Celine Dion says she misses 'everything' about late husband Rene Angelil but has 'let go of the pain'

Celine Dion's late husband Rene Angelil will always hold a special place in her heart.

The Canadian pop superstar, 51, opened up about Angelil, who passed away from cancer in 2016, in an emotional interview for CBS This Morning that aired today. Asked by journalist Gayle King what she missed most about him, the 'My Heart Will Go On' singer said "everything."

"His smell. His touch. His way of making me laugh," Dion said. "It's, like, when I'm not on stage and my fans are home and I go in a hotel, for example, I don't have any pillow talk."

The five-time Grammy Award winner was married to Angelil for 22 years, and he managed her entire career up until his passing from throat cancer.

They shared three sons: René-Charles Angelil, 18, and nine-year-old twins Eddy and Nelson Angelil.

She told King that while she will feel close to Angelil "forever," she is no longer in pain.

"Rene will always be with me, but I'm not in pain. Let go of the pain. Say yes. Say yes for dance. Say yes for friendship," she said. 

"Say yes for love maybe one day. I don't know."

But she added that she's not stressed to strike up a new romance.

"I'm an open book… I'm open. Am I ready? No. Will it happen? I don't know," she added. "But I'm not stressed at all. I'm enjoying my life so much more now than ever before."

Dion's interview comes as she's embarked on her Courage World Tour, her 10th global outing of her career, and the release of her 26th studio album, Courage.