As one of the hardest working artists in the industry, the masked singer host Nick Cannon is known these days for both produce more and more offspring in terms of the multi-hyphenated career path. The year 2022 has brought many successes in this area, as the R&B singer celebrated the birth of four children, with the last born on November 11th -OR another is on the way . But unfortunately the year hasn’t been all that good, as it started with Cannon and Alyssa Scott still crying death of her five-month-old son Zen who succumbed to brain cancer in November 2021. A year later, the comedian opened up about how he dealt with that dark period and the guilt he sometimes felt about being a father.
Nick Cannon first broke the news of Zen’s death on his short-lived talk show, in which he spoke candidly about the child’s diagnosis, taking on a somewhat similar format when he looks back on the past year. Appear in the medical chat series Review with Dr. David Argus (available to stream with a Paramount+ Subscription ), Cannon addressed one of the only drawbacks of parenting in his particular case, saying:
Obviously, being a father of several children, the biggest guilt in me is always that I can’t spend enough time with all my children. One, because I work constantly, and two, I’m just scattered.
Obviously there is a need when it comes to Nick Cannon being such a busy person in Hollywood, and recently considered the amount of child support he is responsible, beyond all that he provides for his children and their mothers. But being such a busy, on-the-go celebrity isn’t for everyone, as it’s not as easy as some might think to be constantly running on all cylinders.
Cannon spoke with Dr. David Argus about how being such an energetic and project-oriented person isn’t quite in keeping with the idea of taking time to grieve in silence, but rather making an effort to acknowledge that part of yourself . In his words:
I’m still learning. I allow myself to suffer. Some days are easier, others a little more difficult. There is a lot of guilt. I feel it has made me more compassionate. With this shifted blame of everything I couldn’t do with Zen, I can apply it to my other children.
Dealing with such complex guilt can be extremely difficult, so hopefully having so many children to take loving care of really helps him and he can support Alyssa Scott in any way needed. The couple founded the nonprofit Zen’s Light to focus on pediatric care and help families deal with acceptance and grief when they need it.
Nick Cannon, who recently edited yours hospital stay for pneumonia , shared that he has no guilty regrets about his and Scott’s decision to forego chemotherapy as Zen’s brain cancer treatment, though he still allows for quality-of-life procedures, such as cranial fluid drainage via a shunt. Having already been diagnosed with lupus and subjected to such physically and mentally taxing treatments, Cannon said he could not imagine putting someone so young in a similar situation with no guarantee of survival, saying:
I don’t regret it, because seeing your son hooked up to all these machines… Like I said, because he had to go through a bypass two or three times, and it was excruciating every time. And even in such a short time, I couldn’t imagine him having to undergo chemotherapy.
That Cannon can speak so openly about Zen’s death will be an inspiration to other bereaved parents who may not feel ready to talk about their own troubled feelings.
The six episodes of Review with Dr. David Argus they are available to stream now (opens in a new tab) on Paramount+, with other guest episodes including Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda, Amy Schumer, Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey.
Source: Cinemablend
