"On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him"
About this Quote
“I'm gonna marry him” is taboo-flavored hyperbole meant to shock and soften at once. It’s a comic shortcut to say: no partner, no career accolade, no entourage feels as stabilizing as this bond. In celebrity culture, where intimacy is constantly monetized and interrupted, the parent-child relationship becomes one of the few connections that can be framed as unquestionable. Dion leans into that culturally sanctioned purity, then pushes it past the line for effect.
Context matters: Dion’s public persona has long been built on sincerity turned up to stadium volume. Her emotional maximalism is part brand, part survival strategy. This quote fits that tradition - love expressed so loudly it becomes slightly unhinged, which is also why it’s memorable. The subtext is less “romance” than dependency: a glimpse of how fame can narrow a person’s private world until family becomes not just love, but an existential anchor.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Dion, Celine. (2026, January 16). On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/on-her-son-rene-oh-my-god-when-hes-20-years-old-132304/
Chicago Style
Dion, Celine. "On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/on-her-son-rene-oh-my-god-when-hes-20-years-old-132304/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/on-her-son-rene-oh-my-god-when-hes-20-years-old-132304/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.










