Nick Cannon dined with five out of his 12 children this week at Craig’s restaurant.
In a photo shared on his Instagram page, the actor and television host was seen posing at a table with the children he shares with Mariah Carey and Brittany Bell.
Photographers later caught him leaving the restaurant with several pizza boxes under his arm and a bag in his hand.
The dinner happened during a celebratory week for Golden Sagon, Cannon’s son with Bell, who recently turned nine. While it was not confirmed whether the dinner doubled as a birthday celebration, Golden had a separate party over the weekend.
The outing came shortly after Abby De La Rosa spoke about co-parenting within Cannon’s blended family during an appearance on the Lovers By Shan podcast. She said that when it comes to the family dynamic, the children remain the priority.
“When you see the kids all together, which I’ve been very, very blessed to experience that numerous and numerous of times, it really is like, okay, my ego can’t win in this,” she said. “They deserve to know each other.”
She explained that while the children spend time together, the mothers do not communicate with one another.
“Now, as for the mothers, we don’t have any communication with each other. Like, we all live very separate lives. We’re all very individualized. There’s never no like let’s have family gatherings and Sunday dinners and things.”
De La Rosa added that Cannon typically coordinates logistics. “It’s just like Nick calls [the] shot. ‘Hey, can I bring the kids over? Hey, can they have a play date on this date?’ And we agree or we’ll send the nannies to do it. And that’s really it.”
Cannon is a father of 12. He shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with Carey; sons Golden Sagon and Rise Messiah and daughter Powerful Queen with Bell; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir and daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with De La Rosa; son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; daughter Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole; and daughter Halo Marie with Alyssa Scott. He and Scott’s son Zen died from brain cancer in December 2021.
