The Late Late Showβs Carpool Karaoke segments are usually lighthearted, but last nightβs took a serious turn, as Michael BublΓ© opened up to James Corden about his son Noahβs battle with liver cancer.
The first 10 minutes of the segment is typical Carpool Karaoke fare β the two sang some of the croonerβs greatest hits such as βHavenβt Met You Yetβ and βItβs A Beautiful Dayβ β but things got heavy in the last five minutes.
βItβs so hard to have to acknowledge it βcause itβs so painful to have to talk about,β Michael says after James asks him about Noah. βObviously we got the diagnosis and...that was it, man. My whole life ended.β
An emotional Michael then recounts how his entire family moved to L.A. to be with Noah while he was being treated. As for how he and wife Luisana survived emotionally, Michael says, βI became the strength to somehow pull us and lift us and to be positive.β βAnd when they got it out and the chemo was done and...they said, βWe did it, itβs good, heβs O.K.,β I fell [apart]. I just fell,β he admits. βAnd my wife picks me up now.β
These days, five-year-old Noah is fine. Michael said. βI say to him, βcause he loves Spider-Man, βSpider-Manβs amazing, Supermanβs amazing but theyβre fake. Theyβre not real. Youβre a superhero. Youβre my hero. My real superhero.β
BublΓ© encouraged viewers to contribute to Stand Up to Cancer before he and Corden ended the emotional session with a stirring rendition of βHome.β