Celine Dion suffers seizure in traumatic scenes in heartbreaking documentary

25 June 2024 , 11:24

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Celine Dion suffers a seizure in the heartbreaking footage

Celine Dion was seen suffering a terrifying seizure as she struggles with her stiff person syndrome in her new documentary.

The heartbreaking scenes show the iconic singer going into a "crisis" after her body becomes overwhelmed from her finding joy in singing for the first time in two years. Celine is seen consulting a medical professional as her feet go into spasm before her body shuts down entirely while he battles to treat her with a colleague.

The traumatising footage shows Celine moaning and crying in extreme distress as she struggles to regain control of her body after she is administered valium to help relax her muscles and stop the spasms. After recovering from the seizure Celine then sits wrapped in a blanket as she admits her "embarrassment" over losing control of her body.

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Celine is seen unable to move and in distress as her body goes into crisis

She says: “Everytime something like this happens it makes you feel so embarrassed and so, like, I don’t how to express it, it’s just… you know, like to not have control of yourself…” The incredibly brave star then remains defiant as she insists she "won't stop" until she can perform again.

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Celine then broke down in tears while she admitted that she will not let the disease get the better of her. She said: “I still see myself dance and sing. I always find plan b and plan c, you know. That’s me. If I can’t run, I’ll walk. If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl. But I won’t stop. I won’t stop."

Celine also has revealed that she was taking high doses of valium in order to try and treat her SPS and 'could have died' as a result. The legendary singer opened up about how she struggled to keep performing for her fans while her symptoms were worsening, leaving her taking high doses of the drug to try and combat the disease.

The gripping scenes are hard to watch

Sobbing as she described her battle she said: "I was taking 80mg to 90mg of valium a day. That’s just one medicine. I don’t want to sound dramatic but I could have died. I was taking those medicines because I needed to walk. I need to be able to swallow. I needed medicine to function. One more pill, two more pills, five more pills. Too many pills. The show must go on.”

Celine also described how she started to lie to hide her crushing diagnosis from her fans as she continued to lose her ability to sing and perform She said: "When I had to cancel shows you know we had to tell the crowd why. People why. You know, lying. I can’t lie anymore. From a sinus infection to an ear infection to whatever.

"Sometimes I would point my microphone to the audience and get them to sing it. There’s moments where I cheated and tapped on the microphone like it’s the microphones fault. There was also moments where we had to stop the show, quick change and I never came back. The lying is too heavy now.”

Ayeesha Walsh