The singer also admitted that not telling the truth about her illness was “too much to carry.”

“I couldn’t do it anymore,” Celine said.

She told Hoda that she couldn’t say anything right away because she didn’t know what she had.

“We did not know what was going on. I did not take the time,” Celine said.

“Lying to the people who got me where I am today. I could not do it anymore.”

The full primetime special with Celine and Hoda, 59, will air on Tuesday, June 11, at 10 pm Eastern.

CELINE’S PAIN

Last week, a different clip of Celine’s interview also aired on Today.

In this snippet, she shared that it feels like “someone is strangling her” when she sings.

She pointed her fingers to her throat and changed her voice, demonstrating how her strangled voice would sound.

“It’s like someone’s pushing your larynx this way,” Celine said.

“It’s like you’re talking like that.”

Celine’s voice spasmed as she said her voice can’t go higher or lower when that happens.

“It gets into a spasm,” she explained.

The singer also explained that she had once broken a rib due to one of the spasms.

Her fingers also get into a cramping position sometimes where she “cannot unlock them.”

STEPPING AWAY

Since being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, Celine has stepped away from the spotlight.

The rare neurological disorder can take away the ability to walk or even talk, according to the University College London (UCL).

She first revealed her diagnosis in 2022 and a few months later had to cancel her world tour.

Celine will reveal even more of what she goes through in her upcoming Amazon Prime Video documentary, I Am: Celine Dion, out June 25.