This Saturday, August 31, Anne-Claire Coudray was the guest of We’re remaking TV on RTL, before the big media comeback. The journalist had the chance to interview Céline Dion last May. She was one of the few to be able to question the Quebec singer, who had not made a public appearance for months.
The TF1 presenter had offered a gift to the diva before this exclusive interview. At the microphone of RTLshe returned to this symbolic and meaningful present today.
Anne-Claire Coudray is one of the rare journalists to have interviewed Céline Dion
Walled in silence for months, Céline Dion made a media comeback, as part of the promotion of her documentary I am: Céline Dion, on Prime Video. The Quebec star has only agreed to give one interview to French television. It was Anne-Claire Coudray who had the honor of questioning the international star for TF1.
The presenter then flew to Las Vegas in May to interview Céline Dion about her fight against her stiff person syndromeThe world-famous singer had decided to step back from the stage to focus on her health. TF1 aired the exclusive interview on June 16, two months before the star closed the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics with an incredible performance.
Photo credit: Shutterstock Celine Dion received a meaningful gift from Anne-Claire Coudray
Celine Dion: This Innocent Gift from Anne-Claire Coudray Makes Sense Today
Before starting this interview “very framed”the presenter of the TF1 news had offered a small gift “lucky charm” to Celine Dion. Anne-Claire Coudray had offered an Eiffel Tower as a key ring. A gesture that touched the singer, but which had no innuendo according to the journalist. Two months later, it was at the top of the emblematic moment in Paris that the star sang L’Hymne à l’amour, to open the Paris Olympic Games.
Speaking to Eric Dussart on RTL, Anne-Claire Coudray assured that her gesture was not premonitory.SO, she must have thought that I knewbut I didn’t know, actually! No, no!”, she said. The journalist then added: “The rumor comes out on June 6 in The Chained Duckand I already have my interview in the can. When I go to see her in Las Vegas, at no point is there any question of her coming to Paris. I obviously don’t ask her the question. I put myself in her shoes: when I took out my little key ring with the Eiffel Tower… We had chosen something trivial, but which had meaning. So she must have thought, ‘but where does that come from?’“.
Celine Dion: her son René-Charles is getting married
The eldest son of the Quebec star, Rene-Charleswill marry his partner, Angélique Weckenmann. According to information from Closer, the couple has fiancé after several years of love. Born in 2001, the young woman would have met the son of Celine Dion and René Angelil in 2016.
Rumors have it that the singer doesn’t like her stepdaughter in the past. Celine Dion allegedly accuses Angelique Weckenmann of being a spoiled child. But the magazine Closer denied these rumors. The star and the young woman are said to have a good relationship.Céline has already welcomed her into her home and was pleased with the bonds the young girl was creating with her twins. She finds her adorable“, assured the journalist Hervé Tropéa in the columns of the magazine Gala in 2023.
