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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Céline Dion says illness has caused muscle spasms that broke her ribs

Céline Dion speaking on NBC News.
Céline Dion speaking on NBC News. Photograph: NBC News

Céline Dion has said she has suffered muscle spasms so strong that her ribs were broken as a result, as she lives with the condition stiff person syndrome.

Speaking in her first TV interview since the diagnosis, to Hoda Kotb on NBC News, Dion said: “I had broken ribs at one point, because sometimes when it’s very severe …” Kotb asks her: “It can spasm so hard it can break a rib?”, with Dion nodding agreement.

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