Nick Cannon admits having 12 kids was a response to trauma
(NewsNation) — Nick Cannon admits he was being “careless” when having 12 kids, calling it a trauma response.
Cannon, 44, was on “The Breakfast Club” on Monday when he spoke openly about how and why he became a dad of multiple kids.
"It wasn't like I was acting out. It was more of being careless, being frivolous with my process because I could do it, because I had the money (and) because I had the access to whoever and however I wanted to move," he said.
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“The Masked Singer” host added, "Then, obviously, life happens as well, so it wasn't like, 'Oh, I'm gonna go have 12 kids.' It was more about like, 'Yo, I'm gonna just live life and have fun and whatever happens happens. I can handle it.'"
Nick Cannon: I didn’t take the time to do the work
He told the radio show that as he gets older, he realizes he could have thought through the “process” of having kids and taken the time to do the “inner work” and "healing" after divorcing Mariah Carey in 2016, according to People Magazine.
“Things might have been a little different in certain scenarios."
Cannon said he doesn’t know if doing the inner work would have prevented him from having so many kids, telling "Breakfast Club” host Charlemagne the God, “I've always said this, every child that I had was made out of love and there were strong relationships."
Who are Nick Cannon’s kids?
Cannon is the father of twins, Moroccan and Monroe, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Mariah Carey. He also has sons Golden Sagon and Rise Messiah, along with daughter Powerful Queen, with Brittany Bell.
With Abby De La Rosa, he has twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, as well as daughter Beautiful Zeppelin.
Cannon's children also include son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi and daughter Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole. Additionally, he had two children with Alyssa Scott: son Zen, who passed away at five months in December 2021 due to brain cancer, and daughter Halo Marie Cannon.