Taylor Swift had a history-making night at the Grammy Awards for being the first artist to win the Album of the Year category four times in her career. While that achievement is cause for celebration, the 34-year-old singer was on the receiving end of some stinging criticism for her alleged snub of Céline Dion, who presented her with the award.
It was incredible to see the French-Canadian superstar back at the Grammys because she has spent the few years battling a rare neurological disease, stiff person syndrome. Her surprise appearance garnered a massive standing ovation that had Swift rising to her feet. Moments later, Swift’s unexpected win likely had her swept up in the moment, and she seemingly ignored Dion. That’s when social media when into overdrive, criticizing the “Cruel Summer” singer.
“Taylor Swift completely ignoring Celine Dion like she was some trophy model presenter at #GRAMMYs was wild. She’s won this three times and usually such a pro. But to ignore an icon, who is dealing with so much? Yikes,” wrote one X user. Another account added, “The irony that Celine Dion took a moment to acknowledge the legends Diana Ross & Sting who presented her the same award 27 YEARS AGO… this was not a good look Taylor, I’m sorry.”
While Swift perhaps didn’t have her best moment onstage with Dion, things behind the scenes went much better. Shortly after the two music superstars left the stage, they were photographed in an adoring hug. Dion looked happily into the camera’s lens as Swift gently embraced the “My Heart Will Go On” singer and nuzzled into her neck. Their smiles told a much different tale than what was raging on social media at that moment.
Swifties were quick to note that everything was fine, and that Swift might have been caught up in the moment when she received her Album of the Year award. “This is very sweet. It’s an honor to have THEE Céline Dion be the one to hand you AOTY,” a fan wrote on X about their photo together. But some viewers felt it was too little, too late and their backstage snapshot felt like a PR stunt. “They made her clean that up real quick! PR crisis lol,” a critic noted. Let’s hope Dion didn’t feel slighted in that moment because her contributions to the music industry are too big to ignore.
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