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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/05/07/michael1.jpg"/><figcaption>Michael Bublé gave his grandfather&#x27;s Filipina caregiver a brand new home in Vancouver, as seen in an episode of the US show, &#x27;Celebrity IOU.&#x27; <em>HGTV</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Michael Bublé has gifted a Filipina health worker a house as part of his grandfather’s dying wish. </p><p>As seen in the newest episode of the US show “Celebrity IOU,” the singer gave the Pinay, named Minette, who worked with his grandfather for eight years, a newly-renovated home in Canada so she wouldn’t have to pay rent anymore. </p><p>It was what his grandfather Demetrio would have wanted, explained Bublé, before saying: “I think my grandpa would be thrilled knowing that we could maybe lessen the burden a little bit in allowing Minette to continue helping her family without it being so hard on her.” </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/05/07/michael2.jpg"/><figcaption>Michael Bublé was very much hands on with the changes they made to his grandpa&#x27;s home before giving it to Minette. <em>HGTV</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>According to Bublé, Minette sent most of her earnings back to her family in the Philippines. </p><p>He described her as a “really compassionate, kind empathetic human being with a great sense of humor, a great zest for life, who sort of never did anything for herself.” </p><p>He also recalled how quickly his grandfather warmed up to Minette, even when he initially resented the idea of hiring a nurse. He shared that to them Minette became like family, “almost instantly.” </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/05/07/michael3.jpg"/><figcaption>Michael Bublé poses with Minette in a front of the home he gave her. <em>HGTV</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Bublé said that the Vancouver property, which his grandfather built “with his own two hands” in the 1970s, was very close to his heart. &quot;The greatest moments of my life happened here,” he remembered. “The songs I learned and the style of music I fell in love with, they all happened her.”</p><p>But he decided to give it to Minette because his grandfather really hoped she could live in it. </p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/PropertyBrothers/posts/2912746142093949" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Prior to handing the home to Minette, Bublé sought the help of Drew and Jonathan Scott of &quot;Property Brothers&quot; fame —also the stars of HGTV-produced show “Celebrity IOU”— to redesign it. </p><p>They also tricked her to make her think that they were shooting a documentary so that they could surprise her with the place. </p><p>Minette was unsurprisingly brought to tears by the generous gift, saying: “&#x27;It is so much, really, really so much. I have no words right now. It hasn’t sunk in yet. It&#x27;s beautiful, beautiful.” </p>

<p>Michael Bublé has gifted a Filipina health worker a house as part of his grandfather’s dying wish. </p>

Michael Bublé has gifted a Filipina health worker a house as part of his grandfather’s dying wish.