Nick Cannon has been criticized after he spoke out about recently welcoming his seventh child.
During an appearance on The Breakfast Club today, the 40-year-old was asked why he had so many children with multiple mothers.
Nick responded with, “Why do people question it? That’s a eurocentric concept when you think about the ideas…that you’re supposed to have this one person for the rest of your life.”
"The idea that a man should have one woman…we shouldn’t have anything. I have no ownership over this person. It’s about what exchange we can create together. So, I’ve never really subscribed to that mentality," the Wild N' Out comedian said.
"I understand the institution of marriage but if we go back to what that’s about, that was to classify property. One father gave another man his daughter for land,” he continued.
“I don’t want ownership over anybody. I don’t have ownership over any of the mothers. We created a beautiful entity. I don’t subscribe to that. Those women, all women, are the ones that open themselves up and say ‘I would like to allow this man in my world. And I will birth this child.’ It ain’t my decision. I’m following suit,” he added.
“Every woman that I deal with or dealt with, they know how I feel.” Nick claimed he’s not going around deciding who to impregnate next.
But most social media social commenters were disgusted by the comments.
"Eurocentric?? Broken homes aren’t healthy for either the parents or children," one person wrote online.
"The thing that I noticed is he only speaks of this from the man’s perspective and from the man’s gain. Women gain nothing from this kind of thinking and living but the title of a single mother and a void in our hearts. It’s blasphemy," a second added.
"He cash them Eurocentric, capitalistic checks though," a third commented.
Most recently, Nick and Abby De La Rosa welcomed twin sons Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir in June 2021. A few weeks later, son Zen, with model Alyssa Scott, was also born.
Back in December 2020, Nick and Brittany Bell welcomed daughter Powerful Queen. They are also parents to 4-year-old son Golden.
Nick also shares 10-year-old twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, with ex-wife Mariah Carey.
In January 2012, Nick was diagnosed with lupus kidney disease (also called lupus nephritis).
The dad-of-seven experienced symptoms of tiredness and swelling in his knees before a New Year’s vacation in Aspen.
He also had trouble breathing and pain in his kidneys. In an appearance on The Howard Stern show he admitted he has a shorter life span than the average person. Therefore he didn't see the point of condoms.