Celine Dion to pocket huge cheque for Olympics stage comeback

This musical superstar will reportedly get paid $US2 million to perform during this weekend’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Celine Dion will reportedly get paid $US2 million to perform during this weekend’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

According to TMZ, the Grammy winner, 56, stands to earn the big pay cheque for just one song.

Dion was spotted checking into the Royal Monceau Hotel in Paris yesterday, with a source confirming to Page Six that she is expected to perform.

Dion taking the stage later this week would mark her first public performance in years.

In 2021, the My Heart Will Go On singer halted her Las Vegas residency due to muscle spasms.

Celine Dion is in Paris ahead of the Olympics. Picture: Vendetta w / BACKGRID

Pop superstar Lady Gaga is also in town ahead of the Opening Ceremony. Picture: SPLASH / BACKGRID

She then revealed in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes painful and progressive muscular rigidity and stiffness.

In her recent documentary, I Am: Celine Dion, she gave greater insight into her secret health battle, including showing footage of her having a seizure for several minutes.

After the incident, sports medicine therapist Terrill Lobo — who was treating her — warned that she likely suffered a seizure because her brain “was overstimulated” by her going into the recording studio.

“Well, what am I gonna do?” the singer then asked.

Dion hasn’t performed publicly in years as she battles a rare neurological disorder. Picture: BACKGRID

“ … If I can’t get stimulated by what I love, and then I’m gonna go onstage and, like, you’re gonna put the pulse oximeter on me and you’re gonna turn me on my back?”

Despite the dire prognosis, Dion is determined to perform for her fans once again.

In recent months, she has made strides to get back into the limelight.

She made a surprise appearance at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February to present the award for album of the year to Taylor Swift.

Then, in March, the mother of three attended a Bruins game, where she was seen playing air guitar.

Dion’s recent doco showed her private health issues in harrowing detail. Picture: Getty Images via AFP

Dion also posed on the cover of Vogue France and made her red carpet comeback to promote her doc.

As part of her promo tour, the singer had a sit-down with Hoda Kotb, in which she described what it was like to sing with stiff person syndrome.

“It’s like somebody is strangling you,” she admitted in the candid interview. “It’s like somebody is pushing your larynx/pharynx this way. …. It gets into a spasm.”

Reps for Dion and the Paris Olympics did not immediately return Page Six for comment.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission