Nick Cannon has dropped a bombshell by saying that his divorce from Mariah Carey and not healing properly are to blame for all those 12 kids with different women. I mean, talk about airing out your dirty laundry.
But hey, maybe there’s some truth to his reasoning. Divorce can definitely take a toll on a person, and maybe Nick just hasn’t healed from his breakup with Mariah. Or maybe he just really loves being a father – who knows?
Cannon, the host of TV’s “Masked Singer” and “Nick Cannon at Night,” revealed his reassessment of his fatherhood journey on “The Breakfast Club” radio show and podcast, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious and DJ Envy.
Asked about his decisions to father his children, Cannon, who has also worked as a comedian, music artist and actor, said he might have done things differently knowing what he has learned in therapy about how childhood trauma can affect adult behavior.
“If I would have did the work and the healing … I probably would have took my time in a lot of other scenarios,” he said. “Things might have been a little different.”
Cannon said his 2016 divorce from singer Mariah Carey after eight years of marriage added to his personal trauma. The two had his first children, twins Monroe and Moroccan Scott, in 2011. Cannon told the show he acted out after the breakup.
“A lot of it is the trauma that I was experiencing of not knowing how to handle divorce,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m the man now.’ And instead of healing and doing what I should have actually did, I just jumped out there.”
However, he emphasized the importance of his children and expressed no regrets.
“Every child that I had was made out of love, and there were strong relationships,” Cannon said on the podcast, which originates at New York City hip-hop radio station Power 105.1.
You can’t deny that Nick Cannon’s got his hands full with all those kids. But hey, more power to him for being a father of many kids.
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