Nick Cannon recently shared that his family is growing.
Nick and his girlfriend, model Bre Tiesi, are expecting the 41-year-old's eighth child. The news was revealed on Nick's talkshow Monday morning after photos circulated over the weekend of the pair's gender reveal party.
The TV host then went on to explain that he was in a "great space" and shared a photo from the event with viewers.
"I always noticed he had a cough and so I wanted to check it out," Nick explained about the son he shared with Alyssa Scott.
"He had this interesting breathing and by the time he was two months I noticed he had this nice sized head too — a Cannon head. We didn’t think anything of it.
He then went on to reveal that his son's health had taken a turn for the worst over Thanksgiving weekend.
"This weekend I made an effort to spend the most quality time with Zen," he said, before revealing his son had passed away on December 5th.
The Masked Singer host is dad to Mariah Carey's 10-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, 4-year-old Golden and 1-year-old Powerful Queen, who he shares with Brittany Bell, and 7-month-old twins, Zion and Zillion, who he shares with Abby De La Rosa.
"But their understanding and them being there for me probably helped me keep it together as well as really deal with it. Specifically, even, Roc and Roe. They were there for the entire journey," he told the publication.
"I'm a father, first and foremost," he explained. "There's a lot of guilt that I feel and I talk about this in therapy all the time. It's rooted in not having enough time to spend with my loved ones, specifically my children, because I have a lot of children."
"And I call myself a provider for many, but one thing no matter how much money I generate, one thing I can't generate is time."
"Had a lot of quality moments with Zen in his short time here. I always say time is a manmade thing, but love and energy is a godsend."
"So even going through all of that, this was always in the back of my mind, like, 'What is the right time? How do I share this?'" the 41-year-old revealed on Monday's show, as per People.
"I wanted to definitely respect the grieving process with Alyssa, and Bre was respectful enough — She held off making our announcements and speaking on social media," he explained.
He continued: "And it was just one of those things like, you know, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say when I was dealing with Zen or to hold off."
"We wanted to, you know, hold on as long as we can, but it happened. We here and I'm with my family I get to discuss it, I get to be open."
We're wishing Nick and Bre all the best during this beautiful time.
