is further opening up about her health and why she decided to publicly share her diagnosis of . The music legend spoke candidly in an interview with Hoda Kotb that will air in primetime on Tuesday, June 11. “You said not telling the truth was too much to carry,” Hoda told Dion in a new preview clip from the conversation.
“I could not do this anymore,” the Grammy winner replied. “We did not know what was going on.” Dion first shared in an in December 2022, when she announced she was postponing a number of tour dates.
The rare neurological disorder is the stiffening of the muscles in the torso, arms and legs, according to the . It can also lead to sensitivity to noise, touch and emotional distress, which can set off muscle spasms. While talking with Hoda, the “My Heart Will Go On” singer said she “did not take the time” to rest or figure out what was happening her.
“I should have stopped, take the time to figure it out,” Dion said. “My (late) husband (René Angélil), as well, was fighting for his own life.” “I had to raise my kids.
I had to hide. I had to try to be a hero. Feeling my body leaving me, holding onto my own dreams,” she continued.
“And the lying for me ...
the burden was too much.” Dion previously shared in a interview that it was 2008 during her “Taking Chances World Tour” when she first felt the early signs and symptoms of the disorder. At the time, she said, she was “having difficulty controlling” her voice and late.