Nick Cannon Says Group Chat With Six Mothers Went Off the Rails

Nick Cannon said a group chat he created with the six mothers of his children quickly went “off the rails,” and that putting them all in one conversation was “not the best idea.” He described the exchange during an appearance on On Par with Maury Povich, without detailing what happened in the chat or identifying a cause.

The chat included Mariah Carey, Brittany Bell, Abby De La Rosa, Alyssa Scott, Bre Tiesi and LaNisha Cole. Cannon’s account of the conversation was that it was “too wild for TV.” The reports of his remarks all trace to the same podcast appearance, and none provides messages from the chat or an account from another participant about its contents.

Asked whether the women get along, Cannon responded, “How do you define get along?” He agreed they were civil toward one another, while saying each had her own life. His description characterized relations among the women generally, but he did not explain how the group chat itself broke down.

Host Maury Povich raised the idea of using a shared conversation to coordinate Thanksgiving plans during a segment that asked whether different situations were “on par or off the rails.” Cannon said he had already tried the group...