Nick Cannon has quite the brood of little ones, but with that comes a brood of children’s mothers – and he’s not interested in bringing everyone together just yet.
The multi-hyphenate is currently at 12 kids and counting, but for now, he chooses to spend time with each of the respective families separately.
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In a conversation with PEOPLE on Friday (April 14), he noted that all of his kids come together “when necessary,” but he feels like the “only person that would benefit from having everyone in the same space would probably be me.”
“I feel like qualitative experiences are when I can give everyone their own individual experience,” Cannon said. “I actually love stepping into their world. Going to their sports games or giving them their personal time for the holidays. So I have no problem with bouncing around.”
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He doesn’t feel like it will be this way forever, however, as most of his kids are still young. “I think as everyone probably gets older, and even as I slow down a little bit more, I’m sure everyone will start coming to me in one place,” he said.
“I actually think it works a lot better [right now]. Because everyone’s busy, not just me. It works to be able to take the time trying to go to them and show the value of being with them and not forcing anyone to come to me.”
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Nick Cannon’s oldest are 11-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan, who he has with Mariah Carey. Then he has 6-year-old Golden Sagon, 2-year-old Powerful Queen and 6-month-old Rise Messiah with Brittany Bell. He also shares his almost-2-year-old twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir with radio personality Abby De La Rosa, as well as 4-month-old Beautiful Zeppelin.
Rounding out the squad is 8-month-old Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi, 5-month-old Onyx Ice with LaNisha Cole and the late Zen who passed at 5 months old in December 2021 after being diagnosed with brain cancer, and there’s also 3-month old Halo Marie he has with Alyssa Scott.
Earlier this month, Cannon came under fire after he struggled to recall all 12 of his children’s names in an interview.
While talking to Howard Stern, the entertainment mogul seemingly forgot to name his daughter, Onyx, whom he shares with LaNisha Cole – and Stern was quick to call him out on it.
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“Ah, no!” Cannon laughed. “You know, I did. You threw me off because I was going in order!”
“Poor Onyx,” Stern replied in response.
