{"id":30506,"date":"2024-06-10T19:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiantmedia.io\/?p=30506"},"modified":"2024-06-10T19:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:30:26","slug":"celine-dion-explains-why-she-shared-stiff-person-syndrome-diagnosis-lying-for-me-the-burden-was-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/34.197.49.85\/?p=30506","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Dion Explains Why She Shared Stiff-Person Syndrome Diagnosis: ‘Lying For Me, The Burden Was Too Much’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

C\u00e9line Dion’s decision to publicly announce her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis was difficult for the music queen.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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During a teaser interview with Hoda Kotb on Monday, June 10, Dion opened up about her experience with the rare neurological condition, stating she stayed quiet about it at first since she was still trying to figure out what was going on with her health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you want me to say? “I have\u2026what?” Dion, 56, explained. “We did not know what was going on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dion first experienced signs of the illness, which causes excruciating muscle spasms, during her Taking Chances World Tour of 2008. She wouldn’t reveal her illness until December 2022, when she announced in an Instagram video that she was postponing several gigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ MORE: C\u00e9line Dion\u2019s Documentary Teaser Shows Her Tearing Up As She Fights With Stiff Person Syndrome<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I did not take the time I should have stopped, to figure it out,” Dion said Kotb, noting that her late husband Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil was being treated for throat cancer at the time she began seeing symptoms of her ailment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In an exclusive interview with TODAY, singer Celine Dion reveals why she decided to come forward with her diagnosis for stiff person syndrome. "I could not do this anymore," she says, adding, "Lying for me, the burden was too much." pic.twitter.com\/LJvUrcFjpO<\/a><\/p>— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>