Michael Bublé was interviewed by Smooth’s Kate Garraway for Global’s Make Some Noise. The charity helps disadvantaged youngsters across the UK by giving a voice to small charities and projects that struggle to raise awareness.
On his love for Ant & Dec and how he thinks they couldn’t host the BRITS as they had other commitments:
KG: Now look, do you know Ant and Dec because they’ve been the established hosts for years? Have they contacted you, have they given you any advice?
MB: I actually know them very well, and I love them so much. Not just how great they are because obviously you guys know, you’ve have watched them for years on television now and you know how talented they are but what’s beautiful is getting an opportunity to hang out with them and their families and to know that they’re everything you’d hoped they would be. I mean they’re just real guys, they’re beautiful people with beautiful families and I think the truth is, the reason I’m doing it isn’t because I got chosen over anyone else, I think that they had other commitments because I’m sure they would have had them back for the third time.
KG: They’re ruined now they’re down to their last million, you’ve destroyed them Michael!
MB: I pray they find the time to come and hang with me on the show, that to me would be a true joy.
On Drake’s awkward experience hosting the JUNO Awards when he lost out on six awards:
KG: So look, we know you’ve got four Grammys, you’ve been nominated for The BRIT Awards but you’ve not actually won one, so is this your sneaky way of leveraging your way in to win one?
MB: To win? Oh I don’t even think I’ll be nominated to be honest with you. Can I be completely frank about something? I’m not a big fan of hosting in a year when I’m up for stuff. I just think it kind of looks weird. When I hosted the JUNO Awards in Canada, I tried to make sure it was in a year when the record couldn’t be nominated, because it can look kind of strange. There was one year when Drake was the host, he was nominated for six and he lost all six so it was kind of just like those “urgh” moments every time he’s up on stage going “and the winner is…not me again!”, it’s such a subjective thing winning awards, that’s not what it’s about. It’s about getting to hang out and get drunk with your favourite celebrities.
KG: Of course it is and that’s what we always hoped it would be.
On having lots of experience hosting awards shows…or not!
KG: Have you done many awards ceremonies before?
MB: Yeah, as a matter of fact, yeah…I’ve hosted the JUNOs in Canada which are our Grammys, I’ve hosted the Academy Awards, The Emmys, The Golden Globes
KG: So you’ve done alright, it’s not a bad CV?
MB: No, I’ve lied, I’ve just lied to you about many things. I’ve hosted only one of those shows. But I thought I could just pump myself up so people would think “oh he’s gonna be great, he’s done this a ton.”
