Wisdom words! Nick CannonSince becoming a father in 2011, has spoken fondly about fatherhood
The Masked SingerHost and Mariah CareyTheir twins were welcomed in April of that same year. The children were named Monroe and Moroccan.
“The thing with twins is that you want them in their natural incubator as long as possible,” the California native told the Los Angeles TimesAt the moment. “They might be ready to come out, but we need them to stay in for a while.”
The Grammy winner’s pregnancy was an “emotional journey,” Cannon exclusively told Us WeeklyNovember 2010, the couple spoke out about their difficulties conceiving after a previous miscarriage. “We still cry all the time,” the Wild ’n OutThe host said.
Since Cannon’s 2014 separation from the “Always Be My Baby” singer, the former couple have been amicably coparenting their son and daughter.
“We will always be family and we make it work,” Carey wrote in her September 2020 memoir, Mariah Carey: The Meaning. “We still have fun, reminisce, and joke. Both of us are certain that Roe Roc and Roe truly are our light. Every day they give us new life.”
Cannon welcomed son Golden and girl Powerful. Brittany BellIn February 2017 and December 2020, respectively. In June 2021, three more of the actor’s babies arrived — twins Zion and Zillion with Abby De La RosaZen and the Art of Living with It Alyssa Scott.
When announcing her pregnancy in January 2021, De La Rosa told her Instagram followers about her “unconventional” relationship with theAll That alum.
“In 2020, the man who is now my children’s father and I reconnected,” the DJ wrote at the time “Never would I have ever envisioned where we are at now. This isn’t a bs ‘love’ story, it’s a REAL story. His honesty and openness won my heart, but more importantly, he is my best friend and my partner. [in]This is the world I live in. He changed my life … inspiring me to open my mind to the unknown when it came to loving outside of ‘labels’ and ‘ownership.’”
One month after Zion, Zillion and Zen were born, Cannon proudly shared Instagram Story photos of his “gang,” including sweet shots of Monroe holding Powerful.
Zen died of a brain tumor in December 2021, and Scott was “amazing” during the tragedy, Cannon said on the Nick Cannon Show. “We never had an argument,” he gushed. “She was emotional when she needed to be but always was the best mom and continues to be the best mom [to her daughter].”
Keep scrolling to see the former Nickelodeon star’s best quote about parenting over the years, from coparenting with Carey to setting strict rules.
