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Singer Céline Dion issued a statement on Saturday criticizing former President Donald Trump’s campaign for the “unauthorized” use of her music at a recent campaign rally and mocking the campaign’s song choices.

The Trump campaign has played Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” at several campaign events in 2023 and 2024, although Dion said in her statement that she and her management team only recently became aware of the use, specifically pointing out that the song was played at Trump’s rally in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday.

“Today, Céline Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized use of the video, recording, musical performance and likeness of Céline Dion singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at a Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” Dion said in a statement posted on her X and Instagram accounts.

“This use is in no way authorized, and Céline Dion does not endorse this or any similar use. … And really, THIS song?”

“My Heart Will Go On” is a romantic ballad that served as the theme song to James Cameron’s “Titanic”. It was released in 1997 and is one of the best-selling singles of all time.

CNN has reached out to the Trump team and asked if the song will no longer be played at future events.

Rihanna, the Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen and the estate of George Harrison, as well as other musicians, have previously objected to the use of their music in Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns, dating back to his first candidacy in 2016.

Dion made headlines last month after returning to the stage at the Olympics opening ceremony with a performance of Edith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’amour.” It was her first concert appearance since announcing that she suffers from stiff person syndrome, “a rare, progressive syndrome affecting the nervous system, particularly the brain and spinal cord,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.