'He can't eat so I feed him through a tube': Celine Dion breaks down in tears in candid interview about nursing her husband through difficult battle with throat cancer

 

Celine Dion broke down in tears while opening up about her manager and husband René Angélil's battle with throat cancer. 

The 46-year-old, who took a year off to nurse her husband during his treatment, revealed he has to be fed by a feeding tube. (Earlier this week, she announced she is returning to her Las Vegas residency in August.)

'He can't eat so I feed him,' Dion told ABC News reporter Deborah Roberts. 'He's got a feeding tube. I have to feed him three times a day.' 

Angélil, 73, was also pictured looking frail while posing with Roberts and Dion after the interview in Las Vegas.

 

Dion and Angélil have been married since 1994, after meeting 14 years prior. 

They have three sons together, René Charles, 14, and fraternal twins Eddy and Nelson, 4, whom Dion says have walked through their father's cancer battle. 

We are taking life one day at a time,' she said. '[But] we are choosing to live.'

Dion took an indefinite leave from the stage last year to care for Angélil after he was diagnosed with cancer for a second time. 

René was first diagnosed with throat cancer in 1999, and Celine also took a break at that time to help him recuperate.

The singer will resume her residency at Caesars Palace Las Vegas in late August with a new act, according to her rep.

On August 13 last year, Celine released a statement to her fans confirming that she would be leaving her Vegas residency due to her husband's poor health.

'I want to devote every ounce of my strength and energy to my husband's healing, and to do so, it's important for me to dedicate this time to him and to our children,' she said.

'I also want to apologize to all my fans everywhere, for inconveniencing them, and I thank them so much for their love and support.'