Jesse Grant/Variety via Getty Nick Cannon is getting real about how fatherhood changed his dating life TheDrumlineactor revealed that being a father of five girls made him change his perspective on dating and give up his old player ways Cannon is a father to 12 different children from six different women Nick Cannonis getting real about how fatherhood has changed his dating life. While talking about his new late-night show withExtra's Mona KosarAbdi, theWild N' Outcreator, 44, opened up about his personal life and his old dating habits. Cannon said that being a dad to five daughters has changed his outlook on how he approaches the dating scene, adding that he hopes to he can inspire his daughters to "learn from my mistakes and not date people like their dad." "When you have five daughters and you're like, 'All right, I at least want to be able to be true and honest,' but like I can't live the same life that I've always been living and attempt to right my wrongs in that sense of where like hopefully my daughters learn from my mistakes and not date people like their dad." https://people-app.onelink.me/HNIa/kz7l4cuf Cannon shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wifeMariah Carey; sonsGolden SagonandRise Messiah Cannonand daughterPowerful QueenwithBrittany Bell; twinsZion Mixolydian and Zillion Heirand daughterBeautiful ZeppelinwithAbby De La Rosa; sonLegendary LovewithBre Tiesi; and daughterOnyx Ice ColewithLaNisha Cole. Cannon is father to two children withAlyssa Scott— sonZen, whodiedat five months old in December 2021 after being diagnosed with brain cancer, and daughterHalo Marie Cannon. As for expanding his family, Cannon told PEOPLE in March that he's "pressing hold" on welcoming any more children. TheDrumlinestar explained that while he's "not against it," he won't be welcoming any little ones any time soon. "I really don't know. I'm being honest. I'm having so much fun in this space right now, and the way my bank account is set up, I'm going to press hold on this 12 for right now," he told PEOPLE. "But. I was just speaking of three years from now [or] five years from now, who knows? I'm not against it." "There was a point in time where I was just like, 'Nah, I'm done.' And, then I was like, 'Who am I to say that?' " he added. "It seemed like it was such an emphatic thing. I never imagined that I would have 12 kids. So, it's one of those things where I love children. I love my life, and if it could keep going in the direction that it's going, why not?" While speaking with PEOPLE at ESSENCE Festival of Culture about his podcastWe Playin' Spadespresented by Amazon and Wondery, Cannon opened up about his "nontraditional, unorthodox" life as a dad of 12. Cannon said that he loves his children unconditionally and "there's nothing more important" to him than them. "I love my kids unconditionally, and there's nothing more important than my children, so it's a learning lesson of love for me every single day," he told PEOPLE. "The number one thing is just to be present and to be able to say, 'Hey, I'm here, we're growing together.' " "But also to put a different face on the fatherhood, too, because you see it in so many different ways now that you didn't see before," he continued. "You can be present and you can have multiple relationships. We're getting so many different flavors of how fatherhood can look." John Nacion/Getty; Nick Cannon/Instagram Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The actor and comedian went on to say that his children are growing up "surrounded with love," despite what the public thinks about his "nontraditional" parenting style. "I always tell everybody it's the proof is in the pudding, so we're gonna see," he said. "As these children grow up and they're surrounded with love, all I can do is pray that they can have an open and loving life because they see what that is in a very, like you said, non-traditional, unorthodox way, but it's still filled with love." When asked if there's anything different about parenting single children versus multiple children, the host ofThe Masked Singernotes that his twins were born as "best friends." "Twins are best friends. Friends out the gate," he said. "They have a different understanding. They locked in together and it's actually like once they get to a certain age, they always got a companion, so it's kind of cool." "They can ... parent each other, but they have that built in like a strong balance that they got going to where they'll check each other," he added. "They'll embrace each other and they [will] be down for each other like no other sibling or family infrastructure." Read the original article onPeople
