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Michael Bublé reveals plans to retire following son’s cancer battle

The singer hinted that his next album will be his last

Michael Bublé could be retiring from music following his son’s heartbreaking cancer struggle.

The Canadian singer, 43, stepped away from his work in 2016 after Noah was diagnosed with liver cancer.

In what he said is his last ever interview, Michael confirmed he no longer “has the stomach” for the industry.

Speaking to the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine, out today, he explained: “I don’t have the stomach for it any more. The celebrity narcissism. This is my last interview. I’m retiring.

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“I decided I’ll never read my name again in print, never read a review, and I never have. I decided I’d never use social media again, and I never have. You just want to die. I don’t even know how I was breathing.”

Michael Buble (L) and Luisana Lopilato attend Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Michael with his wife Luisana (Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)

When Noah was diagnosed at the age of three, Michael took a break from music to help his wife, Argentine actress and model Luisana Lopilato, look after their son.

Michael previously opened up about the impact of his son’s cancer in an interview with Australia’s Today show, when he said: “It sucked and it still sucks, because what we went through was the worst possible thing that you could hear as a parent and maybe as a human being.

“I’d much rather it’d have been me. I wished that many times, I wished that it happened to me.”

Fighting back tears, Michael said he and his wife struggled to “breathe” and some days wished they “didn’t wake up”.

He added: “When we did, we felt the love of those people, we knew they were praying for us. We knew there was goodness out there – it gave us faith in humanity, to be really blunt. It was just massive.”

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Michael’s youngest, Vida, was born earlier this year (Credit: Instagram)

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Noah, now aged five, is free of cancer and Michael has since returned to music – but his new album, Love, could be his last.

He said: “Now I’m just singing the music I love. Maybe when you let go, maybe that’s when it comes back to you.

“I’m retiring from the business. I’ve made the perfect record and now I can leave at the very top.”

Michael and Luisana have two other children – 11-week-old Vida and Elias, two.

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