Nick Cannon's Surprising 4-Word Response to Having More Kids

Nick Cannon says he’s probably done growing his famously large family. But the way he said it—and what happened next—might be the most telling part of all.

"I think I’m done," Cannon said with a grin during his June 19 appearance on The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff. 

The four-word statement came after a conversation about his 12 children, which he shares with six different women. Cannon admitted he always dreamed of a big family, calling his background "unorthodox" and attributing his prolific parenting to what he jokingly described as a "king complex."

"I really think I’m a king," he told Althoff. "And a king’s gotta have a big court."

Cannon, 44, isn't just known for his hosting duties on The Masked Singer or his years in entertainment. He's also become somewhat infamous for his rapid-fire fatherhood. 

When Althoff asked him to name all his kids on the spot, Cannon hesitated. "You want all 12?" he asked with a laugh. "This is where I usually get in trouble."

He rattled off ten: Moroccan, Monroe, Golden, Powerful, Rise, Onyx, Legendary, Zion, Zillion and Zen. Then paused. "How many is that?" he asked, before adding, "Did I say Beautiful? And Halo, my youngest."

The moment was humorous, but also revealing. While Cannon insists he's present and involved in his children's lives, keeping track of 12 names on the fly clearly isn't easy.

He shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with Mariah Carey, and has children with Brittany Bell, Abby De La Rosa, LaNisha Cole, Alyssa Scott, and Bre Tiesi. One of his sons, Zen, passed away at five months old from brain cancer in 2021.

Cannon left the door slightly open to the universe. "When I was 30, I didn't have any kids. Then by the time I was 40, I had 12," he said. "So who knows what's next?"

For now, though, it seems Cannon's four-word answer might finally be the closing line to his chapter on fatherhood.