Celine Dion makes great faces. It’s a fact and if you’re a lifelong fan, you already know that she has the best reactions to any situation. Here she is reacting to something rather shocking on the Today show last summer:
Here she is making the best out of an upside-down mic situation:
And here she is looking fabulous and taking questions at a press conference in Las Vegas in 2011.
This weekend was no different, when Celine witnessed the ~*power of love*~ during a meet and greet session before her residency show in Vegas.
Celine fan Austin McMillan and her boyfriend Nick Janevski, both 24, were backstage with the singer when he got down on one knee. According to Austin, Nick's proposal was months in the making. A former personal trainer for Celine's manager, Nick texted the singer's team about getting backstage passes and arranged for the couple to go last during Friday's meet-and-greet so no one else would be there. (He also arranged for 35 of Austin's family members and friends to meet them for gelato at Caesar's Palace after the show. Nick is a keeper). “I was completely shocked. I didn’t even say yes [right away]. That’s why her face was like that,” Austin said in a phone call. “We were taking a picture and all of a sudden he gets down on one knee. I froze. I didn’t say anything, I just smiled. Two minutes went by and she got really nervous… she hid behind a curtain! She was like, ‘This is embarrassing.’ I just kissed him.”
According to Austin, who says “My Heart Will Go On” is her favorite Celine song and will likely play it at the wedding, the singer gave the couple her blessing after the surprise. “It’s kind of a blur but she was very sweet. She said that she wished us a long and happy marriage like she had with her husband. She complimented my ring and also asked if she could come to the wedding.”
Austin and Nick are planning a May wedding in Malibu.
Mazel!
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