Taylor Swift did her big one last night and while she did make history according fans aren’t happy with how she addressed Celine Dion on stage.
According to the NYP Taylor Swift was called out for ignoring Celine Dion at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, but backstage photos tell a different story.
Taylor Swift receives her Grammy from the GOAT Celine Dion and she doesn't even make eye contact with her.
Disrespectful. pic.twitter.com/fph6h8lpcQ
— Jesús Enrique Rosas – The Body Language Guy (@Knesix) February 5, 2024
Dion, 55, presented the night’s final award, Album of the Year, to Swift, 34, for her album “Midnights.”
The Canadian singer’s surprise appearance was a big deal, as Dion has stayed out of the spotlight since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome in December 2022.
In December 2023, Dion’s older sister, Claudette, gave French-language magazine 7 Jours a heartbreaking update about the singer’s condition.
“She’s working hard, but she doesn’t have control over her muscles. What breaks my heart is that she’s always been disciplined,” Claudette told the outlet at the time. “She’s always worked hard. Our mother always told her, ‘You’re going to do it well, you’re going to do it properly.’”
Swift initially seemed to ignore Dion, sharing onstage hugs with her collaborators Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey before taking the trophy out of Dion’s hands without a hug.
“Taylor Swift fully ignoring Celine Dion like the disrespect even Celine was like… que?” an X user, formerly Twitter, observed.
“Taylor Swift just took the album of the year trophy from Celine Dion without batting an eye and/or acknowledging that a legendary [GOAT] was handing her the award. So cringey for my soul,” another wrote.
"Taylor Swift was so overwhelmed, how could she NOT ignore Celine Dion!!1"
Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus: pic.twitter.com/AQAw0sk6m3
— Jesús Enrique Rosas – The Body Language Guy (@Knesix) February 5, 2024
“My biggest disappointment of the Grammys was Taylor Swift winning Album of the year and hugging all of her people but taking the trophy from Celine Dion as if she was the hat-check girl, and not seeming to realize how very amazing it was that Celine was standing there at all,” one viewer posted, referring to Dion’s health battles.
Another viewer commented that Swift “royally f–ed up” by “completely ignoring [Dion] on stage at the Grammys.”
“Taylor Swift acting like Celine Dion isn’t up there or like she doesn’t understand the magnitude of Celine Dion being there to present her that award at a time like this, is the reason I cannot f–k with her as a person. #GRAMMYs,” another viewer declared.
Another added: “This woman is disgusting.”
Media personality and former “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” correspondent Kalen Allen had harsh words for Swift, too.
“This was not [Swift’s] first time at the #GRAMMYs but her fourth time winning this award,” he wrote.
“Swifties can dox me or whatever, but considering the significance of Celine coming to do this moment, to run around that stage hugging and carrying on and ultimately act as if this artist who has paved the way is not standing there is insane.”
However, more photos showed Swift and Dion sharing a hug backstage and smiling at each other, with seemingly no bad blood between the two singers.
Their dresses even looked complimentary, as Swift draped her arms around Dion, beaming.
Even more, Swift was spotted standing from her seat when Dion initially came out on stage and mouthed the lyrics to her 1997 hit song, “My Heart Will Go On.”
I understand that on camera it doesn’t look great but Taylor Swift was clearly so distracted and overwhelmed and happy in the moment when Celine Dion handed her the Grammy, Taylor would never snub someone like that intentionally. They clearly talked backstage right after pic.twitter.com/TwbzsDl7Ld
— AJ DEL REY ? (@TayLanaForeverr) February 5, 2024
The romantic ballad, which is the theme song to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s blockbuster smash “Titanic,” won Dion an Oscar for Best Original Song.
