BY: LBS STAFF
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Nick Cannon’s oldest daughter, Monroe Cannon, has made a rare public statement about her famously large and blended family, clarifying exactly how she feels related to each of her siblings.
The 14-year-old, who Nick shares with superstar Mariah Carey, recently took to social media to comment on her numerous half-siblings, pointedly stating that she only has “ONE” brother, emphasis hers.
The teenager, known as “Roe,” posted the clarification to her Instagram Storiesfollowing her father’s continued expansion of his family. The comment comes amidst public fascination and frequent coverage of Nick’s family life.
“clearing something up guys,” she wrote in the now-expired November 13 IG Story, “i only have ONE brother who is @moroccan.cannon. i do have other half siblings from my dad but they are all many many years younger than me!”
Monroe and her twin brother Moroccan are the oldest of Nick’s children. They were born in 2011 to Nick and Mariah, who secretly wed in 2008 and divorced in 2016. Since the separation, The Masked Singer host has welcomed 10 more children with multiple partners, bringing his total number of children to 12.
Monroe’s statement is a striking insight into how his eldest child views the complex family dynamic. While Nick is father to several other children — including sons Golden Saigon and Rise Messiah Cannon, and daughter Powerful Queen with Miss Guam 2014 Brittany Bell; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, and daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with DJ Abby De La Rosa; son Legendary Love with Selling Sunset star Bre Tiesi; daughter Onyx Ice Cole with photographer LaNisha Cole; and daughter Halo Marie with Alyssa Scott, with whom he also shared son Zen, who died at the age of 5 months in December 2021 due to brain cancer — Monroe’s emphasis on Moroccan, her twin, being her sole brother, clearly distinguishes her immediate, close relationship from those with her younger half-siblings, some of whom were born more than a decade after her.
The 14-year-old has increasingly stepped into the spotlight alongside her famous parents, but her father has previously credited her with being a pillar of emotional support within the family.
During an interview with People, Nick once referred to Monroe as his “best therapist,” noting her wisdom and honesty helped him through difficult times, including the tragic death of his son Zen.
“My daughter, really, she’s so in tune and in line and wise beyond her years,” he told the outlet. “I got a lot of therapists, but she’s probably my best therapist.”
He continued: “She keeps me in check. She’s so pure and honest. … She’s my oldest child. Even though they’re twins, she came out first and she lets everybody know it. She’s helped me keep it strong.”
During a September 15 appearance on The Breakfast Club, Nick got candid about the real reason he became a father of 12, admitting that his rapid journey into expanded fatherhood was, at least in part, a response to unhealed trauma following his split from Carey.
“I’m learning that now,” Nick shared. “It wasn’t like I was acting out. It was more of being careless, being frivolous with my process because I could do it. Because I had the money. Because I had the access to whoever and however I wanted to move.”
He continued: “It was more about like, ‘Yo, I’m gonna just live life and have fun and whatever happens happens. I can handle it.'”
via: TooFab
Mariah Carey’s Daughter Monroe Comments on Her Dad Nick Cannon’s Other Children
She clarified that she does have other half-siblings through her father, however, they are all “many years” younger than her
- Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s daughter Monroe Cannon made rare comments about her siblings in a recent Instagram Stories post
- The 14-year-old has a twin brother, Moroccan Monroe
- Following his and Carey’s divorce, Cannon has fathered 10 other children
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon‘s daughter Monroe Cannon made rare comments about her siblings in a new Instagram Stories post.
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Monroe, 14, took to social media to explain her blended family.
“clearing something up guys,” she began, adding, “i only have ONE brother who is @moroccan.cannon. i do have other half siblings from my dad but they are all many many years younger than me!”
The “All I Want For Christmas Is You” hitmaker, 56, shares twins Monroe and Moroccan with ex-husband Cannon, 45. After a few months of dating, they secretly tied the knot in a private ceremony in the Bahamas in 2008, and welcomed Monroe and Moroccan in 2011.
Since their 2014 separation and 2016 divorce, Cannon has notably fathered 10 more children. He shares sons Golden Sagon and Rise Messiah Cannon and daughter Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir and daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; and daughter Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole.
Cannon is father to two children with Alyssa Scott — son Zen, who died at 5 months old in December 2021 after being diagnosed with brain cancer, and daughter Halo Marie Cannon born on Dec. 14, 2022.
Cannon once credited his oldest daughter Monroe with helping him through difficult moments, including the sudden loss of his son Zen. “My daughter, really, she’s so in tune and in line and wise beyond her years,” he previously told PEOPLE. “I got a lot of therapists, but she’s probably my best therapist.”
He added, “She keeps me in check. She’s so pure and honest. […] She’s my oldest child. Even though they’re twins, she came out first and she lets everybody know it. She’s helped me keep it strong.”
When Carey was asked recently by Gayle King for CBS Mornings in a pre-taped segment on Sept. 24 about her co-parenting relationship with the Masked Singer host, she responded, “I kind of feel like it’s best if I don’t talk about him, because he can just be in his own world.”
“No offense to him,” she added at the time.”
via: PEOPLE
Eddie Murphy, Father of 10, Laughs Off Comparisons to Nick Cannon: ‘I Didn’t Give Him Any Parenting Advice’
The comedian and actor jokes about having nearly as many children as Nick Cannon
- Eddie Murphy is the proud father of 10 children
- He says people should have as many children as they can afford
- Murphy points out one big difference between himself and father-of-12 Nick Cannon
Eddie Murphy couldn’t be prouder of his large brood.
Murphy and his first wife, Nicole, with whom he shares five adult children, divorced after 13 years in 2006. He’s welcomed three children from other relationships and two more with wife Paige Butcher.
“It just happened,” the star, 64, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue of how he wound up with 10 kids, ranging in age from 6 to 36. “I never knew I would have 10 kids, but now it’s the best thing ever. If you can afford that many kids, you should have as many kids as you can afford. That is fun.”
That said, he swears he never passed that sage advice along to father of 12 Nick Cannon.
“I’ve never talked to Nick. Did I ever meet Nick Cannon?” Murphy wonders aloud. What he knows for sure: “I didn’t give him any parenting advice.”
Murphy laughs, adding, “People always say, ‘Nick Canon, he got, like, 12 kids,’ ” he says of the comparisons people make between the two men. But there’s one key difference, says the star. “I didn’t have that many when I was that young. God bless him.”
Cannon certainly feels blessed. “Every day I just wake up excited as a father,” he told PEOPLE in May 2022. “I’m so excited about all my kids. Constantly, from every aspect of it. From them getting citizen of the month awards in the first grade to the birth of the new ones.”
As for Murphy, he’s now gearing up to be a grandfather again. At the Nov. 12 Los Angeles premiere for his Being Eddie Netflix documentary, daughter Bria, 35, showed off her growing baby bump in photos with her dad.
“My children are all decent people. I don’t have one rotten one, and I would like to think that they got some of that from me,” he says.
Earlier this year, the proud dad watched his son Eric, 36, marry fellow comedian Martin Lawrence’s daughter Jasmin, 29.
Asked what makes him happiest now, Murphy says, “Just being Eddie. I love having my family around, and I love that I’ve been in this amazing business for so long. Coming from super humble beginnings and having this longevity, just to be around and see all the different changes and all that stuff. There’s just so much to be happy about.”
Being Eddie is now streaming on Netflix.
via: PEOPLE
