Michael Bublé Claims He Could've Been a 'Bigger Star' If He Didn't Start a Family

Michael Bublé is getting candid about his career.

During an interview on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, the 46-year-old performer opened up about his work-life balance and the impact having a family has had on his fame.

Click inside to find out what he said…

“You can’t do both successfully. Relatively, you can have success, but I think one always suffers,” he observed. “It’s funny, if you talk to my manager, he’s a beautiful guy but he’s managed a lot of big careers, he’d say flat out, ‘If Bublé didn’t get married and have those kids he’d be a bigger star, easily, truthfully.’”

Michael and his wife Luisana Lopilato met in 2008 when they were introduced after a concert and tied the knot in 2011. The pair share nine-year-old Noah, six-year-old Elias, four-year-old Vida, and baby Cielo.

“My manager always says to me, ‘It isn’t tough to make the decisions kid, it’s tough to live with the consequences of those decisions, so can you live with the consequences of that Mike? If you put your family first it’s going to hurt our career in those countries, what do you think?’” the singer continued. “And, of course, for me it sucks as, of course, I’m telling you here that I’m thinking about it all the time and I’m sitting in bed thinking, ‘Oh damn.’”

Michael noted that his latest album, Higher, performed well in the U.K. but was less successful in Italy and Holland, which he attributes to not being able to promote there.

“Since I came to the UK to do that press it meant that on that trip I didn’t go to Holland or Italy, I had to make the choice, ‘OK where will I spend the time,’ and that probably wasn’t great for Italy, wasn’t great for the chart numbers in Italy, Holland could have been better, that’s kind of what I mean,” he said.

Earlier this year, Michael revealed what the “greatest moment” of his life has been. Find out what he said here.