{"id":26243,"date":"2023-06-26T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26243"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:33:55","slug":"nick-cannon-believes-god-told-him-he-would-father-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/06\/nick-cannon-believes-god-told-him-he-would-father-many.html","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cannon Believes God Told Him He Would Father Many"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian and entertainer Nick Cannon thinks “it all makes sense” why he’s a father to 12 children with six different women. The 42-year-old admitted that he’s had “manifestations or even these visions” from God that have shown he would have a bountiful brood and thinks he’s found their meaning, as he described in a podcast with Dr. Laura Berman.<\/p>\n

He explained of unclear visions he’d have surrounding fatherhood, saying, “You get them in pieces, or they’re fragmented. And so, is it like the Father Abraham conversation, ‘You’re going to be the father of many nations?” he questioned, referencing the biblical tale of God promising Abraham that He would make him “exceedingly fruitful,” among other things.<\/p>\n

Cannon continued, “I’ve never heard that clarity, but I heard that like, ‘Yo, you’re going to be a father of many. There’s going to be your great influence, your lineage, and your offspring are going to do great things.’ Like I’ve had that, and I’m like, ‘Oh well, the more, the merrier.’ We roll the dice to the name and what you will build.”<\/p>\n

He explained that he’d had even more visions involving his legacy. He said, acknowledging the famous family’s global success and full size, saying, “I’m careful with even how I talk about that because I don’t like to say, like, I don’t use the term ‘legacy’ anymore,” adding that he’s comfortable with “lineage.”<\/p>\n