The actor and TV presenter, and ex-husband of Mariah Carey, is the father figure of an unconventional family
For the past 12 years, Nick Cannon he has fathered 12 children from six different women. Five of them were born in 2022. The actor and presenter, with a long career behind him, has become a regular “target” of the gossip press, which announces each of his new offspring with shock and fascination. Although his personal life has generated interest, he is more than used to the media attention. The famous actor has no problem talking freely about the most private aspects of his life.
In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, he tried to explain his particular family vision. As he explained, during the pandemic, some of the women he had an open relationship with expressed their desire to become mothers. He accepted. “Many of them are in the same age group. And I just wanted to give them what they wanted. I kept saying, “I can handle it”“, he said.
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Cannon eschews labels, but has described his relationships as “consensual non-monogamy” in an earlier interview. “Pretending to be in a monogamous relationship, that would be misleading. Because, as we know, monogamy defines one thing, and people want to classify what I’m doing as polygamy. However, defining me is like limiting me“, he added.
Today, Cannon is the father of 11 children, as Zen Cannon, the fruit of his relationship with Alyssa Scott, died in late 2021 of brain cancer at the age of just five months.
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Since his children live in six different homes, it seems difficult for Cannon to be “present” at all of them. To those who call him irresponsible, the artist insists that all his children are perfectly taken care of, even financially.
Fatherhood made the actor reflect on his own weaknesses and a few years ago he decided to continue his studies and go to college. He told Forbes that he felt a sense of “emptiness” as he watched his children go through the education process. In May 2020, he announced on Twitter that he graduated from Howard University, an iconic institution of African-American education, with a major in Criminology and a minor in Africana Studies.
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His career started at Nickelodeon, the youth entertainment chain, which also put celebrities like Ariana Grande on the map. In 1994, he joined the cast of ‘All That’, which ran for 10 seasons. Since then, he has built a career as an actor, with some short forays into the music industry.
Before his first big television contract, his teenage years were quite difficult. His parents were teenagers when they had him and he was raised primarily by his paternal grandfather. His father was one of the founding members of San Diego’s Lincoln Park Bloods gang and spent time in prison. After his release he moved to North Carolina.
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As a teenager he did stand-up comedy in bars and met Jaime Foxx, who immediately “saw” his potential and put him in the circle of his African-American friends. Among them was Will Smith, whom Cannon publicly thanked for his success: “He told me I reminded him of him… Will gave me a TV and record deal, put me in Men in Black II. He was really a mentor to me when I was 16 and he’s always been a great role model,” she said on “The Howard Stern Show“, following Will Smith’s infamous slap at the 2022 Oscars.
At 42 years old, he has a remarkable position in the entertainment industry. Today, he is the host of “The Masked Singer. According to him, he earns $10 million every season for the show. The actor also owns sports-themed bars and restaurants across the US. His professional duties generate profits in excess of 100 million dollars a year.
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