Celine Dion confessed that she was so poor growing up in a family of 14 children that they would not have dinner. The pop icon heaped praise on her parents as she described how her father would work hard to try and provide for the family but they still struggled to eat at times. Talking in her new tell-all documentary I Am Celine Dion she admitted that her mum would create meals from nothing so that they would not go hungry.
She said: “My parents left their dreams aside for us, my dad worked, my mum made it happen. But sometimes there was nothing left in the fridge. She never told us 'we have nothing to eat tonight', she started to make dough, and there was carrots.
" For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and sho wbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US . READ MORE: Celine Dion sobs as she admits losing ability to walk amid life-changing diagnosis Celine smiled as she recalled her mother's creativity at a time of desperation. She continued: "She said she prayed.
She prayed that she was not going to hear ‘mum what is that.’ The first bite that someone took they said 'mmm mum, what is that, it’s so good.' It was carrot pies.
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" The iconic songstress, 56, has been opening up about her crushing diagnosis with Stiff Persons Syndrome - or SPS - in the documentary. In one heartbreaking scene she wept as she revealed how she was taking so much valium to try and keep performing for her fans that it could have killed her. She said:"I was taking 80mg to 90mg of valium a d.