Celine Dion is currently on a brief break during her Courage World Tour. The tour starts up again next week with shows in Montreal. She sat down with Gayle King in Cleveland to talk about her new album, Courage, that is being released today, her tour, how amazing her fans are, and what her life is like now, after Rene’s death. She also answered some fun questions from Gayle (and did some impromptu singing about peanut butter while she was at it):
Favorite song to perform live?
“Courage”Favorite song on your playlist that’s not yours?
Too many, but LP’s songs and Sia.A movie you can watch over and over?
All of them. Whatever my kids want, because I love them so much. They pick the movie. Even if I’ve watched them 65 times. Monsters, Inc. is so great, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Nanny McPhee. I can’t pick one.
Gayle also asks Celine what the last show was that she binged, and Celine asks what “binged” means. Gayle explains it, and Celine said that she “rarely watch[es] TV,” but she loves “Young Sheldon.” She seems to get choked up about the show, too!
Celine’s favorite meal?
It’s not really a meal. It’s different things. I love peanut butter so bad. [Singing] Peanut butter, jelly! Peanut butter jelly peanut butter jelly peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat! But [my favorite] meal would be, like, probably baba ganoush, hummus. Lebanese food.
Celine also says that the one word that describes her life is “perfect.” I’m very glad to hear it. I also am so happy that she mentions LP! I discovered her music by accident several months ago, and “Lost on You” and “Into the Wild” have ended up on several of my playlists. I’d also happily go to Celine’s for movie night, as I tend to enjoy a lot of so-called “kids’ movies,” and those three are great ones. Finally, I adore peanut butter, and buy it in huge jars, usually, because I could eat it all day, every day. Funny story: I once worked for a woman out of her home, and I brought lunch one day. Her husband, who was a 90-something-year-old Frenchman looked aghast when he saw my peanut butter sandwich. He said, “What’s on your sandwich?” I said, “Peanut butter.” He said, “Peanut butter doesn’t go on sandwiches! You cook with it!” I said, “One of the typical American sandwiches is peanut butter-and-jelly. I know you can cook with peanut butter, sure, but lots of people put it on their sandwiches.” He looked, not just confused, but deeply offended that someone would put peanut butter on a sandwich. Awell. I know that Celine would love it if I brought a peanut butter sandwich to her house for lunch and a movie, and that’s all that matters.
Céline Dion is incapable of giving a boring answer to any question. Here she is talking/singing about her favourite food: peanut butter. pic.twitter.com/JZh3iipqO8
— Chris Hanna (@Chris_Hanna) November 14, 2019
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She sounds so relatable even though I have never eaten peanut butter in my life (in part because it’s not such a big thing around here, but also because I might literally die from an allergic shock if I ate it, yeah, thanks allergy).
But chocolate would be something I would sing about!
I am so sorry, Noely. PB is truly a gift from the gods.
Her hair and outfits are on point. Glad to see her looking healthier. I can’t even keep peanut butter in the house because of temptation.
She should date Brad Pitt because he also loves peanut butter (if Meet Joe Black is any indication). Also he likes kids and probably watches the same movies over and over just to keep the kids happy. Plus she could sing to him while he makes pbj sandwiches for their brood.
That “Peanut Butter Jelly Wif a Baseball Bat” is an actual quote from an actual song. It’s by Buckwheat Boyz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4
I’m dying that she actually sang the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song, she’s so great!
Thank you for finding the link! Reading the quote I knew exactly what she was doing, and now I love Celine even more. And now I also have the pixilated dancing banana in my head.
Peanut butter is the only food I truly get serious cravings for. Like nothing else will do, I must eat a pbj or I will combust
Definitely my favorite sandwich! I use jellies with stevia or xylitol to cut down the kcal. PB with creamed honey is really good too…thank goodness I only go through little bursts of craving THOSE every so often…PB on waffles is good too…PB with almost anything…when I’m being extra calorie mindful I use the PB powder instead, goes great in smoothies too.
LP is one of my best friends fave artists and shes really is amazing. So happy to hear celine give her a shout out
My husband puts peanut butter on everything, even popcorn.
I just discovered peanut butter trying for a Christmas biscuits recipe. That day was an epiphany.
Like the haircut, hate that crayon yellow shade of hair.
I hate that color on pretty much everyone who gets talked into it, it is such a harsh color.
Warm, blended, honey shades of blonde are usually more flattering on almost all.
I like her in interviews, and I wish I could throw my head back and belt out a song like she does. Talented for certain.
Oof. Me too. I buy it and eat it on a spoon!
They say when you crave peanut butter, you’re needing Vitamin B. Whatever, I just love it and gain weight even when I just LOOK at it. Clearly, Celine does not 🙂
I guess I need to eat some peanut butter since the doc says I’m low in a few vitamins but it’s not my favorite thing. My family eats it right off the spoon. (Gag!)
I sometimes make peanut butter cookies for them with finely chopped peanuts.
Probably not the same.
I don’t know though; the doc also said I’m low in thiamine and should eat more pork. Eat more pork??
“But not like Americans cook it! You should bake pork chops!” She’s German.
Can’t I just take supplements?
I love Celine! She does look healthier but I prefer her darker hair too.
As a New Englander, fluffernutter all the way! It’s a peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich on soft white bread. You can add M&Ms if you want some crunch and to cut the sweetness a bit. Quebec is New England adjacent, right? And we have sooo many French-Canadians here.
I highly recommend banana + PB
Celine is such a joyful human, I adore her