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Celine Dion tears up as she reveals she hid her stiff person syndrome for 17 years

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Celine Dion fought back tears as she opened up about her long battle with stiff person syndrome, a condition she kept secret for 17 years.

The , 56, admitted that hiding her from her fans was a heavy burden, describing it as “too much” for her to bear. She was diagnosed with the rare autoimmune neurological disorder in 2022 but had been dealing with its

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