Celebrities often run into awkward fan encounters. Whether they enjoy it or not, it's part of their job profile. Even so, not every superstar would have the finesse to deal with a situation as extreme as being rushed by a fan in the middle of a performance — but Céline Dion did.
The five-time Grammy winner was the figure of composed sophistication when a woman crashed the stage and all but disrupted her show at Vegas' Caesar's Palace in 2018 (via YouTube). From hugging Dion to rubbing up against her, the woman got up to all sorts of drunk antics that mere mortals wouldn't dream of doing to a legend as revered as her. Dion, on her part, commanded the extraordinary scene like a total queen.
Unfazed, she engaged with the fan calmly, talking to her and embracing her, even as security tried to restrain the other woman. "We've got babies that we love, and we're going to fight for them," Dion told her fan. According to an audience member, the woman allegedly took the stage to talk about bone marrow transplant, following her son's experience with it, The Independent reported. Dion continued to shower the woman with words of compassion until she made it off the stage, after which Dion took a few moments to fully sprawl out before resuming her show. Nothing like some good ol' Dion eccentricity to wrap up a memorable scene.
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