Celine Dion Gets Candid About Epic 1998 'VH1 Divas' Performance with Aretha Franklin 

I’m glad Celine didn’t hold back and wasn’t intimidated in that moment. She KILLED IT. It was a highlight of Natural woman.

Aretha asked all they asses to help her lift the spirit. And the call was answered. It’s that simple😪😪😪😪😪😪😪

Aged bad? No filler, no plastic surgery, lines of expresión? You mean from a performer who makes the wildest faces and gesticulation while singing. And that voice, better preserved than any of her peers. She’s a woman who dedicated her life to the stage. I love you Celine 😍

Celine Dion is always respectful, generous with her compliments and classy! Her moment with ARETHA is iconic!

to the people that say she aged bad: i hope you know her brother and husband both died of cancer within 2 days in between 3 years ago. She was non stop working as an artist, a mother and a wife. disrespectful

Celine is so human. holding the interviewers arm at 01:23 when she's all excited. She really shines

Celine Dion is such a genuine soul! Love her!

Celine's humility makes her all the more loveable

Celine is so lovely, even in concert she’s like that!

Celine you brought it that night Mariah held back but Celine You was giving us vocals out this world.👏🏾

that run isn't even the same as her recorded rendition of the song. it's as if she came up with it on the last minute. pure adrenalin power.

You can see the glowing reverence and overwhelming respect Celine has for Aretha. It flows out of her. Celine is world class. No one who ever shades Celine will stay blessed because God is real and He protects and avenges those with extreme integrity and humility, and Celine is one of those people. ❤️ I have never seen her shade anyone in the industry. She is only supportive and encouraging of other artists, especially other female artists and divas. I believe this is why she is so blessed, has preserved her voice, and is still KILLING it in the industry as a living legend despite the heartbreak she was had to endure. God bless Celine. ❤️

I love the way she acts. She cracks me all the times. It was Divas, not Aretha and the others. She was a diva that night, vocally perfect, at the top. No other could have been like Celine that night. Even Mariah was not at the top that night, her voice was deteriorating after 1997 and she was still trying to find her new voice. Whitney was a diva, and she was not there, why? ;)

That's why I love Celine...she kept it so real

Why does it always have to be a competition?Aretha Franklin was a unique voice and Celine Dion is also a unique voice. I did not see a competition that night I saw something wonderful. Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Mariah what a unique moment but to be honest I would have liked Whitney to be there that night too.

Everything I see and hear from Celine Dion makes me think she's the most AMAZING person, let alone celebrity. She's just so real and so nice and so

Celine is my kind of woman! She’s the best of the best singers out there! Also love the way she answered any questions thrown to her - related to other singers with respect. You are Queen of all the queen singers around the world! My highly respect and love to you Celine will forever lives on!🥰😍😘😇🙏🏻

Respect to Celine Dion for those beautiful worths! Love you my Queen Aretha!

She’s been through a lot 🙏🏾 bless her.. And I respect what she said ❤️

IDK why Mariah shaded Celine back then...Cause Miss Aretha turned to Mariah and she didnt bring it up... then asked Celine (obviously 😊) " C'mon would u help me lift him..help me lift him" and Aretha clearly wanted as she danced towards her

Lived every minute of it. You as a French Canadian also has much soul!!!!!!

01:10@ 🎤 "Cause You're make me feeel ... so ALIIIIIIIIIIVEEEE **F5** (That Line Celine) 😁

Beautiful words and proof folks were making a big deal out the performance, when it was just two talents having fun.

Mariah and Celine just don’t have the same definition of respect. Celine always been weird she just wanted to have fun just like an excited little girl that night I can’t hate her.

CELINE IS A LEGEND ON HER OWN, NO COMPARISION, JUST DIFFERENT STYLES AND ERAS. CELINE IS THE MOST RESPECTFUL DIVA OF ALL TIME

She is a diva that can go to confident but not arrogant because she has that guts and atitudes that's why she is also a queen.

Her husband called her a 'clown' in the most affectionate way of course. I can see why, Celine is always such an upbeat lady who isn't afraid to goof around. She is also such a talented singer who made some great music

look,Celine is one of the queen out there,but she always give much respect to the others,that makes her more queen then queen.oh my,the queen of mucsic.

For me, she's simply the GREATEST and BEST FEMALE VOCALIST I've ever heard in my entire life.. period 💗 love you mamshiee CELINE😘💗

I do love Celine!

