Watch: Nick Cannon Pokes Fun at Having to Pay Child Support for His 12 Kids
Drum roll, please—Nick Cannon is setting the record straight on his relationship with Mariah Carey.
Nearly 10 years after the Drumline star and Carey—who share 15-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe—finalized their divorce, Cannon revealed his dynamic with the Grammy winner is better than ever.
“We talk almost every day or every other day, specifically just about the kids,” Cannon told Us Weekly in an interview published Sept. 23. “We were laughing about [reports we’re not close]. I was like, ‘Who is telling people that?’”
And while the pair have a healthy coparenting dynamic, fans will have to wait until the Wild ‘n Out star’s forthcoming Netflix docuseries comes out this winter to get more insight on whether they’d ever rekindle their romance.
“On the flip side, I’ve heard we’re getting back together,” he said. “I’ll deliver the truth with the doc. I’m always open [to that].”
After all, the 45-year-old emphasized that his and Carey’s split “wasn’t messy,” and that they “were able to move on and be the best parents we can.”
And after almost a decade of coparenting, he still sings the “All I Want for Christmas Is You” hitmaker’s praises.
“I always say Mariah Carey was my greatest friend and my greatest teacher,” he continued. “What I learned most from her is how to hold on to what’s true and create your own spaces, without letting outside energy infiltrate.”
“And you know all that she’s been through in her life,” he added. “I think that’s what keeps her going—her faith and her ability to block out negative energy. You feel like you know her, but she keeps all the things that are meaningful to her to herself.”
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But while these days, Cannon—who is dad to ten children with five different women—engages in consensual nonmognaomy in his love life, he made it clear that wasn’t the case during his and Carey’s marriage.
“I was married for seven-plus years, and my wife was the only person I was monogamous with because I didn’t want to f–k it up,” he admitted. “I was like, ‘This is Mariah Carey. I’m not messing this up!’”
“But I have an abundance of love, and I want to be the best provider and partner,” he added. “I have the means to—not even speaking financially—be a helpmate to people and I think that’s the root of it.”
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