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Nick Cannon Reveals "Double Standard" Dating Rules for His, Mariah Carey's Twins Monroe & Moroccan
Nick Cannon is setting the record straight.
After a comment made by Nick’s 15-year-old daughter Monroe—whom Nick shares, along with Monroe’s twin Moroccan, with his ex Mariah Carey—claiming she has only one brother went viral, Nick, who is dad to 12 children in total, explained her intention behind the remark.
“It’s so funny because the world thought that it was about a conversation that was something that it wasn’t,” the Wild ‘n Out host told Shannon Sharpe on the April 29 episode of the Club Shay Shay podcast. “It was really about 14-year-olds talking.”
In November 2025, Monroe raised eyebrows when she wrote on her Instagram Story, “Clearing something up guys, I only have ONE brother who is @moroccan.cannon. I do have other half siblings from my dad but they are all many many years younger than me!"
While the comment caused confusion at the time due to the existence of Monroe and Moroccan’s many younger half siblings, Nick has now added further context to the remark. As it turns out, there had been teenagers online claiming to be Monroe and Moroccan's siblings.
"So my daughter wanted to clear it up,” he explained, "and be like, ‘I only have one brother,’ like literally in her age group.”
While Monroe and Moroccan are the only children from Nick’s marriage to Mariah, he is also dad to 10 other kids, including Golden "Sagon,” 9, Powerful Queen, 5, and Rise Messiah, 3, with Brittany Bell; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, 4, and Beautiful Zeppelin, 3, with Abby De La Rosa; Legendary Love, 3, with Bre Tiesi; Onyx Ice, 3, with LaNisha Cole; and Halo Marie, 3, with Alyssa Scott. He and Alyssa also shared son Zen, who died in 2021 at 5 months old from brain cancer.
In reality, Monroe and Moroccan have a close relationship with their younger sibs, spending quality time with some of them over the holidays. As such, Monroe was understandably upset when her remarks went viral.
“The world jumped in on some teenage gossip conversation and tried to turn it into something else,” Nick continued on Club Shay Shay. “And then that upset my daughter. So she was like, ‘I didn't mean that. I said my dad has other kids.’”
Thankfully, the former America's Got Talent host knows a thing or two about navigating life in the spotlight, and he imparted some social media wisdom onto his daughter.
“I was like, ‘Monroe, you don't have to explain yourself to anybody,’” he concluded. “‘But let this be a lesson that you got to be very careful what you say on social media. People will take something very small and blow it up into something that you don't have control over anymore.’”
For a closer look at Nick’s sprawling family tree, read on.
Instagram/Mariah Carey
Children No. 1 and 2: Moroccan Cannon and Monroe Cannon
Mariah Carey gave birth to her and Nick's twins on April 30, 2011. The two announced their split in 2015 after six years of marriage and finalized their divorce a year later.
Instagram/Brittany Bell
Child No. 3: Golden "Sagon" Cannon
Beauty queen Brittany Bell gave birth to her and Nick's first child together, a boy, on Feb. 21, 2017.
Instagram/Brittany Bell
Child No. 4: Powerful Queen Cannon
Brittany and Nick welcomed their second baby together, a girl, in December 2020.
Instagram / Abby De La Rosa
Child No. 5 and 6: Zion Mixolydian Cannon and Zillion Heir Cannon
DJ Abby De La Rosa gave birth to her and Nick's twin boys on June 14, 2021.
Nick Cannon
Child No. 7: Zen Cannon
Model Alyssa Scott welcomed a baby boy with Nick on June 23, 2021.
However, just five months after the arrival of their son, Nick shared the devastating news that Zen had passed away from brain cancer. "Alyssa was just the strongest woman I have ever seen," he said on the Dec. 7 episode of The Nick Cannon Show. "Never had an argument, never was angry. She was emotional when she needed to be but was always the best mom and continues to be the best mom possible. So I've got to say thank you to my entire family but specifically to Alyssa."
"You never know what someone is going through," he added. "Hug your family. Kiss somebody. Tell them you love them."
Instagram/Bre Tiesi
Child No. 8: Legendary Love Cannon
Model Bre Tiesi welcomed her first child with Nick on June 28, 2022. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces at birth.
"I did it. An all natural unmedicated home birth," Bre shared in a July 2022 Instagram post. "This was the most humbling / limit pushing yet awakening and completely empowering experience. I can't thank my team enough for delivering my son safely."
Instagram/LaNisha Cole
Child No. 9: Onyx Ice Cole Cannon
Nick and model LaNisha Cole welcomed a daughter on Sept. 14, 2022.
Instagram/Brittany Bell
Child No. 10: Rise Messiah Cannon
Brittany gave birth to her third child with Nick on Sept. 23, 2022.
Instagram/Abby De La Rosa
Child No. 11: Beautiful Zeppelin Cannon
Abby gave birth to a baby girl, her third child with Nick, in November 2022.
Instagram/Alyssa Scott
Child No. 12: Halo Marie Cannon
Alyssa gave birth to her and Nick's daughter on Dec. 14, 2022.
The model shared an Instagram video showing the Wild 'n Out star helping to deliver their baby. "Our lives are forever changed," she wrote. "Zen is in every breath I take. I know his spirit was with us in the room that morning. I know he is watching down on us. He shows me signs everyday. I will hold onto this memory forever."
She continued, "I will remember the sound of Nicks voice saying 'it's a girl' and the look of everything we've been through flash across his face. I will remember the sound of her crying out with her first breath and feeling her heartbeat against mine. My sweet girl, I got my surprise!! We love you Halo Marie Cannon!"
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