The energy beteeen those two woman is amazing. You can see it :)

Exactly! Singing from the heart and soul makes you feel the song.

I love Celine as a singer, her personality, her charm, her sweetness, and how she never looks down on people. If I never liked her that video of her putting a bully in her place made me love her. Anything she says here is just normal industry fake hype to make it seem everyone is cool with each other when they all are competing every fucking time. You can hear her voice shaking as she does the fake hype. Queen Celine didn't regret what she did that night. I'm proud of Celine.

Love this… A lot of people have been saying she disrespected Aretha in that moment but as she said, Aretha invited her to sing and she wasn’t gonna let that opportunity be missed!… well said

We're thinking that when Celine Dion was unstoppable when she sang her line ("Aliiiiiiiiiiive" from Natural Woman 1998), but not knowing that that deep inside she was actually a little bit intimidated in that moment.

Celine is so kind and classy!

Love her she’s got a great disposition

2 legends!! Celine Dion and Tina Turner

Aretha is the best...tbe source from which all rivers flow. Bless the words from Celine, she is speaking for all of us. Lena Horne said Aretha showed her how to free her voice...she freed us all

That's what Celine Dion is all about go queen.

Celine outsang that mean old black lady! Respect!

My MOST FAVORITE LEGENDARY SINGER! Amazing heart and talent!

"Before the day I met you... life was so unkind your the key to my peace of mind" yes she did!!! Lambs is just mad that she didnt bring it like CD brought it!!! 💯

Aretha kept calling on Mariah to help her lift the spirit but her voice was gone by then. Celine answered her and Mariah stays hating about it.

My Dear Celine.. YOU are on Aretha Franklins level.. And above...

I Love Celine Dion!

I ❤ ME Some CELINE...1ST--Her RESPECT For "THE QUEEN OF SOUL & SONG" Is PALPABLE Here! 2ND--The WOMAN Is ALWAYS NATURALLY "😂" , 3RD--Oooh, So GIFTED Herself, YES SHE IS!!!

Celine Is beautiful, funny and very French. Hilarious to listen to her. I love it.

Celine is nobody's backup singer!

Celine is so humble. But I'm not surprised that Mariah continues to shade Celine (in her book) about that Divas' performance. Celine knows how to collaborate. Celine knows how to honor.

Celine did an amazing job. Jennifer Hudson did well too but i wished she had sanged something different her song choices was to predictable. so the audience didnt seem that impressed. Jhud always sings those songs. Aretha's catalong is so huge. Jhud should have chosen different songs. All the artist did super amazing, much better than i expected. Both Patti and Celine seemed like they were holding their voices back so they wouldnt over sing. Still were amazing both got standing Ovations with out asking the audience to stand. world class perfermances.

Why do I feel the interviewer was later being hypocritical?😆🤷🏻‍♂️

amazing

Celine is crazy .... i love her

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While I tend to hold back to respect the singer, Celine stepped up with musicality and class that didn’t sound like a competition n

Aretha was trying to steal the show and the song. But Celine stood toe to toe with her.

Mariah loves the spotlight, but also hates the spotlight. Put in a situation to sing a song she hadn’t rehearsed/required to improvise, especially with Aretha, she wouldn’t have felt comfortable. This was also ‘98, a year after Mariah started developing a different singing tone; losing the versatility and effortlessness she had in ‘96. Also, Mariah has a great solo voice, but gets overshadowed with powerful, soulful singers. This was especially evident during duets with Whitney

I'm just glad that Celine along with Mariah and Whitney- diva trinity, all came out and peaked on their careers in my time. Boy I was glad the music world are all gifted powerhouses that jampacked every venues and soldout multi-million albums worldwide. Now that they are aged (as I do), their music is timeless already.

Celine was the only diva onstage with Aretha who had the instrument and skill and preparation to even dream of going toe-to-toe with Aretha. I am glad she did not wilt away from the occasion to sing with the GREATEST like that other so-called diva who is still talking sh*t -- with the deep rasp that is left of her voice.

Celine prolly the most honest genuine celeb

Love her The best 😍✌👍😘💪

Mariah dissed her big time after she did that with Aretha. But Céline was just being herself.

