MINI: Celine Dion Opens Up About Her Battle With Stiff Person Syndrome

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to the Robin and Kid podcast.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Is it a bit daggy that I've been super excited
about this coming a little okay? So as Celine Dion,
if you saw the Grammys, she came out and actually
awarded Marley Cyrus the Grammy for Best Song of the Year.
And she she just doesn't look like Selene. And we've
known for a while she's got this neurological disorder called
stiff Person's syndrome and it's literally kept her off the stage,

(00:37):
but she's never discussed it. So this doco, it's called
I Am Celene Dion. The trailer has dropped and here's
a bit.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
My voice.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Is the conductor of my life.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
When your voice brings you joy, my kid, check, you're
the best of yourself.

Speaker 4 (01:05):
I need my instrument.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
Sy emergency.

Speaker 4 (01:15):
Have been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder, and
I wasn't treated to say anything before, but I'm ready now.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
She doesn't look great. I've got to be honest. She
kind of but there is a bit in it that
in this trailer a little bit later, I've got goosebumps
where she lets rip with her voice and is extraordinary.
So hasn't been affected. Her vocal cords are not impacted,
so she's still got this most powerful, extraordinary voice. But
she can't stand upright, so you know, and anyone who

(01:47):
went and saw the Phil Collins concert when he came
to Brisbane not so long ago and he was in
a wheelchair, it kind of doesn't work. Yeah, it really.
It distracts from you know, like the fact that they're
not who you remember that to be, and she is
such a powerhouse. So yeah, anyway, drops June twenty fifth,
Is that going to be like Netflix or one of
them in the stream on Prime Video Prime? Okay, Amazon Prime?

(02:10):
Can we all just be on Netflix? Then we can
all watch it without having to buy the new one.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Would be a lot easier if we could just have
one service, wouldn't that be nice?

Speaker 2 (02:17):
I put on stand and then I have to take
stand off when I watch the tourist of Ousewitch.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
It's Robin and on Brisbane's Kiss