{"id":46685,"date":"2025-09-16T01:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/nick-cannon-says-he-was-being-careless-after-having-12-kids\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T01:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:35:37","slug":"nick-cannon-says-he-was-being-careless-after-having-12-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/nick-cannon-says-he-was-being-careless-after-having-12-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cannon Says He Was &#8216;Being Careless&#8217; After Having 12 Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nick-cannon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nick-cannon\" data-tag=\"nick-cannon\">Nick Cannon<\/a> is feeling reflective as he looks back at his past relationships. In a new interview with <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em>, Cannon spoke about his decision to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/nick-cannon-twelve-children-1234654051\/\">a father of 12<\/a>, and why his approach to fatherhood may have been born as a trauma response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt wasn\u2019t 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,\u201d he said on the radio show. \u201cThen, obviously, life happens as well, so it wasn\u2019t like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m gonna go have 12 kids.\u2019 It was more like, \u2018Yo, I\u2019m gonna just live life and have fun and whatever happens happens. I can handle it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNow that Cannon is nearing 45 years old, he said that he could see himself having a different thought process and should have taken more \u201ctime to actually do the inner work.\u201d However, he explained to co-host Charlamagne tha God that all his children were \u201cmade out of love\u201d and during strong relationships, and that he\u2019s \u201clearning now\u201d that having so many kids was a \u201cresponse to trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Cannon Opens Up On Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Maturity, Legacy + More\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWwpgUhnZAs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIf I would have did the work [and] the healing after getting divorced, I probably would have took my time in a lot of other scenarios, and for whatever reason, I thought that was the answer a lot of times, like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m gonna figure it out over here,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cNow, you\u2019re leaving trauma every step of the way instead of fixing it from its origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCannon also spoke about his relationship with Mariah Carey after their divorce, and said he\u2019s focused on keeping things \u201chealthy.\u201d He admitted he felt \u201clike a complete failure\u201d after the split, but added, \u201cIt was a tough decision, but I wouldn\u2019t change it. It was the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe new interview comes several months after he<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/nick-cannon-s-pressing-hold-on-12-kids-because-of-his-bank-account-exclusive-11704069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> told <em>People<\/em><\/a> in March that he\u2019d be \u201cpressing hold\u201d on having more kids, but made clear that he was \u201cnot against\u201d having more in the future.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCannon shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with Mariah Carey; Golden, Rise, and Powerful with Brittany Bell; twins Zion and Zillion, and daughter Beautiful with Abby de la Rosa; son Legendary with Bre Tiesi; daughter Onyx with LaNisha Cole; and daughter Halo with Alyssa Scott, with whom he also had a son, Zen, who died in Dec. 2021 at five months old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/nick-cannon-12-kids-fatherhood-trauma-response-1235428097\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Cannon is feeling reflective as he looks back at his past relationships. 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