Derek Hough had a bittersweet expertise watching Céline Dion’s I Am: Céline Dion documentary after spouse Hayley Erbert’s personal well being struggles.
“The documentary was extremely highly effective, displaying Celine’s struggles with SPS but in addition her quirky and enjoyable aspect,” Hough, 39, wrote by way of Instagram on Thursday, June 27, revealing he and Erbert, 29, watched the Prime Video doc the evening earlier than.
The Dancing With the Stars choose defined that “a really tough scene” to observe was when Dion, 56, had a SPS (stiff particular person syndrome) seizure “play out in actual time” on the massive display screen.
“It was so exhausting to observe seeing her in ache like that,” Hough wrote, noting, “It additionally jogged my memory of Hayley’s seizure on the aspect of the stage a number of months in the past. I might barely re-watch.”
Erbert was identified with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel in December 2023 which required emergency craniectomy to alleviate the strain on her mind.
As soon as Erbert had recovered, she was given the OK to renew dancing alongside her husband on their Symphony of Dance Tour in April.
“I DID IT! This tour reignited many components of me which were dim for thus lengthy,” Erbert wrote by way of Instagram final month after getting again on stage. “So, for that, I can’t thank everybody who got here out to assist us on this wild journey sufficient. I’m so grateful to nonetheless be right here, with you all, doing what I like. Thanks, thanks, thanks 🫶🏼.”
Dion has been on the same, however longer, well being journey that has saved her from performing. The Grammy winner introduced in December 2022 that she was identified with the uncommon neurological dysfunction referred to as stiff particular person syndrome. The sickness induced her to have “spasms” that affected her vocal cords.
Whereas she realized to navigate her dysfunction, Dion needed to cancel her tour for greater than a yr. In her I Am: Céline Dion documentary, the singer paperwork her ups and downs as she continues to work towards getting again on stage.
“I miss it a lot. The folks. I miss them,” she says at one level. “If I can’t run, I’ll stroll. If I can’t stroll, I’ll crawl. And I gained’t cease.”
Hough, who met Dion years previous to her prognosis, gushed over the musician’s energy after seeing her doc.
“Celine is an absolute legend, with a singular and one in a billion voice,” he wrote on Thursday. “We’re so blessed to witness her expertise in our lifetime. I pray she heals and returns to the stage she loves a lot.”
Hough referred to as Dion a “firecracker” and shared a video of him and Erbert dancing together with her after their meet and greet.
I Am: Céline Dion is at the moment streaming on Prime Video.