Taylor Swift is maintaining her facet of the road clear with regards to Céline Dion.
The ladies prompted a stir after they have been captured in a heat embrace backstage on the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 4. The second transpired after Dion offered Swift with the Album of the 12 months award for her 2022 report Midnights.
Within the candy snap, Swift, 34, pulled Dion, 55, in for a hug and blushed because the “My Heart Will Go On” singer smiled for the digicam.
The cute embrace got here simply minutes after followers took to social media to query the twosome’s change on stage earlier than Swift’s acceptance speech. Because the pop star made it to the rostrum she laughed and smiled along with her collaborators however seemingly brushed previous Dion whereas grabbing her award and addressing the viewers.
“Taylor Swift fully ignoring Celine Dion like the disrespect even Celine was like … Que?” one particular person wrote by way of X, whereas one other mentioned, “Taylor Swift just took the album of the year trophy from Celine Dion without batting an eye and/or acknowledging that a legendary GOAT was handing her the award.”
Others, nevertheless, knew the second was seemingly credited to Swift being overwhelmed with receiving the evening’s largest honor.
“This is very sweet,” one particular person mentioned of Swift and Dion’s backstage hug. “It’s an honor to have THE Celine Dion be the one to hand you AOTY.” One other added, “Ladies and gentlemen, these are two legends of the music world, a valuable common frame.”
“My Roman Empire,” a 3rd gushed.
Dion’s look on the 66th annual awards present was a shock, as she was not initially listed as a presenter. The legendary vocalist revealed in December 2022 that she has been battling stiff-person syndrome.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,” she advised her followers by way of an Instagram video on the time, sharing that the “very rare neurological disorder” prompted her to have “spasms” and was affecting her vocal cords and different muscle tissues.
“I’m working hard with my sports medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again, but I have to admit it’s been a struggle,” she mentioned.
Sunday’s award present is the second time Dion has been noticed out and about just lately. She and her three youngsters, son René-Charles, 23, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 13, went to observe the Vegas Golden Knights play the Montreal Canadiens in October 2023. (Dion shared her three children with late husband Réne Angélil, who died of throat most cancers in January 2016 at age 73.)
Two months later, Dion’s sister, Claudette Dion, gave an replace on her situation. “She works hard, but she doesn’t have control of her muscles,” Claudette advised Canadian journal 7 Jours in an interview revealed in December 2023. “What pains me is that she has always been disciplined. She always worked hard. Mom always told her, ‘You’re going to do this right, you’re going to do this right.’”
Whereas Dion has been nominated for 16 Grammys all through her profession, taking house 5 wins, Swift made historical past on Sunday as the primary particular person to obtain AOTY 4 occasions. The “Anti-Hero” singer, who was nominated for a complete of six awards this 12 months, additionally took house Greatest Pop Vocal Album for Midnights.
“I would love to tell you this is the best moment of my life but I feel this happy when I write a song, or crack the code to a song I love, or when I’m shot listing a music video or I’m practicing with my band or rehearsing with my dancers or getting ready to fly to Tokyo to perform,” Swift gushed throughout her AOTY acceptance speech. “For me, the reward is the work.”