"This is Celine Dion attending her son's wedding in a wheelchair," reads a Facebook post published on April 14, 2023.
The 54-second video shows a woman in a wheelchair at a formal event. She is accompanied by three men in suits, who then help her up. Lifted at arm's length, she shares a dance with one of them, visibly moved.
A screenshot showing the false post, taken on April 25, 2023
The claim also appeared elsewhere on Facebook.
The posts surfaced after Dion, 54, announced (archived here) in December 2022 that she was cancelling shows after being diagnosed with Stiff-Person Syndrome.
According to the US National Organization for Rare Disorders, the condition affects (archived here) one in a million people and causes painful muscle spasms triggered by events such as loud noises, light physical contact or stress.
AFP Fact Check has debunked false claims relating to Dion’s condition in the past here and here.
The singer recently announced plans to release a new album.
But the claim that the woman in a wheelchair is Celine Dion is false.
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