Nick Cannon Reveals Whether His Children Were Planned, While Adding That Monogamy is Unhealthy

On Wednesday, Nick Cannon, 41, opened up about his love life during an appearance on Dr. Laura Berman’s podcast The Language of Love, revealing his views on monogamy and whether or not all of his eight children were planned.

“I’m never gonna say that,” Cannon said when Dr. Berman asked if “most of these pregnancies were unplanned.”

“I’m going to take full responsibility. Any woman that I know that I have unprotected sex with, there’s the potential to have a child,” continued Cannon. “So I feel like if I have unprotected sex with anyone I know – because one, I value everything about me so much if I’ve gotten to that point where I say, ‘I can take off this condom,’ I’m gonna say, ‘She could be the mother of my child.’”

Cannon explained, “I’m the biggest germ freak in the world,” so I don’t do unprotected sex with everyone.

“Every woman that I have a child with, there is definitely a conversation about, ‘Wow, how amazing would this be?’ I feel like every woman I have a child with are amazing mothers, and there was a thought process going into like, ‘Man, she would be an amazing mother, she’s desired children, I can’t wait to see what type of mother she would be.’ ”

Added Cannon: “So, in saying that, I would say that they’re all planned.”

Cannon also touched on monogamy while discussing polyamory, explaining that he only considers himself or another person as single if they are married.

“Married is not single. When you allow the government and paperwork to come in and say, ‘This is a bond, this is a covenant,’ … you’re not single.”

“You can still make covenants without getting the government involved, where two people say, ‘We choose to be monogamous because we value this so much, we don’t want anyone to be a part of this energy we have,’ and I don’t feel like that’s healthy,” continued Cannon. “I don’t think monogamy is healthy. I feel like that gets into the space of selfishness and ownership.”