Reactions of Nick Cannon father to suggestions he could be a deadbeat dad

March 2024 · 2 minute read

Rapper, TV host, and actor, Nick Cannon, has addressed critics’ claims that he wasn’t involved as a dad. Having 12 children with six women, Cannon has faced judgment from those who question his ability to be present for all his kids.

“I’ve been villainized,” Cannon expressed to the Los Angeles Times Sunday.

“I hear all the time: ‘You can’t be present for all those children.’ So, therefore, I get this ‘deadbeat dad’ title,” he further added.

“It’s not about what I do for you or what I say to you, it’s about how you feel when I’m with you. If you feel loved when you see your dad, that’s what’s gonna resonate.”

Since 2011, Cannon has welcomed 12 children – Monroe, Moroccan, Golden, Powerful, Zion, Zillion, Zen, Legendary, Onyx, Rise, Beautiful Zeppelin, and Halo Marie Cannon.

Cannon, 42, believes his large number of children is the result of his desire to please people.

“A lot of them are in the same age group,” he noted, referring to his various partners who expressed concerns about their biological clocks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“And I just wanted to give them what they desired. I kept saying, ‘I can handle it.’”

He clarified that all of his partners knew he didn’t want a traditional relationship before they had children together, and he disclosed making $100 million annually.

“[As a man] who’s made his bones, you’re not looking to give half of what you built to someone you don’t even know,” he said, emphasizing his preference for an honest relationship.

Cannon has bought homes for all his children’s mothers and stated that there’s nothing they could ask for that he would deny.

He also expressed support for his baby mamas’ personal decisions, even when they differ from his views, highlighting that the moms base their choices on love and what they believe is best.

“Imagine if, like, Trump and Putin had to live in the same house,” he said, likening his relationship with ex-wife Mariah Carey to that of the two political figures during their eight-year marriage.

“It wasn’t even about her and I — we’ve always been good. It was more about us understanding that instead of making it about our relationship and what I want or what you want, we should just do what’s best for the children.”


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