Loving Zen. Nick Cannon Alyssa ScottThey shared many moments with Zen, their son, before his December 2021 passing.
The 5-month-old was born in June 2021, and his parents noticed a couple of months after his arrival that he had a “sinus thing … like, a cough” and had an “interesting” way of breathing.
“I really wanted to take him to the doctor to get the breathing and sinus checked out,” the Nick Cannon ShowHis audience was told by the host in December 2021. “So we thought it would be a routine process. We went in to check his nasal health. Although his sinuses looked good, they discovered that he had another condition. And I think it was called, if I’m not mistaken, fluid that was building up in his head, and that was the cause [of]His head began to grow. It was a malignant tumour in his head. He had to have surgery immediately. Brain surgery.”
The little one’s health took a turn for the worse in November 2021, and theAll ThatDuring a family trip to the beach, an alum held Zen for one last time.
“Alyssa was just the strongest woman I have ever seen,” the former Nickelodeon star said of the Texas native at the time. “Never had an argument, never was angry. She was always a great mom, and she continues to be. [to her daughter from a previous relationship].”
The actor is also father to six children, twins Monroe and Moroccan. Mariah Carey, Powerful and Golden with Brittany BellZion and Zillion are twins Abby De La Rosa.
In June 2021, it was reported that the California native had had baby No. 7 was the first time he had a child with his partner. Wild ’N Out costar. Scott posted maternity shoot photos with Cannon at the time, writing, “Celebrating you today.”
The Masked Singer host, who welcomed his youngest set of twins that same month, clarified in August 2021 that he doesn’t “subscribe to” monogamy, saying, “Those women, all women, are the ones that open themselves up and say, ‘I would like to allow this man in my world. And I will birth this child.’ It ain’t my decision. I’m following suit. I’m not going around like, ‘Who am I gonna impregnate next?’ Nah. It’s usually scenarios. When you look at a family structure, the woman is always the one who leads and makes decisions.”
Keep scrolling to see Zen’s pictures with his parents over the years.