Celine Dramatics (but still touching)

So I thought I blogged about this back when it happened, but maybe not.

When Hurrican Katrina destroyed part of the Southern gulf coast, Larry King had an impromptu fundraiser. Well Celine Dion had already, of her own initiative, given $1 million, but she still appeared on his show.

Now, I was generally not impressed with the coverage of Katrina (even from Anderson Cooper) but I did find Celine to be really touching (and really, as always, over the top).

A few things I like about this:

1. Her emphasis that her $1 million isn't even what she wants to talk about
2. Her comments about the looting and how that's not what we should be focusing on
3. Her confusion over our capability to enter Iraq but not Louisiana
4. Her comments about mothers and children
5. Her determination that we need to just GO and get people out

What always cracks me up when I think about that interview (and now, months later, I've seen the clip again) is that she's crying and going on this diatribe against the relief effort and then Larry is literally like "so...um...can you sing something?" and Celine literally wipes her mascara from her eyes and is like "well...I guess I could..." sniffs, and does a GREAT job on "The Prayer" (the one she did with Andrea Bocelli).

Sort of cracks me up, the singing at the end, but the interview is really touching. It actually made me cry when I watched it when it was live on CNN, and even now a few times she gives me chills (I think she's WAY dramatic, but also so sincere that it's touching).

HERE IT IS

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