Canadian singer Michael Bublé, known for his smooth voice and captivating stage presence, has been focusing on his family for the past few years.
In 2016, the Bublé family was hit with devastating news when their young son Noah was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of liver cancer. Noah was just 3 years old when they received the shocking diagnosis.
Without hesitation, Bublé and his wife, Argentinean actress Luisana Lopilato, put their careers on hold. “Everyone understood in my world what my priority was,” Bublé told People. “We all go through things. You just hope you learn something about yourself and you learn something about the people with you.”
During this tough time, Bublé took a break from his music, feeling ‘so unstable and vulnerable.’ His wife also paused her acting career to support their son.
By February 2018, there was hope. After undergoing chemotherapy, Noah was reportedly “on the mend.” At 5 years old, he went into remission following surgery and more treatment.
Bublé reflected on this challenging period, saying, “I’ve been through a lot, obviously. When I made the last record [in 2018], my son had just been in remission and I wasn’t ready to come back.” The experience profoundly changed him.
“You don’t go through big things in your life, dramatic things like I’ve gone through or my wife has gone through without it having an effect on you,” Bublé explained.
The Canadian star has kept details of Noah’s treatment private, but in 2018, he opened up on “The Late Late Show with James Corden.”
With tears in his eyes, he admitted that Noah’s story was “too hard to talk about” and expressed his gratitude, saying, “We all moved and we lived at [Children’s Hospital Los Angeles] and we just had the best doctors and, God, thank you, Jesus Christ.”
Bublé continued, “I’m not OK. My wife and I, when this all started, I became the strength to somehow pull us and lift us and to be positive. And when they got [the cancer] out, and the chemo was done, and they said, ‘We did it, it’s good, he’s OK,’ I fell. I just fell.”
“My wife picks me up now,” he added, showing the emotional toll the experience took on him.
He also shared a touching moment about Noah’s love for superheroes. “They’re fake,” Bublé said of characters like Superman and Spiderman. “They’re not real. You’re a superhero. You’re MY hero. A real superhero,” he told his son.
Michael and Luisana married in 2011 and have four children: two sons, born in 2013 and 2016, and two daughters, born in 2018 and 2022. Bublé, who loves being a dad, believes that “family is everything.”
He offers this advice to parents: “Soak up every single minute. Look at the world through their eyes, because they have this sense of wonderment,” Bublé told TODAY. “If you miss it, you’ll be searching for [that] feeling for the rest of your life.”
Today, Bublé is back to focusing on his music. Earlier this year, he released “Higher,” his eleventh studio album, and is gearing up for a tour in Great Britain in 2023. “I can’t wait to be back in arenas across the UK – it’s going to be true arena spectacle! I’m so excited for people to experience it!” he says.
It’s incredible how faith and family have helped Bublé through such a difficult time. I’m so glad Noah is doing well and that their family is finding joy again!
