A French-language station in Montreal has been forced to pull a parody of Celine Dion’s latest single after the pop diva’s manager husband threatened to sue. The afternoon show on CKMF recorded a French version of Dion's latest hit ‘I'm Alive’ called ‘A m'enarve’ - which translates as ‘She Drives Me Nuts’. The comedy track has been airing on Montreal station and on eight others within the same radio group for six weeks when Rene Angelil called to complain.
Station Manager Luc Tremblay told reporters: "He was not happy at the time and not relaxed. But he was very classy. He has a way of being angry that's very civilized." Following his phone call Angelil filed a formal legal notice and told a French-language television network in Canada that it's illegal to parody a song like this without the singer's permission. "I was ashamed that Celine is played on a radio station that, in my opinion, displays a vulgar and disturbing tone." Tremblay said he agreed to pull the spoof, in large part, because it had run its course anyway. But other skits would continue, he said, noting that his afternoon show reached close to one million listeners across the province and not one complaint was received about the ‘I'm Alive’ spoof.