Nick Cannon opens up about the challenges of raising 12 kids

American singer, actor, and broadcaster Nick Cannon has opened up about the challenges of raising twelve kids.

He welcomed a son with model Alyssa Scott in June 2021, but he passed away at the age of five from brain cancer.  Due to the death of his son, Cannon experimented with celibacy.

He explained how he is guilty of not spending enough time with each one of them. Cannon dispelled a report that stated he paid $3 million in child support annually last year by stating that he paid more than that sum annually.

In 2022, Nick Cannon appeared in an episode of The Checkup with Dr. Agus on Paramount+ and opened up about being a father to multiple children. 

“Being a father of multiple kids, it’s always the biggest guilt on me is that I don’t get to spend enough time with all my children – One ’cause I’m constantly working and two because I’m just spread thin.”

The eleven children he is currently fathering Monroe, Moroccan, Golden, Powerful, Zion, Zillion, Legendary, Onyx, Rise, Beautiful, and Halo.

The Sun revealed in November 2022 that Nick Cannon makes an annual child support payment of $3 million. Cannon confirmed that report shortly after in an interview with The Neighborhood Talk.

“I definitely spend a lot more than [$3 million] on my children annually – I don’t plan to ever have to participate in the governmental system of child.”

Nick Cannon shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey; sons Golden Sagon and Rise Messiah Cannon and daughter Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir and daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; and daughter Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole.