Nick Cannon has said that emotional fallout from his divorce from Mariah Carey played a role in shaping his later life decisions, including fathering 12 children with multiple women. Speaking on The Breakfast Club, Cannon said he now believes he was still processing trauma from his marriage when he moved into a series of relationships after the split.
In the interview, Cannon directly linked his post-divorce behaviour to what he described as unresolved emotional strain. Responding to a question about whether his large family was connected to trauma, he suggested he had only recently begun to understand how much the breakup affected him. He added that it was not a conscious decision to build a large family, but rather a period where he felt he was moving without structure or reflection.
