'Really, that song?': Celine Dion disavows Trump's usage of My Heart Will Go On at rally - Action News
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'Really, that song?': Celine Dion disavows Trump's usage of My Heart Will Go On at rally

My Heart Will Go On helpedpropel Dion to super stardom as it was used in the 1997 Oscar-winning blockbluster film Titanic.

'Cline Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,' her team says

Cline Dion returns to stage at Olympics opening ceremony

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Cline Dion performed in public for the first time in two years to close out the Paris 2024 opening ceremonies. The Canadian superstar sang L'Hymne a l'amour, originally performed by Edith Piaf.

ClineDion and her management team said Saturday that they do not endorse an "unauthorized" use of one of her most popular songs by former U.S. president Donald Trump at a campaign rally.

"Today, ClineDion's management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performanceand likeness of ClineDion singing My Heart Will Go Onat a Donald Trump [and]J.D. Vance campaign rally in Montana," read a statement posted by the Canadian pop icon's X account, formerly known as Twitter.

"In no way is this use authorized, and ClineDion does not endorse this or any similar use," it added. "And really, THAT song?"

The song and its music videowere played at Trump's rally in Bozeman, Mont., on Friday on the big screen near the stage.Trump,the current Republican presidential candidate, was in Bozeman to support a Republican candidate for Senate.

In recent years, a number of musicians and bands including CanadiansNeil Young and Nickelbackhave voiced opposition to their music being used by Trump.

My Heart Will Go On helpedpropel Dion to super stardom as it was used in the 1997 Oscar-winning blockbluster film Titanic.

Dion, a five-time Grammy winner, had reportedly refused to perform at Trump's January 2017 inauguration when the former president took office after winning the 2016 election.

The native of Charlemagne, Que., announced in 2022 that she was stepping back from performing due tostiff-person syndrome, but recently returned to perform at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

With files from Reuters