In 2019, the Globe reported that Dion was headed for a breakdown because she had a hard time coping with the death of her husband, Rene Angelil. Angelil passed away in 2016 due to throat cancer, but the tabloid suggested that the singer was still a “grieving widow” who needed “help before she cracked.”
Still, we continued our duty and looked into the narrative. The Globe’s insider stated that the “My Heart Will Go On” singer was “burning the candle at both ends with flirty calls with rapper Drake and heavy nightclubbing with gay backup dancer Pepe Munoz.”
The source further continued, saying that Dion would “lock herself in her room” and reread texts her later husband would send her. Another insider added Dion was “scarily thin and barely ate” and many feared she was “going to come to a crashing halt.”
In regards to her “flirty calls” to Drake, the paper disclosed the singer was “chasing” after the rapper while partying until dawn. Honestly, we couldn’t understand why the magazine would come up with such a sickening story. To poke fun at someone’s grief is a low blow, even for a tabloid.
At the time, Celine Dion addressed rumors that she was “sick” or not “doing well” during an interview with ABC. In regards to her late husband, the singer recently commemorated him on Instagram on the anniversary of his passing.