Jessica Alba surprises dad by buying his childhood home
Jessica Alba has spent the past three years working towards buying her parents a house, but not just any house, she bought her father's childhood home.
She took to Instagram to make the announcement, with a teaser video of her special home-renovation project.
"Almost three years ago, I started the project of my dreams… I surprised my parents by buying them a house!!" she began.
"Now, it wasn't just any house – it was extra sentimental as it was my grandparent's house that my father grew up in," she continued.
"After my grandfather passed away, my parents were planning on selling the house in order to pay for my grandmother's medical bills. Well… I pretended like I was going to help them flip it before selling when in reality, I had planned to buy it for them all along."
She published the first part of her renovation series on YouTube and in it explained the sentimental value of the house and how it was a symbol for her father, who was an immigrant from Mexico, that "he had made it".
Her family initially planned to sell it to ease some of their financial burden, as her grandmother required "24/7 care" but Alba wanted to keep the house in the family and so her plan began.
"Instead of it giving to a stranger, I wanted to keep this home in our family," she said in the YouTube series.
The moment Alba surprised her parents was also captured in the video, with her father brought to tears as he was overcome with emotion.
"That's so sweet Jessica. That's a big surprise," he said while embracing his daughter.
"I'm very proud of you."
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