“You were absolutely incredible.”
“You were absolutely incredible.
Fantastic,” Dion said Tuesday on social media.
Celine Dion and Kelly Clarkson.Francis Specker/CBS via Getty; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
“I loved it so much.
I hope we can see each other in person soon, very soon.
And I hope I’m not going to start crying.
I love you so much.”
“I actually can’t talk,” Clarkson said afterward, perPEOPLE.
Once she’d collected herself, she added, “That was really beautiful.
People don’t know her story.
She deemed Dion “a vocal athlete” for having overcome her immense health challenges.
The rare neurological disorder causes muscle stiffness and spasms, Dionexplained onTodayin June.
Singing with it makes it feel “like somebody’s strangling you,” the powerhouse vocalist said.
Dion said in her post that she had seen and heard everything that Clarkson said about her.
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“It was so sweet to hear you.
“You were crying, and you made me start crying.
What’s up with all this freakin' crying?”
She said watching Clarkson’s rendition of her signature song had brought the tears all over again.
Clarksonresponded to Dionlate Tuesday, recalling that she had performed another Dion song while sick with laryngitis during herIdolrun.
She was glad to have another chance at singing a song from one of her heroes.
“Where do you want me to be?”
