Nick Cannon slams criticism that he's a 'deadbeat dad' to his 12 youngsters: 'I've been villainized'
- In a current interview, Nick Cannon responded to critics who say he is a “deadbeat dad.”
- Cannon notably has 12 kids with six totally different moms, however mentioned he is current for every of them.
- “I have been villainized,” the actor mentioned of the “deadbeat dad title” given to him by some critics.
Nick Cannon could also be a father to 12 kids, however the actor mentioned in a current interview that he is been unfairly labeled a “deadbeat” mother or father by some critics.
“I have been villainized. I hear on a regular basis: ‘You possibly can’t be current for all these kids.’ So, due to this fact, I get this deadbeat dad title,” Cannon instructed the Los Angeles Occasions’ Amy Kaufman.
However based on Cannon, he retains monitor of his kids’s schedules and tries to spend as a lot time with every of them as doable — even when it is simply to drive them to an extracurricular exercise or faculty.
“Proper now the narrative is, ‘He has a bunch of children,'” Cannon mentioned within the interview. “However I am actually at a spot now the place I do not care what individuals know. I might fairly simply function. It is extra about actually being a great particular person as an alternative of telling individuals you are a good particular person.”
Cannon famously shares 11 kids with six totally different girls. He has 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey, and three kids (Golden, 7, Highly effective, 2, and Rise, seven months) with mannequin Brittany Bell.
He is additionally a father to 1-year-old twins Zion and Zillion and 5-month-old Lovely with radio host Abby De La Rosa; nine-month-old Legendary with mannequin Bre Tiesi, four-month-old Halo with mannequin Alyssa Scott, and seven-month-old Onyx with movie producer LaNisha Cole.
Cannon and Scott additionally had a son, Zen, collectively, who died of mind most cancers at 5 months previous.
