That's why Cher came in for a minute. So, like true story, she was like done done. And then it wasn't because of the

11:52 Caesars, nothing like that at the moment at least, publicly. And then they Caesars bagged her. They're like, "Please, please come back." But this girl, she was doing like multiple shows a night every week. It was brutal, right? And then like people are like, "Yeah, dude, whether you're in show A or show B cuz you'll do two shows in a night, right?" Same consistency. Cuz some people that love her so much they'll watch both shows. And they'll talk about like same energy. And it's it's 100% each time. >> I didn't love her as a singer. She used to go to Caesars Caesars and she would bet. I used to bet with her. And it was inconsistent. It was like she didn't she didn't bet the nights. Sometimes she bet the flyers. She [snorts] did crazy ████ You don't always know what she's going to do and it didn't always work out. She's doing crazy ████ She was incredible. >> Dude, imagine if she was a DJ. That

12:42 would have been so cool. It's so [laughter] great. I know. She's like the She's like the Raiders are going to win it all. It's like, "Oh ████ that's crazy." If she's a DJ. Plus 20,000. >> [laughter] >> If I had her money I'd be a DJ now. I'd DJ now. >> dude. Yeah. Yeah, like so there it's like common that a lot of artists become like How are they not DJs? When you got money to ████ around >> By the way, her ex-husband Remember that cat? He was like 60 years older than her or some ████ >> Oh, they divorced? 60? Yeah, dude. Well, no, he died. That's not an ex-husband. >> Well, he's an ex-husband cuz he died. No. No. >> Oh, it's a current husband? My bad. >> René Angélil? Yeah, you don't call you don't call your spouse who died an ex. It's not a current It's not a current husband. >> Died in 2016. >> that's crazy. You call You call dead spouses exes? Late husband. Late

13:33 husband, that's what I was saying. Late husband. Late husband. Late husband. Yeah, cuz that was late to the party. >> Yeah, late to the party. That guy was a singer, too? You can't get all me on polarizing and bipolar and then say ████ ex. You can't say ex-husband. >> No, I do. I do. I do. And I will. Uh-uh. ████ you. So, that guy was 60 years older than her? Yeah, he was way older than her. No, not 60 years older than her. He was 57 years older than her. Uh-huh. He wasn't 60 years older. This guy? Yeah, that cat. 60 years? He does look 60 years old. Look at this cat. He does look 60 years Give me a ████ break, will you? It has been a conversation through the decades because she was very young when they met. >> so young. They got together when she was a teenager. >> She was like 14 or 15 or 16. >> Man, he was her manager. Give me a ████ break, will you? Oh, okay. Yeah, look at this ████ She looks like >> [laughter] >> She looks like god damn like a pharaoh's wife and ████ And this guy looks like

14:24 he he should have died 75 years ago. >> That dude looks like a car salesman. He got lucky, dude. >> Yeah, right. >> It's like a car salesman married a model. Yeah, it looks like she married the Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon or some ████ >> [laughter]

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