Celine Dion slams Trump campaign for using her music without permission in risqué statement

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Singer Celine Dion on Saturday issued a statement criticizing former President Donald Trump’s campaign for the “unauthorized” use of her music at a recent rally and mocking the song choice.

The Trump campaign has played Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” at several campaign rallies throughout 2023 and 2024, though Dion’s statement said she and her management team only became aware of its use recently, specifically pointing to its playing at a Trump rally in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday.

“Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized use of a video, recording, performance and photograph of Celine Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” Dion said in a statement posted to her X and Instagram accounts.

“This song is in no way permitted to be used, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use… The truth is that this song is the only song I use.”

“My Heart Will Go On” is a romantic ballad that served as the theme song to James Cameron’s film Titanic. Released in 1997, it is one of the best-selling singles of all time.

CNN has reached out to the Trump campaign about whether they will stop playing the song at future events.

Rihanna, Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, and George Harrison’s EstateAll of the former musicians, among others, have objected to Donald Trump’s use of their music in his presidential campaign, which dates back to his original campaign in 2016.

Dion made headlines last month after returning to the stage in style with a performance of Edith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’amour” at the Olympics opening ceremony. It was her first concert since revealing that she lives with stiff person syndrome, “a rare and progressive condition that affects the nervous system, particularly the brain and spinal cord,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.