Nick Cannon Opens About Expecting 8th Child, Says Commentary on His Parenting Decisions ‘Definitely Affects Me’

In the latest episode of his eponymous show, Nick Cannon opened up about expecting his eighth child and the criticism he’s faced regarding his prolific parenting.

“As everybody know, I got a lot of children, and I love them all sincerely,” said Cannon, who hosted a gender reveal party with his girlfriend Bre Tiesi over the weekend in Malibu with a small group of friends. “I try to always operate on the high frequency, but as much as I try to ignore some of the negative or the lower frequency things…I’m not impervious to, you know, hearing and reading what people say about me.”

Cannon, who has jokingly addressed people’s comments about how many children he has, said all the talk about his parenting decisions “definitely affects me.” He went on to explain it can be “hard” for him sometimes when people think he’s “crazy” or “selfish” for how many kids he has with multiple women. “I’ve known about Bre’s pregnancy for a while now, even before my youngest son Zen passed in December,” added Cannon, who said he didn’t know when to share the news because of his infant’s death after a battle with a brain tumor.

“I always talk about the guilt that I felt in losing Zen, and from how to deal with this for my other children,” he continued, thanking his family and friends for helping him through such a tough time. “I wanted to respect the grieving process with [Zen’s mother Alyssa Scott], and Bre was respectful enough,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do…to say it when I was dealing with Zen or to hold off. Even right now, that it came out yesterday, that wasn’t planned to talk about it.”

Moving on from the commentary and how challenging the past two months have been for him and his family, Cannon said he’s very “excited” about the arrival of his next child. “I’m gonna be the best dad I could possibly be,” he said.