Fran Drescher gives the gift of life to her longtime housemates who have become friends.
In this week’s episode celebrity bonds, actress, 66, enlists Drew and Jonathan Scott to help her renovate her housekeepers’ family home. After 30 years of Angelica and Roman’s unwavering love and support, Drescher says she hopes to give back a little of what they showed her.
“There’s your biological family and then there’s your logical family, and I think they’re my logical family,” she says.
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PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the episode (above), in which Drescher puts the finishing touches on the remodel while the couple is out of town visiting family in Guadalajara, Mexico. And the actress and Property Brothers choke a little before the revelation.
“They’re such wonderful people and it’s just such a great gift,” Drescher tells the twins. “I’ll run out of mascara before they arrive!” she adds, trying to hold back tears.
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Angelica and Ramon, who immigrated to Los Angeles from Mexico, lived in the house for decades, building a community and raising their three children. Nanny star says she hopes the remodel will bring life back to the home that holds so many memories.
“It’s my pleasure to help people I truly love,” Drescher says in the episode. “They are the greatest salt on earth, wonderful people.”
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Over the years, Drescher says that Ramon and Angelica have been by her side through thick and thin, and that showed their true love for her.
“I survived cancer and they were there to help me through it — from the first diagnosis they stood by me and supported me,” he explains. “I went through a painful divorce, they were there for me. It was not an easy time. I’m sure it wasn’t easy for me to be around.”
“I feel so blessed to know Ramon and Angelica,” she added.
With only a month to complete the renovations while Angelica and Ramon are away, the episode is a race to the finish line. As Drescher and the team begin, they lighten the walls and install a new kitchen — which includes a dishwasher, something the family never had before — while also dealing with a termite problem in the ceiling.
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When the couple finally returns from their trip, the Scott brothers have just finished the house.
Both Ramon and Angelica get emotional and thank Drescher, “I never imagined this could happen to us,” says Ramon.
Angelica, who loves to cook, notes that she can’t wait to make tamales for her family in their new kitchen as Ramon fights back tears. “A beautiful house, beautiful children, my beautiful wife – my American dream has come true,” says Ramon.
Celebrity bonds airs on HGTV every Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
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