Transcript: Chat With Maman Dion (27 January 2001)

Chat with Thérêse Dion

Welcome to the chat with Thérêse Dion. We will start Saturday January 27 at noon, Eastern Time. The birth of the first child of the planetary pop diva, Céline Dion, is no doubt great news for the Dion family. Canoe offers you a chat with the head of this famous family, Maman Dion. She's in Paris, because of her work. If you have a question for our guest, register it and clic on Submit to add a question. To make an update, clic on Actualate. Thank you.

Regulator: Hello and welcome with the chat with Thérèse Dion, the mother of the pop diva planetary Celine Dion. Maman Dion will answer during one hour your questions about the happy birth of the baby of the singer and René Angelil. Good chat!

Berizzi Bruno: Did you have the occasion yet to see an image of your grandson René-Charles?

Therese Dion: No, unfortunately not yet. I like to wait until I can see him in person.

poupoule: Hello, Do you think that Céline will resume her career when Rene Charles will be 1 year old?

Therese Dion: I do not know when, but I am sure that she will resume her career.

Rascal: Hello Mrs Dion, I would like to know if, for you, the baby of Celine will have the same place in your heart as all the other grandchildren that you have already, or well it will have a special plce since it is the baby of your youngest??

Therese Dion: It will have the same place as all the others in my heart.

johanne: hello, how many grandchildren do you have?Why there were there 5 doctors when Céline gave birth to René-Charles?

Therese Dion: I have 33 grandchildren and 7 great-grand children. I did not know that there were 5 doctors but my husband Céline's father, her sister Linda and her husband were present.

eliza: firstly, congratulations!! my question: how are Céline and the baby?

Therese Dion: They are very well. The baby is very well.

Marie-Paule: When will you see Céline and the Baby?

Therese Dion: on February 2, I leave for Florida.

Berizzi Bruno: Mrs Dion, do you ever visit Céline-sites on the internet. I, Myself, am webmaster of Céline: Star Planétaire.

Therese Dion: No, I never visited sites of Celine on the internet.

Anjulie: Do you believe that Céline will continue has to sing after the birth of her son?

Therese Dion: Surely, it is her trade and she adores to sing.

corinne, France: Why do you not return earlier to see the baby?

Therese Dion: I'm making a televisionprogram with some French artists and I finish on January 31 and then I'll first fly to Montreal, I'll re-pack my bags and I'll leave immediately for Florida.

Isabelle: Hello Mrs. Dion, I would like to know who resembles Rene-Charles most?

Therese Dion: Personally, I did not see the bay yet. My daughter Céline said to me that he had a little of both her and René. I am sure that it is the most beautiful baby of the world and that he will have a beautiful mixture.

Chantal de Lavaltrie: How is the room of the baby, in this sumptuous castle?

Therese Dion: a room of baby with accessories of baby like all the rooms of baby, but with perhaps a little more things, but it is a beautiful room.

Véronic: Does Celine speak about you with much admiration, admire it as much as it admires you?

Therese Dion: Yes, a mother always admires her children, but I do not know if Celine admires me much, but I believe that she is proud to have a mother like me and me to have a girl like her.

WIND MIMI 5454: aVEC WHICH ARTISTS YOU WILL COOK IN FRANCE and when can we see these emissions

Therese Dion: With Anthony Kavanagh, Hugue Aufray, Yves Duteil, the head of the restaurant of the hotel Bristol-board, Frank Dubosc and Julien Clerk. It will be diffused in March in Quebec.

Julie Christmas 911 OF hARVARD: HOW MANY interviews did you grant since the birth of the baby and your you and press attaché are tired?

Therese Dion: My press attaché has the red ears, but I granted only some interviews because I am occupied by my work and I could not answer all the requests.

Isabelle: Did Céline have a painful childbirth or came Rene-Charles in the world carefully? Therese Dion: I did not have many details on top, but I think that it had a beautiful childbirth and I heard the first cries of the baby on the telephone.

Sylvie: Hello Maman Dion, I write to you of Sayabec in the valley of the matapédia. I found on Internet that your mother is married in the church of sayabec, is this quite true?

Therese Dion: It is true.

Marylene: Hello Mrs Dion, congratulations for your culinary emission, here my question, which do you hope to offer to the new baby in-arms for his birth? thank you

Therese Dion I will offer many caresses much to him as soon as I will see it, I gave him small gifts but it is personal. I will give him much heat.

dany: qu are what to think you of what the media one to announce that the photo premiere your small son vallait 200.000 dollars is what Ca does to you fear for the security of small.

Paul-Emile Legrand: Will you continue your excellent emission of tele or have you other projects like a disc for example?

Therese Dion For the moment I continue my emission of kitchen to tele, but I always have projects at the head...

Dennis Faassen: Hello Dion Mom! Which was your reaction when Celine said to you that it was pregnant?

Therese Dion That made me a great joy, because it took all possible measurements to be pregnant, then I were happy for it.

Stéphanie: hello! I would like to know your secrecy: where does your energy come from?

Tyfanie Châteauguay: Wish Mrs. Dion that your grand son appears on first page of all the journeaux ones and magazines?

Therese Dion: I have a good star I suppose. I do not know from where that comes me, but I will continue as long as I will be able.

Therese Dion: Not really, not!

Élisabeth Tremblay: Do you intend to inculchate your culinary knowledge to Rene-Charles when it is older?

Therese Dion: If it wishes it and if I am still there.

Roberta - Italy: Is you like your emission on TVA... which the receipt favorie of Celine?

Therese Dion: It makes very well a dessert with caramel and the bananaes.

Roberta - Italy: Does the foundation dedichated to the memory of your father take much time to you? Roberta

Therese Dion: That asks much time, but as long as I make emissions, I does not put at it time that I would like, but I will spend all my spare time to with it once the finished emissions.

Therese Dion: I did not have time to read the book, therefore I cannot emit my opinion.

steve: is what the baby will be eleve in Quebec or the United States? thank you

Therese Dion: Probably both!

Daniel aucoin: how you made to make of so good dishes

Therese Dion I make my possible. If I make good dishes, it is by love for the kitchen.

sarah: from or comes the second first name from the baby?

Therese Dion: the first name comes from the grandfather of Celine who appellait Charles Dion.

carole: hello, when think that Celine will have her second child

Therese Dion: I do not know, they are the parents who will decide.

Dany Dubé: Do you have an objective to become as famous as Céline?

Therese Dion: At all!

Therese Dion: I am disappointed, but it is very well surrounded. I do initially my work and then I will be given some to heart joy.

Therese Dion: Yes, I was there. That occurred on January 3. I had gone to see my daughter for some days and of the friends one makes the shower for Céline. All the family was present.

Pedro: Be you worries not vis-a-vis with the educhation which will have Rene-Charles, but rather vis-a-vis with the fact that it is already independent of fortune and that in this direction it will not know a certain aspect of the things in the life, such as for example that to make sacrifices and to multiply the efforts to achieve his goals and especially that to grow in an artificial world far from the reality of life of the common run of people.

Therese Dion the parents are so open and intelligent, I am sure that they go éléver their son according to the educhation which it themselves received. Then I do not see anything articiel in that.

Therese Dion: I would like to thank all those and those which sent questions.

Regulator: The chat is now finished. Thank you for your participation.