Cannon also talks about what went wrong with Mariah — comparing the situation to Trump and Putin having to live in the same house — before sharing if he’s still romantic with his kids’ moms.
Nick Cannon opened up about the intricacies of raising 12 kids with six different women while responding to the public’s perception of his very unique living situation.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times over the weekend, Cannon, 42, said he’s “scowled” because he has so many kids. “I hear all the time: ‘You can’t be there for all those kids.’ So that’s why I’m getting this super fast dad title,” he told the publication – acknowledging that the “story” around him right now is, “He’s got a bunch of kids.”
“But I’m really in a place now where I don’t care what people know. I’d rather just operate,” he added. “It’s more about actually being a good person rather than telling people you are a good person.”
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Analyzing how he navigated as a father for so many kids, he explained that he has a calendar for each of them with their schedules for school and extracurricular activities… and spends most of the time with his kids by acting as their driver. He told the outlet that he usually spends the night with the kid he drops off last…
“Often it’s whoever called me that day, to be honest,” he added where he decides to sleep, “I’m such a creature of habit. I love who loves me.” Cannon also said the women are “so busy that no one wants to have sex with me anymore” — adding, “Everyone is focusing on the kids.”
While he said he feels guilty about being spread so thinly, he added that he often brings it up in therapy and copes with being as present a parent as possible when he’s with his kids. “It’s not about what I do for you or what I say to you, it’s about how you feel when I’m with you,” he added. “If you feel loved when you see your dad, that’s going to resonate.”
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The “Wild ‘N Out” host shares 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey. Cannon is also father to sons Golden and Rise Messiah, as well as daughter Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell, son Legendary with Bre Tiesi, daughter Onyx with LaNisha Cole and three children – daughter Beautiful and twin boys Zion and Zillion – with Abby De La Rosa.
Cannon recently welcomed his 12th child, daughter Halo Marie, with Alyssa Scott in December. He and the model were also parents to son Zen, who died of a brain tumor in 2021 after five months.
Of the women he shares children with, Cannon said they all knew he wasn’t looking for traditional relationships when they got involved with him. Although he was once married to Mariah Carey, it seems that a future marriage is not on the cards for Nick. someone you don’t even know.”
And speaking of Mariah, Cannon provided some insight into why he believed the relationship between them just wasn’t working.
“Imagine Trump and Putin living in the same house,” he explained. “It wasn’t even about her and me — we’ve always been good. It was more about understanding that instead of making it about our relationship and what I want or what you want, we just have to do what’s best it’s for the kids.”
View the full profile in the Los Angeles Times.
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