Cannon cites unhealed trauma in choosing to have 12 children

Nick Cannon said in a recent radio interview that the decision to become a father to 12 children with six different women was in part a response to unhealed trauma following his divorce from Mariah Carey. Speaking on The Breakfast Club, the entertainer and television host described his past behavior as careless and driven by access and means, and said he is now reassessing how grief and unresolved pain shaped his choices.

"It wasnt like I was acting out," Cannon told hosts on the show. "It was more of being careless, being frivolous with my process because I could do it, because I had the money and because I had the access to whoever and however I wanted to move." He said he believed he could handle the consequences as he lived life spontaneously, but added that at nearly 45 he can see how taking more time for inner work after his divorce might have led to different decisions. That said, Cannon also acknowledged uncertainty over whether therapy at an earlier stage would have prevented the size of his family, stressing that each child "was made out of love" and came from meaningful relationships.

Cannon has spoken previously about his parenting involvement and supports. In...