Born in 2001, Angelique Weckenmann is known as the supposed girlfriend of René-Charles Angélil, Céline Dion’s eldest son. They reportedly met for the first time in 2016, bonding over their shared passion for ice sports. The young woman practices figure skating at the Las Vegas Ice Center, while René-Charles is a member of the Las Vegas Storm ice hockey club.
Angélique Weckenmann has a degree in real estate. After working as a barista at Starbucks, she landed a job at the Wynn casino hotel in Las Vegas. Her Russian-born mother, Ekaterina, works for the parent company, Wynn Resorts, in the accounting department. The occupation of her father, Gary, is unknown. She has a half-brother on her father’s side, named Nicolas, who is passionate about boxing.
Things you need to know about Angelique Weckenmann, René-Charles Angélil’s girlfriend
French magazine Closer reported on Tuesday that René-Charles Angélil and his famous mother Céline Dion were going through a troubled period, and had even cut ties.
According to the magazine, this is due to the 22-year-old’s girlfriend, American Angelique Weckenmann.
But who is this mysterious Angelique who, still according to Closer, is a bad influence on RCA and whom our national Céline “wouldn’t particularly like” to quote Voici.fr?
Here are 12 things to know about her:
#1- René-Charles and Angelique’s relationship isn’t new, as Vedette Québec published a piece on the romance between the two then-teens back in August 2016.
#2- Angelique practiced figure skating at the Las Vegas Ice Center, while René-Charles was part of the local field hockey team, the Storm.
#3- She’s 22 years old.
#4- She has a degree in real estate, according to the French media.
#5- Céline Dion had already talked about it during an appearance on Sucré Salé in 2016. (à 8:53)
#6- She once worked as a barista in a Starbucks.
#7- She currently works at the Wynn casino in Las Vegas.
#8- Contrary to what many gossip sites claim, her family does not own the casino where she works.
#9- However, her mother Ekaterina (who was born in Russia) works for the parent company, Wynn Resorts, in the accounting department.
#10- Her father Gary is very discreet on social networks.
#11- His half-brother Nicholas has long been a boxer and owns his own company specializing in smart homes and solar panels.
#12- Nicholas’s mother, Cari Carpenter, who is also Angelique’s father’s ex-wife (are you still following?), was proud to show on Facebook that her son had chilled with RCA in 2019, but very few people noticed and nobody liked the photos.