Michael Bublé Opens Up About Son’s Cancer Battle in Emotional Carpool Karaoke Segment
Michael Bublé’s turn in The Late Late Show’s beloved Carpool Karaoke took an unexpected and deeply moving turn. While fans tuned in to hear the Canadian crooner belt out hits like “Haven’t Met You Yet” and “It’s A Beautiful Day”, what lingered most was his raw honesty about one of the darkest chapters of his life: his young son’s battle with liver cancer.
A Father’s Heartbreak
In 2016, Bublé’s son Noah, then just three years old, was diagnosed with liver cancer. The news, he admitted to host James Corden, shattered his world.
“It’s so hard to have to acknowledge it because it’s so painful to talk about,” Bublé said through tears. “We got the diagnosis and that was it, man, my whole life ended.”
The singer recalled how he forced himself to be strong for his family in those terrifying months. “When this all started, I became the strength to somehow pull us and lift us and to be positive,” he shared. But when the treatments worked and the doctors finally said Noah was in the clear, Bublé said he collapsed under the weight of it all: “When they got [the cancer] out and the chemo was done and they said, ‘We did it, it’s good, he’s okay,’ I fell, I just fell. My wife picks me up now.”
A Call to Action
The segment, filmed in association with Stand Up to Cancer, wasn’t just about reliving pain — it was about hope. Bublé encouraged viewers to support cancer research, reminding them that breakthroughs depend on collective action.
“There’s hope and treatments and there’s medicines haven’t been discovered and will be discovered because of you,” he said passionately. “You think you’re one little person who can’t change [things], but all of us can completely, completely make that huge difference. If you do it and you save just one little person, that’s it. That’s what life is, that’s all that this is simple.”
Music Meets Meaning
Though laughter and music filled much of the ride, it was the vulnerability in Bublé’s words that struck deepest. The emotional Carpool Karaoke reminded fans that behind the velvet voice is a father who endured unthinkable fear and came out grateful, hopeful, and determined to help others facing the same fight.
