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Even a star of Celine Dion’s elevated status sometimes needs a confidence boost, it would seem.
For the singer needed a helping hand as she teetered on a pair of towering heels in the door of her car to wave to fans in Paris.
The Canadian superstar, 58, appeared to be standing unaided as she smiled and raised a gloved hand. But crouched behind her was a member of her security team placing a hand against her back to keep her steady.
Ms Dion looked elegant in a £2,590 charcoal wool midi dress by Bottega Veneta, which featured dramatic draping gathered by a brown leather belt at the waist. She completed the ensemble with oversized sunglasses, long brown leather gloves, heeled knee-high boots and a black handbag, while wearing her hair swept into a neat bun.
The singer is in the French capital ahead of a five-week residency – her first run of concerts since she was forced to cancel the remainder of her Courage world tour in 2023.
She revealed in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, or SPS, which causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms.
Celine Dion needed a helping hand as she greeted fans in Paris as a member of her team held her up while wearing a pair of towering heels
The Canadian superstar, 58, appeared to be standing tall unaided as she smiled and raised a gloved hand to the admirers gathered nearby
But crouched behind her was a member of her security team placing another against her back to keep her stead
At its worst, the debilitating condition left her unable to walk properly or use her singing voice as she once had.
But four years after receiving the diagnosis, the My Heart Will Go On star has said she is fighting fit for her return.
The singer previously said she had been doing 90-minute Pilates sessions three times a week and bi-weekly ballet classes, as well as physical and vocal therapy and immunotherapy.
'It's been so long, I would like to offer them something to show how I've missed them,' she told Harper's Bazaar of finally heading back out on tour.
She last time she performed on stage was at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games closing ceremony, having been forced to cancel her Courage world tour the previous year.
Candid documentary I Am: Celine Dion, also released in 2024, showed an unfiltered glimpse into her life living with the condition.
In one harrowing, 10-minute scene, she could be seen writhing around in agony after suffering a muscle spasm, which left her crying out in pain.
Ms Dion smiled broadly and raised a gloved hand to the admirers gathered nearby before stepping down from the vehicle
She looked elegant in a £2,590 charcoal wool midi dress by Bottega Veneta, which featured dramatic draping gathered by a brown leather belt at the wais
'They paid for tickets. They bought my records. They gave me that luxury. So the least I can do is tell them that I'm alive,' she said of giving her viewers such access to her private life.
On why she still has such a legion of dedicated fans she added: 'It's got to be because I'm an open book. I'm honest, and it's not always pretty.
'Sometimes it's happy things, sometimes it's sad, but it's called life.'
She said she likes to describe her diagnosis as a 'progressive condition' rather than a 'disease', as that brings to mind a scene in Home Alone in which Jeff McCallister says to his brother: 'Kevin, you're such a disease.'
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