If you’ve ever wondered how Nick Cannon manages his non-traditional family dynamic — raising 11 children with six different women — one of the mothers of his children is spilling the tea.
In a new interview, Abby De La Rosa — who shares three children (twins Zion and Zillion, 4, and daughter Beautiful, 3) with Cannon, 45 — opened up about his very modern family.
Speaking with The Shade Room, De La Rosa confessed that the six mothers do not communicate with one another, despite their children spending time and getting to know one another “numerous and numerous” amounts of times.
Cannon shares twins Moroccan and Monroe, 14, with ex-wife Mariah Carey; sons Golden, 8, and Rise, 3, and daughter Powerful, 5, with Brittany Bell; son Legendary, 4, with Bre Tiesi; daughter Onyx, 3, with LaNisha Cole; and daughter Halo, 3, with Alyssa Scott.
“As for the mothers…We don’t have any communication with each other,” De La Rosa told the outlet. “We all live very separate lives. We’re all very individualized.”
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De La Rosa said that The Masked Singer host is the one who “calls the shots” when it comes to coordinating playdates among his children.
“We agree or we’ll send the nannies to do it,” De La Rosa said. “That’s really it. We all live very individual lives. So, in a sense, it feels monogamous.”
In terms of how Cannon views his unconventional dating style, De La Rosa confirmed he does not like labels.
“He also lives in this constant phrase: ‘If you label me, you disable me,’ so you cannot label him in any way, which is, I’m for it. The label thing, I get it. I understand. But it’s also some truth to it so we’ve had many a conversations where it’s like, ‘No, I think you’re polyamorous.’ ‘I’m not polyamorous! I’m not! I just love, I love,’ ” the mother of three explained, recalling past conversations with Cannon.
De La Rosa added that the Drumline star’s approach has helped shape how she explains their family structure to her children.
“What I have chosen to teach my kids is, ‘Daddy loves many people. Daddy has a lot of love to give. That’s just who Daddy is.’ And they know their brothers and sisters’ parents and Miss so-and-so and Miss That, Miss That,” she explained.
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De La Rosa also stressed that despite the non-traditional relationships, not one of the six mothers has ever spoken negatively about the situation.
“This is a really beautiful family dynamic. Again, back to, people hate what they don’t understand,” she added. “They don’t understand the family dynamics so I’ll never expect them to ever be able to have a smidge of understanding towards it when they see it. But I will say, there’s a beautiful aspect to it especially when you see the kids.”
Ultimately, she called Cannon “the best father, the best provider, the best partner.”