- Nick Cannon claimed to have "super sperm" that has gotten past birth control. There's no such thing.
- He spoke on Howie Mandel's podcast, where they joked and talked frankly about his large family.
Nick Cannon said he's got "super sperm" that has bypassed birth control in an interview with Howie Mandel and Mandel's daughter Jackelyn Shultz, released Wednesday.
The TV host and actor has fathered 12 children with six women and has long been open about practicing "consensual non-monogamy."
Speaking on the podcast "Howie Mandel Does Stuff," Mandel pressed Cannon on the question of whether he was going to have more kids, and asked him if he is currently practicing birth control.
"Yes, but I'm going to be honest, some of the — hey, I've got some super sperm or something because I practiced birth control and people still got pregnant," Cannon said, grinning. "But to say that, I'm trying to be as responsible as I possibly can."
"It's hard to be responsible when you have super sperm," Mandel shot back.
Cannon said that "as of right now" he's satisfied with his number of kids.
"I'm good with my dozen. 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."
Talking about how busy Cannon is, Mandel quipped: "When Nick is not in production he's in reproduction."
"I'm taking that line," Cannon said in response.
Cannon has children with Mariah Carey, the singer-songwriter; Abby De La Rosa, a DJ and former radio personality; and models Alyssa Scott, Brittany Bell, Bre Tiesi, and Lanisha Cole.
He said in February that he would let God decide when he should stop having kids.
During the podcast interview, Cannon said: "I'm at a point in my life where I can dedicate my entire existence to them even when I'm working, it's all to benefit my children."
He also pushed back on headlines that came out in March after he said on "The Home Team Morning Show" that he doesn't pay government child support, saying that his goal is to pass on much more support than the government requires.
"No offense to anyone who is within the system, but that system is set up by the government to help monitor how you take care of your children," he said. "I want to give everything to my children, so I would give above and beyond."
"What's mine is theirs," he added, speaking of his family.
Last November, as Cannon was expecting his 12th child, The Sun estimated he would be paying $3 million in child support.
Cannon quickly struck back, saying he pays "a lot more" than that.