Nick Cannon seemed to indicate he was expecting more than just one child this year.
The podcast host made comments on a Tuesday episode of “Lip Service” that implied his brood is expanding by a few. Cannon, a father of eight, one of whom tragically died last year, responded to co-host Angela Yee asking about rumors that he had three babies due in 2022.
“When you say ‘on the way,’ what count are you at? Let’s just put it this way: the stork is on the way,” Cannon said while laughing. While he didn’t reveal the exact number, the host did quip, “If you thought it was a lot of kids last year…”
The “Wild ‘n Out” alum had twins with Abby De La Rosa last year. He also had a son with Alyssa Scott in June, but the baby tragically died in December after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Cannon already announced in January that he was expecting his eighth child with model Bre Tiesi in 2022. No other confirmed pregnancies were announced yet.
Besides those children, Cannon is the father of twins Moroccan and Monroe, who he shares with ex-wife Mariah Carey. He also has two children with model Brittany Bell, including son Golden born February 2017, and daughter Powerful Queen born December 2020.
Cannon had announced publicly in 2021 that he was experimenting with celibacy after feeling “out of control,” The Daily Wire originally reported.
“My therapist was one of the [people] who said I should probably be celibate and the reason why is because I had shared that news about Bre being pregnant,” he explained an episode of his podcast, according to People. “That was the reason why I started my celibacy journey back then. So for anyone who’s thinking, ‘Oh he wasn’t celibate,’ I was!”
“I felt like I was out of control and honestly, celibacy did help me through the journey of getting one with myself and being able to deal with this,” the singer continued. He admitted that he was “no longer celibate” and didn’t make it to New Year’s as he intended.
Cannon also said he has no specific number of children in mind as the right number. “This is the thing…you can’t be like, ‘No, I’m done.’ Like, what if God says, ‘No, you not’? I was always like, ‘Yo, I want a big family,’ too. So, you know, the Lord has blessed me with what I asked.”