Michael Bublé Says Son’s Cancer Diagnosis Urged Him to Live ‘A Better Life’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Singer Michael Bublé is opening up about how his son’s liver cancer diagnosis changed his life.
“My son’s cancer diagnosis rocked my world,” he said. “It pulled the curtain from over my eyes. And that was a sledgehammer to my reality. And I will never be carefree, and that’s okay. It is a privilege for me to exist, and that pain, the fear, the suffering that comes with those sorts of things is, I guess it’s part of that beautiful, this life.”
Bublé’s son Noah, 10, was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2016 at the age of 3.
“I remember closing my eyes and saying to myself ‘If we get out of this…I’m living a different life. A better life,’” he said. “And I did. I made that promise to myself in a moment, you know. I want to be kinder. I want to be more empathetic. I don’t ever want to allow that ego and that false self to take over. I want to know how lucky I am.”
“I don’t think I had my priorities straight,” Bublé continued. “I mean, my family was always my love, but I don’t think I was a terrible guy, but dude, it was blinders. Career. Ambition. How do I become the baddest, biggest, best. You know, more ego, more power, more money.”
“And on Halloween, however many years ago that was, dude it’s like life was lived with a curtain in front of me. Like a filter. And the moment that they said this is what’s happening, that reality hit me,” he explained.
“Filter gone. And I mean, in a moment. In one moment. Gone. And I went, ‘Ok. This is it. This is life. This is it, this is what’s important.'”
The musician also reflected on how his wife, Luisana Lopilato, was his rock during the challenging time.
“I look at my wife, you know, it’s like…how did that happen? How did I get, you know, this incredible human being, who’s the best of all of us, you know, to sort of lead me through and carry me through these things,” he added.
Noah has been in remission since 2017. Bublé and Lopilato also share Elias, 7, Vida, 5, and Cielo, 15 months.
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