‘THERE ARE GRAVE FEARS FOR HER WELLBEING’

Four years after the loss of her husband,nd, there is concern for Celine Dion

If Celine Dion’s closest friends pictured a worst-case scenario for the singer after her husband Rene Angelil passed away, this must be it.

Woman’s Day has learned that four years after Rene’s death from throat cancer, the Canadian singer is struggling to keep afloat and is making poor decisions, both in her music and in her private life.

At 51, the mum-of-three has been partying until all hours with her back-up dancer Pepe Munoz – who sources say, calls himself her best friend, closest confidant, creative director and unofficial life coach.

“If Celine’s had a big night, you can guarantee Pepe isn’t far away. The argument from him is that she never really had a youth because she’s been famous her whole life, and it’s time she enjoyed herself ,” says a source.

OFF THE CHARTS

The culmination of Celine’s downfall is said to have hit a low earlier this month, when her latest album debuted at number one before plummeting out of the top 100 within a week – a record. “She’s upset. All hell has broken loose,” a source says of the moment she found out.

“Without Rene around, no one knows what she’s doing,” another source says. “She’s spending all her time with a person who has told her Rene was an old guy and she should live like she’s in her 20s. That’s her state of mind.”

LOSING WEIGHT

Making matters worse for Celine is her weight, which continues to fall from her thin frame. “She has no interest in eating,” says one friend.

“The problem is, she never had much meat on her bones to begin with. Pepe’s putting her in all these ridiculous and bombastic outfits in, I guess, an attempt to hide how thin she is, but it’s not working.

“There are huge fears for her wellbeing but she won’t be told – she’s giving interviews insisting Pepe is her best friend and she’s living her best life now.”

SOULMATES

Celine, the youngest child of 14, met music producer Rene, her husband of 22 years, when she was 12 and he was 38, after her parents sent him a video of her singing.

He began representing her as her agent, and when she was 18, love blossomed ossomed and they began n dating. They married in 1994, when Celine was 26, and later welcomed omed son Rene-charles, arles, now

18, and twins Eddy and Nelson, nine.

Rene died on January 14, 2016 016 after a long battle attle with throat cancer.

“Rene-charles arles has been the man of the house since his dad died and he’s old enough to know that something’s s not right with th his mum,” says our source.

Friends are concerned for the singer more e than ever, given that on January 14 it will be the fourth anniversary of Rene’s death.

‘She never had much h meat on her bones to begin gin with’