Nick Cannon reveals ‘dream’ of his 12 children all ‘coming together’ and ‘going to the same schools’

Nick Cannon has big dreams when it comes to his family of 12 kids from six baby mamas.

The Masked Singer host – who said having 12 children was a calling from God – appeared on the podcast The Language of Love with Dr. Laura Berman to talk about his very large family.

During the conversation, Dr. Berman asked him, “In your dream world, whether you have a romantic relationship or not with the mothers, all your children will know each other.” Do all your children come together, do they travel together or do they go out together?’

‘Yes,’ said the Drumline actor, 42. ‘It’s all guns. They probably go to the same schools and stuff.’

However, that goal remains a bit of a fantasy as the Love Don’t Cost a Thing star admitted he hasn’t gotten all of his kids together yet because “as much as that is a wish of mine, I have respect that is not everyone’s wish.’

‘I think we’ll get there. One of the things I’ve seen from some of my elders in the game is that once the kids get to the age to make their own decisions, it will happen,” the America’s Got Talent host explained.

“Since they are currently under their mother’s jurisdiction, I try to play by the mother’s rules. But once they can make their own decisions, I hope and pray that we have built a bond strong enough to deal with me,” he added.

Cannon is father to 12-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with ex-wife Mariah Carey, 54, and said he likes to be “very open” with his tweens.

He has three children with model Brittany Bell: Golden Sagon, six, Powerful Queen, two and a half, and Rise Messiah, nine months.

Nick had his second twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, two, and Beautiful Zeppelin, seven months, with DJ Abby De La Rosa

Legendary Love, one, was born with Selling Sunset’s Bre Tiesi. He welcomed Onyx Ice Cole Cannon, nine months, with Price is Right model LaNisha Cole.

Halo Scott, aged six months, was born to Alyssa Scott and is the second child Cannon fathered with her. The couple welcomed son Zen in June 2021 and sadly lost him to a rare form of brain cancer in December of the same year.

And the dad of 12 has been open with Golden about his siblings.

“I think now is the time to start with, and this has been a family debate, about when we should have the full and honest conversation with the six-year-old, because he’s a genius,” he said.

“I think he’s got it a little bit. He knows he has other siblings. He’s not the only child even in his own home,” Cannon continued. “He knows about his older siblings. He has been with the young people. He’s been around them, but no one talks about it. It’s not like, “This is your brother or your sister.”

“And I think the school he’s in, he’s on the Internet. He knows his dad is known for having a lot of kids,” he noted, though Golden never asked his dad about it.

“It’s time before another kid at school says something. But I don’t think it will be a difficult conversation,” he added hopefully.

When asked what he’d share with Golden that was age-appropriate, Cannon said, “You know Daddy’s got a lot of kids already.” And you are special, I appreciate our bond, but I also have other relationships that have produced other children that I also love dearly.”

“And I’d ask him what he thinks about it,” Cannon said. “I had to have that conversation with my 12-year-olds. Some of it was like “yay” but it was also like “and what about me?”

Cannon talked about the time Monroe asked him if he loved her the most. “You are my firstborn, you are unique,” he told her.

“You find something you can have that just belongs to them. I think every kid wants that,” he explained.

“But I also believe there will be feelings that they don’t even share with me right away. And when those things come up, we deal with them.”