Grammy award-winning crooner, Michael Bublé, 46, has gone through every parent’s worst nightmare. This week, in the spirit of the forthcoming festive season, a reflective Bublé opened up to People about his 8-year-old son Noah’s battle with liver cancer.
Bublé told the US publication: “I don’t wish that kind of pain upon any human being, but I do feel that when you’ve truly suffered when you’ve truly felt fear and loss, it allows you to live a deeper life.”
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Back in 2016, at just 3-years-old, little Noah was diagnosed with hepatoblastomas, a rare type of liver cancer, and has been in remission since 2017. During a radio interview earlier this November, Bublé spoke about how he and his wife still have “scanxiety” despite their son’s full recovery.
Two year’s later, while on tour in Australia, he told the Today Show that the ordeal was “the worst possible thing that you can hear as a parent” adding,” I much rather would have it have been me.”
However, Bublé told People that the ordeal had made him reassess the way he approached life, making him far more adventurous with his choices.
“I really opened myself up to the universe and I never said no. I just kept saying yes,” he said. “My grandpa used to say, ‘Today’s curse is tomorrow’s blessing’.”
Bublé also expressed gratitude for all the support he’s received from the public. The singer said he feels “indebted” to those, who during his family’s “darkest times”, continued to offer their love and support.
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To Bublé those people are more than just “fans”.
“You’ll never hear me say the word ‘fan’ ever. It’s a derogatory word. It’s short for fanatical, and those people are not fanatics — they’re my family, my friends and strangers in the dark,” Bublé says.
And as the holiday season approaches, the silky-voiced Home singer will be gifting his supporters with an upcoming Christmas special, Michael Bublé’s Christmas in the City, out December 6, as his chart-topping album Christmas marks its 10th anniversary with a deluxe re-issue.
For Bublé the holidays offer a space for everyone to get through the tough times they might be enduring.
“There’s a lot of darkness out there, and a lot of cynical people, and it’s the one time of year where we just sort of drop the veneer of toughness and we let a little bit of sentimentality. Because when we’re scared, when we have fear, we lose our greatest attributes: kindness, goodness and the love of humanity,” he told People.