Celine Dion is giving interviews to coincide with the release of her 12th English-language album, Courage, and her Courage World Tour, which started up again this week in Celine’s home province of Quebec. Celine told Jimmy Fallon that she called the album Courage because she and her family have been going through “tough times.” It’s been nearly 4 years since her husband and manager, Rene Angelil, passed away, and Celine also told Jmmy that this is her first English-language album that Rene wasn’t here for.
Naturally, people are curious to know whether Celine has considered dating, or if she is already dating. She talked to Andy Cohen about it on Watch What Happens Live!, and Just Jared has some quotes:
“I don’t date. I don’t have a boyfriend and you know, it doesn’t mean that I will not find someone in my life. If I do, that would be great. If I don’t, that would be great, because I am still in love,” Celine said. “Once you’re in love so much, you know, I’ve been living all my life with Rene. He is still within me. I see him through the eyes of my children every day. I’m so passionate about life and I’m so lucky to have my three beautiful sons.”
“But, I keep everything open. If it happens, I’m not looking for that. I think it’s something that happens, that you feel, that comes, and right now, if I would have someone in my life, I would tell you because I’ve been an open book all my life. If I do, I’ll come back and tell you about it,” Celine added.
[Watch What Happens Live via Just Jared]
Celine has spoken before about not dating. She also seems incredibly happy. She’s singing about peanut butter. She’s wearing clothes that make her feel fabulous and strong. She’s talking about claiming her voice. I can guess that after 22 years of marriage and a relationship of nearly 30 years, Celine is adjusting to life without Rene and life as a single person again. She’s also focused on her sons. She’s clearly enjoying herself. I hope that she does whatever she wants. She knows that her value as a person has nothing to do with being in a relationship with someone else. She said that she’s not ready to date, which is understandable. I hope everyone just lets her do her thing.
Here’s that clip!
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I will never understand what she sees/saw in Rene. I find him repulsive (not even talking about just appearance).
Alot of people shade their relationship but as someone who has experienced a lifetime kond of love, I’m so happy for her that she had that as well. Love knows no bounds. The way she speaks of him and their relationship should be enough for people to understand or at least accept the fact that she was not one of the unlucky one that was taken advantage of. Celine is a strong queen, I highly doubt she’d allow that kind of negativity in her life.
I listen to the new album and yes, she knows what people are saying about Rene and she is not having it.
Also, the album is also a lot more personal and not just about him. She also sings about someone who burned her and her thoughts on it. Yes, I believe that is about Pepe. He just came and went didn’t he?
Yeah, he couldn’t just enjoy the perks of being a partner to one of the worlds greatest artist and likely tried to Casper Smart it and failed.
Yes! This! She married her abuser, who groomed her from a very young age, I think 12? It’s not a love story because he is disgusting. I thought this was a known and accepted fact but when I brought this up on this site someone told me how dare I question their love or something so I know there are apologists for him.
He groomed her from a young age with her mother’s blessing from what I’ve read. He controlled every aspect of her life for a long long time. One of the alleged reasons her Vegas residency lasted as long as it did was because of his high stakes gambling habit – he loved to gamble big with her money and had big losses. One casino confirmed that he had a credit limit of $1mill.
I think later in life she became more of his carer than his wife.
She is simply fabulous. It took me so many years to get it, but now she’s one of my favorite celebs. The clothes alone are FANTASTIC. She sounds very happy and like she has found a place in her heart for her grief that lets in the joy, too. Good for her!
Celine would not be the mega star she is today without Rene. She has said in interviews that she was 20 before they had sex and it was her who made the first move. She married her “abuser” at 24 and they went on to have three beautiful sons.