Nick Cannon addresses 'bizarre' allegations that the mothers of his kids are in a 'cult'

• Nick Cannon denied that the mothers of his children are in a cult and called allegations "bizarre."
• He said he has individual relationships with each of them that are "positive" and "healthy."

Nick Cannon responded to allegations that the mothers of his kids are in a "cult" during an episode of "The Hottee Talkshow Podcast" released Tuesday.

On July 8, Meghan McCain wrote in an essay for the Daily Mail that Cannon and Elon Musk, who recently made headlines for fathering twins with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, came off as "creepy cult leaders" when they exchanged tweets celebrating their big families and encouraging a rise in the birth rate.

Jokes about Cannon's so-called "cult" have been circulating online for years and picked up steam again earlier this year when news broke that Cannon was expecting his eighth child with model and real-estate agent Bre Tiesi.

"Everybody's under this weird bizarre thing thinking I got some combine, cult thing going on," Cannon told podcast host Tamera Kissen at the 25-minute mark.

—Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) July 7, 2022

Cannon clarified that he has unique relationships with each of the mothers of his children. "Every dynamic is different, but they're all positive and they're all healthy," he said.

He indicated that he did not find his situation as unusual as others. "I ain't getting in nobody else business, but I've witnessed a lot of people in similar positions that I'm in, they just not as outspoken," he said. "You can have multiple relationships and you deal with them differently."

Cannon was reluctant to characterize all of the women he co-parents with as a group, saying he "would hate to generalize any woman in any type of way" and that he "definitely" wouldn't "generalize" his family.

Cannon, who released an album called "The Explicit Tape: Raw & B" in May, isn't the only one who has addressed the cult rumors surrounding his kids' moms.

Tiesi, who's currently pregnant with Cannon's eighth child, appeared on the "Honesty Over Everything" episode of the "Know For Sure Pod" podcast in June, where she playfully said "it's not a cult" when referring to their family. She told podcast hosts B. Simone & Megan Brooks that she and Cannon have been seeing each other on and off for over 10 years. She also said she and Cannon have a "beautiful relationship" while appearing on the Daily Pop in March.

Cannon has fathered seven other children: 11-year-old twins named Monroe and Moroccan with his ex-wife, R&B superstar Mariah Carey; Golden "Sagon," 5, and Powerful Queen, 1, with model and former Miss Guam Brittany Bell; 1-year-old twins named Zillion and Zion with DJ Abby De La Rosa; and Zen, his son with model Alyssa Scott, who died at 5 months old from brain cancer on December 5, 2021. Zen's death inspired Cannon to start a foundation dedicated to pediatric healthcare.

According to the New York Times, Musk has nine known children: 18-year-old twins Griffin and Vivian and 16-year-old triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian with his ex-wife, writer Justine Musk; 2-year-old son X AE A-XII and 7-month-old daughter Exa Dark Sideræl with singer Grimes; and his twins with Zilis. Musk and Justine also had another son, Nevada Alexander, who died of SIDS 10 weeks after his birth.

See Cannon's full conversation below.