Nick Cannon Says Daughter Onyx Is “Probably The Kid I Spend The Most Time With”

Nick Cannon gets candid about how he co-parents his kids. On a recent episode of “The Jason Lee Podcast,” the father of 12 revealed that he spends more time with his 8-month-old daughter, Onyx, than the rest of his kids. That’s thanks in part to the co-parenting arrangement he has with Onyx’s mom, LaNisha Cole.

Onyx is “probably the kid I spend the most time with,” Cannon revealed on the podcast. He continued: “I’m with her at least three times a week, all day. But I don’t put that in the media, social media, [because] it’s not for them. But you know, LaNisha [Cole] and I have a super strong understanding and our co-parenting operation is so solid.

Baby Onyx is the only child who shares “The Masked Singer” host with Cole. He is also the father of Mariah Carey’s 12-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe; 6-year-old Golden, 2-year-old Powerful, and 7-month-old Rise, all of whom he shares with Brittany Bell; Legendary at 9 months old with “Selling Sunset” star Bre Tiesi; almost 2-year-old twins Zion and Zillion and 5-month-old daughter Beautiful with Abby De La Rosa; and 5-month-old daughter Halo and Zen, who died of brain cancer after 5 months, with Alyssa Scott.

“I have a nursery in my office,” Cannon said. “I’m literally getting out of here to make sure I get to spend the most time with her — not to all my other kids, because all my other kids are in school, they’re babies, as well as Onyx, but the fact that I appreciate it that LaNisha gives me the respect I need [Onyx]really, as much time as [she] do.”

The 42-year-old previously spoke about how difficult it can be to spend time with all of his children. “As a father of several children, it’s always the biggest guilt that I don’t get to spend enough time with all of my kids,” he said in a December 2022 episode of Paramount+’s “The Checkup With Dr. Agus.” “One, because I’m constantly working, and two because I’m just thin.”