Why TV host had 'no problem' signing pop diva's prenup

Nick Cannon has confirmed he signed a prenup before marrying Mariah Carey, and he says he never minded. The TV host, 46, told Maury Povich he "absolutely" signed one before their 2008 wedding.

"Mariah Carey, her entity, her global conglomerate, is gonna make sure she is protected," Cannon explained on the Nov. 9 episode of On Par with Maury Povich. "Had no problem with it whatsoever. And when it was all said and done, I think it protected both of us."

It was a whirlwind. The pair first crossed paths at the Teen Choice Awards in 2005, started dating in 2008 and married after only six weeks, in a private sunset ceremony at Carey's estate in the Bahamas, Parade reports.

Their twins, Moroccan and Monroe, arrived exactly three years after the wedding, on April 30, 2011.

'Unmarrying' is the hard part

They split in 2014 and the divorce was finalised two years later. Cannon says the process was easy for them, but it has put him off marriage for good.

The "natures of, like, unmarrying are not good," he said. "You don't realize it takes so long and how draining it is."

"It didn't affect us, but it really could have affected how we handled one another as friends," he continued. "I saw the traps of how this could have turned really bad if we didn't step in and really engage as a family."

"We handled it so well," he added. "We handled it out of love. Never heard me say a bad thing about her. Never heard her say a bad thing about me. And we just kind of made it about the kids."

Then came the group chat

Cannon has 12 children with six women: Carey, Brittany Bell, Abby De La Rosa, Alyssa Scott, Bre Tiesi and LaNisha Cole. On the same episode, he admitted he once tried putting all six in one group chat, E! News reports.

"Tried it," he joked during the show's "On Par or Off The Rails" segment. "Off the rails. Too wild for TV."

Asked whether they all get along, Cannon shot back: "How do you define get along?" Everyone is "civil", he said, but "everybody has their own life".

"Putting them all in a group chat together? Not the best idea."

He's currently in an open relationship with De La Rosa and Tiesi, according to E! News, and Carey has been linked to musician Anderson .Paak, Parade reports.

As for a reunion, Cannon told E! News in 2024 that he and Carey "belong together", then admitted why it hasn't happened: "She don't want me."

The full family story is coming. When Povich asked whether any of the mothers get upset about how he splits his time, Cannon teased his Netflix docuseries, due this winter: "It sounds like you've seen my docuseries already."