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Céline Dion would never turn her back on Quebec.
Tuesday night at Game 5 of the NHL Conference Finals, the Las Vegas Golden Knights trolled the Montreal Canadiens by displaying an image of Dion in Golden Knights gear on the jumbo screen.
Thought she’d be a Habs fan! pic.twitter.com/otq4u7N2fl
— Chris Cuthbert (@CCpxpSN) June 23, 2021
On Twitter, fans reacted wildly, with some calling Dion, who lived in Las Vegas for many years while performing a residency in the city, a traitor. Others took pleasure in the trolling of la belle province.
she’s chaotic and i for one am fine with it https://t.co/VUAmI2QQ91
— Kathryn Jezer-Morton (@KJezerMorton) June 23, 2021
The biggest traitor in the province of Quebec. Celine Dion, how could you? #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/6MTYocqxP4
— Tim Macdonell (@timmacdonell) June 23, 2021
This could become an international incident. #StanleyCup #GoldenKnights #GoHabsGo https://t.co/WZLup5Xhrm
— Wes Atkinson (@WesA1983) June 23, 2021
Québec bashing ???
My heart will go on though. #GoHabsGo https://t.co/Ey6w8hTLJn
— Gregory Kelley (@gharperkelley) June 23, 2021
The image, though, was completely fake, with eagle-eyed Twitter users pointing out that a picture of Dion from her 2007 album Taking Chances had been Photoshopped.
La vérificatrice des faits en moi devait faire quelque chose devant la panique causée par Céline Dion à Vegas. DONC : la photo diffusée à l’aréna… est en fait un montage basé sur une image tirée de l’album Taking Chances sorti en 2007. Partagez pour sauver une vie. pic.twitter.com/6Vb9H7Kpfl
— Camille Lopez (@thecamillelopez) June 23, 2021
On Thursday, Dion addressed the controversy in a Tweet celebrating Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.
Bonne Saint-Jean-Baptiste à toutes les Québecoises et à tous les Québécois. Je vous embrasse et vous souhaite une bonne fête nationale ! ??
En passant, je n’ai rien à voir avec cette photo…. Et vous savez de quelle photo je parle ! ? – Céline xx…— Celine Dion (@celinedion) June 24, 2021
“By the way, I have nothing to do with this photo…. And you know what photo I’m talking about!” she wrote in French, adding in a wink emoji at the end.
Montreal would win the game 4-1, giving them a 3-2 lead in the series.