Nick Cannon admitted he makes mistakes and overshoots his own capabilities when it comes to taking care of the 12 children he’s fathered with six different women.
Cannon spoke candidly on a recent episode of “Language of Love with Dr. Laura Berman,” saying he can’t be in two places at once and is often disappointing someone. With so many children, sometimes two of them need something at the same time, and Cannon can’t physically be there, he told Berman. He recalled a situation in which one of his children needed him to support them emotionally.
“And I was willing to be there physically but I don’t know if I was available at the level that she needed me emotionally,” Cannon said on the podcast.
Nick Cannon says “only god” can tell him when he’s done having kids.
The father of 12 told Dr. Laura Berman that it’s not up to him when he’s “done”
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Berman dug deeper into the situation. “And you have to stop, she was focused on you coming over at like, let’s make up a time,” she said.
“And going together, to the appointment together, as opposed to meeting at the appointment,” Cannon replied.
He said he realized in that moment that his idea of showing up to support his child at the appointment was different than “being there” for the entire experience.
“And last minute, another baby needed something,” Berman prompted, to which Cannon replied, “Because another baby had a health concern and needed a prescription.”
“And so you, being the father, kids come first, and you were like ‘Ok I can do both!'” Berman said. “‘I’m going to go get the medicine [for this baby],’ but [the other mother] needed you.”
“And because of past trauma and triggers of me not being there, I probably was looking like I wasn’t prioritizing,” Cannon replied. (RELATED: Howard Stern Bizarrely Asks Nick Cannon If He Would Be Ready To Have His 13th Baby, This Time With Taylor Swift)
Berman posited Cannon’s children had “wounds” and that they compared themselves to his other children.
“Yeah because I fuck up all the time!” Cannon affirmed. “And my fuck ups usually are because just of like, malpractice. Just being a dumb man. I didn’t do what I said I was going to do, I forgot to call or I was late.”