Nick Cannon Says Six-Mother Group Chat Went Off The Rails

Nick Cannon isn’t recommending a group chat for keeping the six mothers of his children on the same page.

The father of 12 gave Maury Povich a quick answer when the host suggested bringing everyone into one conversation about Thanksgiving plans. Cannon had already given that approach a shot.

“Tried it. Off the rails. Too wild for TV,” Cannon said during his November 9 appearance on On Par with Maury Povich.

Povich raised the idea during a game, asking Cannon to decide whether different situations were acceptable or headed for trouble. The group-chat question brought the conversation back to the realities of running a family across several households.

Mariah Carey, Bre Tiesi and Abby De La Rosa are three of those co-parents, alongside Brittany Bell, LaNisha Cole and Alyssa Scott.

When Povich asked whether the women got along, Cannon answered with a question of his own: “How do you define get along?”

The host offered “civil” as a description. Cannon agreed with that word before returning to why one shared conversation hadn’t worked.

“Everybody has their own life, their own. But now putting them all on a group chat together, not the not the best idea,” Cannon said.

Cannon didn’t name a particular person as the cause of the problem or walk through the messages. His account stopped short of explaining what had happened inside the chat.

Povich then asked whether anyone complained that Cannon spent more time with one household than another. Cannon used the question to point toward his upcoming Netflix project.

“It sounds like you’ve seen my docu series already,” Cannon told Povich.

The previously announced family series will show more of those relationships. Earlier in the interview, Cannon said Bre Tiesi, Abby De La Rosa and Mariah Carey would appear.

He also described taking part in school drop-offs, pickups, sports and extracurricular activities. For Cannon, those everyday responsibilities sit alongside a television career that now includes giving other people relationship advice.

Cannon said the Netflix series was coming in December but declined to reveal its title during the conversation.

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