- Appearing on "The Jason Lee Show," Nick Cannon shut down rumors that he is expecting a 13th child.
- Cannon told host Jason Lee that he is "very comfortable" with the 12 children he already has.
Nick Cannon says that he is "comfortable" sticking with the 12 children he currently has.
Cannon has fathered 12 children with six different women, seven of whom were born within the last three years.
Appearing on Wednesday's episode of the Revolt series, "The Jason Lee Show," Cannon appeared to shut down rumors that he is expecting a 13th child anytime soon.
"We ain't got there yet," Cannon said. "We're very comfortable with the disciple dozen that I got. I'll keep my constellations at 12. 12 is a righteous number. I'm going to stay there."
When Lee pressed Cannon on how he had so many children in such a short time frame, the "Masked Singer" host joked that it was because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he defended his large family, saying that he has multiple children with the same women.
Cannon has twins with Mariah Carey, three children with Abby De La Rosa, another three children with Brittany Bell, two kids with Alyssa Scott, and a child each with Bre Tiesi and Lanisha Cole. Cannon's first child with Scott, Zen, died from brain cancer in December 2021.
Cannon added that his children "all live in the same vicinity."
This is not the first time Cannon has talked about how many children he is likely to have.
Last year, before announcing he was having three more children, Cannon said on an episode of the "Language of Love" podcast that he did not have the "bandwidth" for more children.
And earlier this year, Cannon said that he is satisfied with the number of children he currently has.
"I'm good with my dozen," Cannon said while appearing on the "Howie Mandel Does Stuff" podcast. "But there's no way to answer that question correctly because everyone has a problem with however I answer it, so I just say as of right now I have 12 and I'm very happy, but if — I don't know what's in store in the future."
Cannon also told Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier in February that he'll let god decide whether he has more children.