Celine Dion has mocked Donald Trump for playing the Titanic theme song at a campaign rally without her permission.
Her voice could be heard wailing the 1998 classic ‘My Heart Will Go On’ over the speakers in Bozeman, Montana, shortly before Trump took the stage on Friday.
Dion on Saturday made it clear that the use of ‘video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion’ was unauthorized.
‘In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,’ she said in a statement along with her record label, Sony.
Dion then mocked Trump’s choice, adding, ‘…And really, THAT song?’
The epic ballad that conjures images of a doomed ship striking a massive iceberg, which is not the best comparison to a presidential campaign.
Even worse, it was played just hours after Trump’s plane was forced to divert to Billings while en route to Bozeman over a ‘mechanical issue.’
Some political pundits on social media felt the song was a metaphor for the Trump campaign’s flagging momentum, which comes just weeks after a victory in November felt all but assured.
One even suggested there could be a ‘pro-Kamala Harris’ mole secretly working to undermine Trump’s re-election.
One person said: ‘Omg, Trump’s rally in Montana is showing a video of Celine singing “My Heart Will Go On” from the film Titanic. Is the rally coordinator trolling Trump?’
‘Seems to me it’s a cry for help from a sinking ship. Has anyone checked on his campaign managers, are they being held hostage or maybe water boarded,’ said another.
Many people noted the irony in the theme song for a movie about a disaster being played at the event.
‘Trump is saying he is going down like the Titanic,’ said one person. ‘The irony is not lost,’ said another.
‘How fitting because the Trump campaign right now is just like the titanic. Everyone’s in the bar drinking telling themselves the ship is not sinking,’ a third person said.
One person created a meme movie poster recreating a scene from James Cameron’s 1997 film with Trump and Vance captioned, ‘Collide with failure. This November.’
‘Bro, the Trump campaign keeps giving. These are real life SNL skits. Who the f**k plays a song famously associated with a sinking ship at a rally for a campaign that is sinking,’ a person said.
‘Is the Titanic metaphor a little on the nose, or what,’ another said.
Others questioned if the Canadian singer gave Trump’s team permission to play her song.’
‘Celine seems like a truly kind and compassionate legend, but you know she’s on the couch at home saying, “Yeah, f**k no!” in French,’ one person said.
‘He can’t have Celine Dion, sorry,’ a second person said.
‘Celine Dion, are you getting paid for this? You might want to call your lawyer. There’s a payday waiting for you right here,’ another said.
Celine’s statement comes amid a tough day for the Trump campaign.
A new poll by The New York Times released by the outlet on Saturday suggests that Harris has now moved ahead of Trump by four points in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – all vital battle ground states.
Then hours later, the Trump campaign revealed it had been hacked, suggesting that they were targeted by Iran.
The campaign blamed ‘foreign sources hostile to the United States’ and cited a Microsoft report on Friday that Iranian hackers attempted to hack a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign.
Trump has also spent part of the week fending off criticism of a story where he claimed to have almost been in a helicopter crash with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.
On Friday night, he was accused of mixing Brown up with another black lawmaker, former California State Senator Nate Holden.
Holden told Politico he and Trump were almost in a chopper smash in 1990 and said: ‘Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco. I’m a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles.’
Laughing at the story, he jokingly added: ‘I guess we all look alike.’
Before the singer’s response, Dion and her late husband, René Angélil, frequently dined at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s.
She was a fan of the French chef Bernard Goupy, especially his signature Caesar salad that was built in an edible cheese bowl.
But one day, Trump decided he wasn’t making a proper Caesar salad, tossing the salad himself and firing Goupy.
However, Celine quickly snapped Goupy up to be her chef at her Jupiter, Florida, estate.