- Nick Cannon said that he wants to tell his 6-year-old son Golden about his other siblings.
- Golden is the oldest of Cannon's three children with Brittany Bell. He also has nine half-siblings.
Nick Cannon has said that he is thinking about telling his 6-year-old son Golden about his numerous siblings.
Golden is the oldest of Cannon's three children with Brittany Bell but the entertainer has had nine more children with five other women.
In an interview on "The Language of Love" podcast, Cannon told therapist Dr. Laura Berman that he has had "very open" conversations with his two oldest children, 12-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, about his large family.
However, because the rest of his children — with the exception of Golden — are under the age of 4, Cannon has not been able to discuss the situation with them yet.
"I think right now is the time to start having... And this has been a family debate, about when to have the full and honest discussion with the 6-year-old because he's a genius," he said. "I think he's kind of already figured it out."
"He knows he has other siblings. Even within his own house, he's not an only child. He knows about his older siblings. He's been around the younger ones," continued Cannon, who has two other children — Powerful Queen, 2, and 9-month-old Rise Messiah — with Bell.
"Nobody's like, 'Yo, this is your brother or your sister.' And I think the school that he's in, he's on the internet. He knows his dad is known for having a lot of kids."
Cannon said that Golden has never asked him about having other siblings but the "Masked Singer" host wants to have the conversation with him before another child at school mentions it.
"But I think it's not going to be a difficult conversation," Cannon said.
Describing how he'd share the family situation with Golden, Cannon said: "'You know daddy already has a lot of kids. And you're special, I appreciate our bond, but I also have other relationships that have produced other children that I love dearly as well.'"
"And I'd ask him how he feels about it. I had to have that conversation with my 12-year-olds. Part of it was like, 'Yay,' but it was also like, 'Well what about me?'" added Cannon.
Cannon said that when he first told Monroe, one of his twins with singer Mariah Carey, she asked if he loved her "the most."
"Right, well, let's have this conversation. You are my firstborn. You are unique," Cannon recalled telling her.
He added: "You find something that you can have that's just theirs. I think every child wants that. But I also believe there's going to be some feelings they don't even share with me right away. 'I wish I was this. I wish I would have had a different scenario or different upbringing.' And when those things are brought up, we deal with them."
Cannon currently spends time with all his children separately but the "Wild 'n Out" host said that he hopes that they get to a point where he can hang out with all of his children together.
"I think that we'll get there. One of the things I've witnessed from some of my elders in the game, once the children get of age to make their own decisions, it'll happen," Cannon said.
"Because they're currently under their mothers' jurisdiction, I'm trying to play by the moms' rules. But once they can make their own decisions, I would hope and pray that we've established a strong enough relationship that they'll want to come hang out with me."