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“I tried my best, I really did,” Cannon, 42, said. “But I thought it would be really, really good to — you know, I could buy, whatever you know — to show people how you really feel, write it down.”
But his sweet sentiments went awry, he continued.
As his female co-hosts in the background groaned and laughed, Cannon then added: “See if I would just got some generic s— that everybody else got, that wouldn’t have happened.”
For Cannon, life is full at the moment.
He is also dad to sonsRise Messiah, 4 months, andGolden Sagon, 6, as well as daughterPowerful Queen, 2, with Brittany Bell, sonLegendary Love, 7 months, withSellingSunset’sBre Tiesi; and daughterOnyx Ice, 4 months, with formerPrice Is Rightmodel LaNisha Cole.
Most recently, theAll Thatalum welcomed daughterHalo Marie, 8 weeks, with Alyssa Scott. The two also share late son Zen, whodiedat 5 months old as a result of brain cancer.
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Having a dozen kids doesn’t come without its complications, Cannon has said in the past — but he works hard because of his family.
In a guest spot onThe Checkup with Dr. Aguson Paramount+ in December, before his 12th child was born, he opened up about fatherhood. “Being a father of multiple kids, it’s always the biggest guilt on me is that I don’t get to spend enough time with all my children,” said Cannon. “One ‘cause I’m constantly working and two because I’m just spread thin.”
A couple of months later, he toldEntertainment Tonightthat it’s all about balance.
“Everybody thinks it’s time management. It’s energy management,” he said. “Once we’re all aligned, the flow is a lot easier. If there’s any kind of low frequencies or dissension in there, that’s what messes up the scheduling,” he said.
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Cannon also said that his ultimate goal as a father is just to make sure his kids have a bright future.
“It’s a blessing, man. Like, hopefully, because of what I am able to do, my kids can do whatever they want to do, to be able to be in a position that if they want to be a nuclear physicist, I know somebody at an Ivy League school that I could [hit up],” he said.
source: people.com