Celine is being honest here. Mariah is the one who seems to be keeping the bitterness going. Aretha at the end of Testimony ask for help to lift him. Celine just answered her request and responded

Mariah's shades are nothing but an outcome of her jealousy. She failed to shine that night and it was in front of her idol and it hurts and we understand but she need to cut it, its been 22 years u know! Celine tore down the roof that night, along with the Queen Aretha. Y'all dont need to explain, the live is on youtube and y'all can check it.

I respect celine- she’s classy 🔥

Celine took her opportunity to really SING with the queen of soul and who can EVER say that they slayed like that ALONGSIDE THEEEE ARETHA FRANKLIN, WITHHHH her approval. I’m sorry Mariah but you were seriously wrong about your opinion

Celine you are my Queen forever.

Mariah’s convoluted attempt at rewriting history mostly bec they can’t handle tf that their idol didn’t shine during divas live. The good thing about the controversy is more and more people discover how phenomenal Céline was that night & her epic powerful moment w/ Aretha. And for Mariah. It’s a big STAIN on her career not bec she didn’t rise up & powerfully sing w/ Aretha that night like Céline did, but bec she’s shown her DEEP INSECURITIES over & over again by trying to tear down such a kind diva like Celine & her insecurity is now forever documented in her memoir. Yikes.

Thank you for respecting the QUEEN ARETHA.

Beautiful 💚

cleine was the best of the divas that night, ARETHa included

CELINE DID THE RIGHT THIIING. ARETHA WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN.

I didn’t see it until probably 20 years later on RU-vid but I remember the headlines about that moment

Queen Celine killed her! And she knew it

Miss Céline, don't ever feel bad about using yo' gift. You have a lovely voice and you used it in front of the Queen, Miss Franklin. I don't believe that you were tryna "one her up." I believe that you were just having a good time singin' w/ the Queen. The other "singer" who made a big deal out of it and shaded you was intimidated because you could actually sing live, hit high notes and didn't need to go back and doctor yo' performances. She had an entire performance w/ the Queen, but got salty because you did a few ad-libs and runs. Hell, if I could sing like you, Miss Céline, I would've done the same thing. Who wouldn't? If you would've stood there lookin' crazy then they would've been like _dang, I guess girl friend _*_cain't_*_ sang after all._ Damned if you do, damned if you don't. With the Internet at my fingertips, I'm able to go back and check on my favorites artists and see if they could truly sang or not. Boy, was I in for a surprise...

I love Mariah but I totally disagree that Celine was being disrespectful it wasn’t that deep to me ...

Don't think Mariah held back, vocally she just could not do it! Her voice isn't as strong as Celine, sorry Mariah Careyians and im sure Mariah knew this!

majestic❤❤❤❤

Wow celine has always been so humble... She's a role model... Imagine she's that successful, she's even more successful than Aretha but she's only talking good things about her and putting her to pedestal.. Actually she always does to other people... Other divas if you ask them about other divas you will notice insecurities. Celine was never like that...

Extraordinar celine

I love celine one of the greatest vocalist and trendsetter icon legend ❤

Such a quebecois in a good way

It always BE NIGHTmare side for MARIA KERE

❤

Meanwhile, Mariah is still jealous and salty 20 years later.. 😂😂😂

I heard that it’s very common for two people to sing together like Aretha and Celine did in the Gospel world. Mariah refused Aretha, but Celine did not… “where two or more are gathered in my (Jesus) name, I (Jesus) am in the mist of them”.

The real story is Aretha kept singing over where it was Celine’s part. Watch the David Foster and Carole King interview.

Aretha asked her to perform

That time Mariah was quite shaded.. That problem was herself... She didn't act natural, she didn't enjoy the moment!!

This reporter wanted dirt, smh, yes Celine held her own but she was singing with the Queen, what do you expect, Aretha deserved and expected nothing but the best from us, of course Celine brought it Aretha brough it out of her, she once tried to do that with Mariah, but I think she was a bit nerveous and intimidated. But make no mistake about it she still couldn't touched the Queen. Long live the Queen

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I did see the Aretha tribute too and I would’ve appreciated her Celining the song a bit instead of copying the recording.

I love Aretha, but let’s face the facts. She tried to punk Celine, and Celine didn’t let her. Celine is just way too classy to say that though so I’ll say it for her, lol.

Mariah was not happy that Dion was trying to out sing Aretha

She wasn't a backup singer😌 Mariah was just bitter she wasn't vocally agile to keep up with Aretha

Eat a few fry-ups Celine, or we will lose you to starvation.

Celine is so cute and sweet. Shucks man