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Nick Cannon admits he feels 'guilty' for not spending enough time with his 11 kids

Nick Cannon certainly has his work cut out with his enormous brood and admitted he feels 'guilty' for not spending enough time with all 11 of his children.

The 42-year-old talk show host is currently awaiting the birth of his 12th child, after becoming a dad-of-11 last month.

Nick said he has been struggling to find a balance between his growing career and making time to see his growing brood.

"Being a father of multiple kids, it’s always the biggest guilt on me is that I don’t get to spend enough time with all my children.

"One 'cause I’m constantly working and two because I’m just spread thin," he said during an episode of The Checkup with Dr. David Agus.

Nick said he struggles to see his kids (Instagram)

Nick first became a dad back in April 2011, when he and his then-wife Mariah Carey welcomed twins Moroccan and Monroe.

After their split, the TV personality welcomed three children each with Brittany Bell and Abby De La Rosa.

Brittany gave birth to son Golden in February 2017 and daughter Powerful in December 2020, followed by son Rise this September.

Abby gave birth to the pair's twins sons Zion and Zillion in June 2021. She gave birth to their third child, Beautiful, in November.

He certainly has a huge brood (Brittany Bell /Instagram)
He became a dad for the first time in 2011 (nickcannon/Instagram)

Nick is also the father of son Legendary, five months, with Bre Tiesi, as well as daughter Onyx, three months, with Lanisha Cole.

Nick and Alyssa Scott's son, Zen, died from brain cancer at just five months old.

The Wild 'N Out host explained that they opted out of treating their child with chemotherapy because they had wanted to prioritise Zen's "quality of life".

"Seeing your son hooked up to all of those machines — and he had to go for a shunt two or three times, and that was heart-breaking every time — even in that short amount of time, I couldn’t imagine him having to go through chemo," he said.

The pair are now expecting their second child together.

Nick is hoping to make time for all of his children at Christmas, even if it involves a lot of driving or travelling by planes.

"It's not going to be so easy this Christmas due to work, but he's determined to see them all. He loves his kids equally, they keep him strong and energised and ambitious," an insider told Heat magazine.

They added: "He's a proud papa, that's for sure."

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