Nick Cannon has revealed that his divorce from Mariah Carey led to him fathering 12 children, admitting he was 'careless' and failed to heal properly from the trauma of the split. The TV star, 44, was married to the singer from 2008 to 2016 and they share 14-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe.
In an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show, Cannon explained that his behaviour after the divorce was not intentional but stemmed from a lack of care. '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.
Cannon has ten other children from five different women: Golden, eight, Powerful, four, and Rise, two, with Brittany Bell; three-year-old twins Zillion and Zion, and Beautiful, two, with Abby De La Rosa; Legendary, two, with Bre Tiesi; Onyx, two, with LaNisha Cole; and Halo, two, with Alyssa Scott, who also gave birth to his late son Zen, who died aged five months in 2021.
Reflecting on his mindset, Cannon admitted he should have done more 'inner work' after the divorce. 'If I would have did the work [and] the healing after getting divorced, I probably would have took my time in a lot other scenarios... Now, you're leaving trauma every step of the way instead of fixing it from its origin,' he said.
Despite his large family, Cannon recently told PEOPLE that he is pressing 'hold' on having more children for now, though he is not ruling out future additions. 'I'm having so much fun in this space right now, and the way my bank account is set up, I'm going to press hold on this 12 for right now. But... three years from now [or] five years from now, who knows? I'm not against it,' he said.
