Father of 12 Nick Cannon says he felt 'pressured' by the world to get a vasectomy.
Cannon, 42, who recently featured on an episode of The Howard Stern Show, shares 11-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan, with Mariah Carey.
He is father to Rise, six months, Powerful, two, and Golden, six, who he had with Brittany Bell.
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The list continues as the TV star has Beautiful, four months, and Zion and Zillion, both one, with Abby De La Rosa.
Cannon also has Halo, three months, and the late Zen with Alyssa Scott; Legendary, eight months, with Bre Tiesi and Onyx, six months, with LaNisha Cole.
On Monday's show (10 April) Cannon told the host that there's one woman he would love to have a child with - and that's Taylor Swift. She is allegedly single.
"I'm all in," he said.
"First of all, she's an amazing songwriter. What I do love about Taylor Swift is that she has been so vulnerable and open with all of her music.
“Me and Taylor’s numbers are very similar when we’re talking about being in these streets. So, I think she would relate to me very well."
But when he was later asked about the external pressure to get a vasectomy, Cannon's mood changed ever so slightly.
He admitted: "It's a scary thing.
"I felt pressured. I felt the world was trying to make me get a vasectomy. I don't operate well under pressure. My body, my choice.
"You ever know what it's like to be walking down the street and just a random stranger be like, 'Man, you need to go get snipped?' "I'm like, 'I don't even know you.'"
At the start of the year, the 42-year-old appeared via video link on CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage from Times Square in New York (31 December), where he chatted with TV presenter Andy Cohen a few hours before the city rang in the New Year.
During the interview, Cohen joked that Cannon was 'single-handedly populating the earth'.
"What’s your plan? A vasectomy?," he asked.
Cannon momentarily held his smile before responding: "Is that what you want me to get? This is my body, my choice."
The encounter left TV viewers cringing, with one person responding: "This is so painful."
Another commented: "Nick is right. it’s his choice to do what he wants," while a third wrote: "Just turned on the tv and andy cohen is asking nick cannon if he’ll ever get a vasectomy goodbye."
Topics: Nick Cannon, US News, Celebrity
Anish Vij