Sterling K. Brown shows his love and gratitude to the woman who helped raise his children.
The Black panther star, 47, is teaming up with Drew and Jonathan Scott to surprise their nanny and friend of more than seven years, Zoila, with a complete kitchen transformation. PEOPLE got an exclusive first look at the touching season finale Celebrity bonds which premieres this Monday on HGTV.
During the episode, Brown expresses his gratitude to Zoila for helping him and his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathe, raise their two sons, Andrew and Amaré.
“Zoila is my salvation,” he says. “Honestly, my wife and I are very busy people. It is irreplaceable to have someone in your home whom you trust unconditionally.” Brown adds that being a Los Angeles transplant (he’s originally from St. Louis, Missouri), he says “you kind of have to create your own family.”
The This is us alum works alongside the twin brothers to create a more practical kitchen and dining area for Zoila’s four children and adopted granddaughter.
“I think Zoila deserves a big gesture,” says Brown. “She radiates joy and light wherever she goes.”
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Sterling K. Brown with his children’s nanny, Zoila, alongside Drew and Jonathan Scott on ‘Celebrity IOU.’
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In the exclusive sneak peek above, Brown gets to work tearing down a wall in Zoila’s home that created an awkward divide between the kitchen and living room.
“To be able to connect those two spaces in such a way that they’re not separate and distinct — but a continuum of living — is something that I think is going to be wonderful,” he says.
Drew tells Brown to put away the sledgehammer and use his hands to break through what’s left of the wall to get an idea of what the space will turn into.
The camera then pans to the actor holding his hands and quips, “Here, this is power, baby.”
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Sterling K. Brown poses with Drew and Jonathan Scott on the season finale of ‘Celebrity IOU.’
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During an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in December, Drew opened up about the whole rebuilding process with Brown and recalled how Zoila “worked really hard” to buy a home so she could legally adopt her granddaughter.
“She [Zoila] was in the process of adopting her granddaughter,” Drew told PEOPLE, “and the problem is that the courts or the system said she wasn’t allowed to unless she really had a house that could work for that many people.”
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Sterling K. Brown appears on the season finale of ‘Celebrity IOU’ on Monday.
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After finally finding an affordable home outside of Los Angeles, Drew shared that Zoila realized that “it’s not really possible to have a family there.”
“The kitchen was not working. The dining room was not working,” he said. “So Sterling brought us in to help transform her completely so she could enjoy herself and be able to legally adopt her granddaughter and have her as part of her home. It’s a really moving story.”
Celebrity bonds airs Mondays on HGTV at 8:00 PM ET.
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