Celine Dion made a shock look to announce who the Montreal Canadiens chosen with the fifth total choose within the 2024 NHL Draft on Friday.
The five-time Grammy winner — who has been battling stiff-person syndrome, a uncommon neurological situation — dropped by the Sphere in Las Vegas to disclose that Russian-born participant Ivan Demidov was on his strategy to the hockey workforce from her native Canadian province of Quebec.
“Good night, everybody,” mentioned Dion because the Vegas crowd greeted her with cheers.
“I’m excited, not even a hockey mother.”
She continued by revealing the Canadiens choice with dramatic pauses sprinkled amongst her remarks.
“Probably the most dramatic draft announcement of all time,” mentioned ESPN’s John Buccigross on the printed.
The shock look by Dion, who just lately spoke on the New York premiere of the brand new Amazon Prime documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” arrives over a 12 months and a half since she revealed her SPS analysis in December 2022.
Dion, who has largely remained out of the general public eye for the reason that analysis, pledged earlier this month that she’d make a return to stage even when she has to “crawl” and “speak with” her fingers.
“It’s like a film,” Demidov informed reporters of the second Dion known as his identify.
He additionally famous that he was conscious of Dion’s music and had watched “Titanic.”
Dion, in an Instagram submit on Saturday, wrote in French that she had loads of enjoyable on the draft and shared photographs from the night together with a snap along with her household.
The music icon is a notable hockey fan as she introduced her twin sons Nelson and Eddy to a Boston Bruins-New York Rangers recreation the place she performed an air guitar from the group to Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” in March.
She spoke to the Bruins within the locker room previous to the sport, too, and jokingly thanked shirtless defenseman Brandon Carlo for “preparing” for her.
She made numerous different appearances at NHL video games this previous season, as nicely, together with a go to to the Canadiens’ locker room previous to their recreation in opposition to the Vegas Golden Knights in October.