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Model Alyssa Scott has revealed that she and Nick Cannon will be welcoming their second child—and the TV personality's 12th—in December.
Cannon, 42, whose growing brood with multiple women has long been a talking point, had previously welcomed a son with Scott, 29, in June 2021. Their baby, Zen Cannon, died of brain cancer in December 2021.
On Thursday, a week after announcing her pregnancy on Instagram, Scott confirmed that the father was Cannon, sharing a series of intimate maternity photos that showed the two posing naked in a bathtub. Comedian Cannon was seen cradling and kissing Scott's baby bump in the images.
"This is a MIRACLE & a BLESSING," wrote Scott, who also has a 4-year-old daughter called Zeela from a previous relationship.
Returning to the social media platform on Friday morning, Scott revealed the baby's due date, as she posted a photo of herself cradling her growing baby bump while looking radiant in a sheer lime green dress.
"Earthbound DECEMBER 2022," she captioned the post.
Once Cannon's baby with Scott arrives, he will have had five children in five months with five women. The star announced via Instagram on September 14 that he and model Lanisha Cole, 40, had welcomed a girl named Onyx Ice Cole.
Nine days later, on September 23, Wild 'n Out host Cannon had son Rise Messiah Cannon with former Miss Universe contestant Brittany Bell, 34, the pair's third child together and the TV personality's 10th overall.
Amid his decidedly busy year, Cannon had son Legendary Love in July with model Bre Tiesi, 31, and is expecting the imminent arrival of another baby with radio personality Abby De La Rosa, also 31.
Cannon is the father of 11-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan, with his ex-wife Mariah Carey. He shares son Golden Sagon, 5, and daughter Powerful Queen, who turns 2 in December, and a six-week-old son, Rise Messiah, with Bell. Pregnant De La Rosa welcomed twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir with Cannon in June 2021.
In October, former The Price Is Right model Cole expressed a desire to have "one more" baby as she shared photos of her daughter with Cannon.
When announcing the birth of his daughter Onyx in September, Cannon addressed those tempted to criticize his family, writing: "In this moment of celebration and jubilee, I wish to mute any low vibrational frequencies and only rejoice with the Highest Class of Civilization who are truly aligned with our purpose here in this dimension."
"We all learn so much from these Angels we call children," he went on. "I am learning that it is not the limited amount of time we have on this planet but it's the limited amount of love that is the issue. And I promise to love this little girl with all my heart, regardless what anyone says...
"I've given up on attempting to define myself for the world or society but instead I'm doing the work to heal and grow into the infinite Being God ordained me to be.
"Hopefully I can teach Onyx the same, to not let others shame or ridicule her with their outside opinions, because when they do they are only projecting their own harsh experiences, pain and social programming onto her unblemished beauty."
Cannon urged his detractors to direct their comments at him, rather than Cole and the other women with whom he has had—and is having—children.
"As we all know I am not easily triggered and have quite tough skin and have always been an open book but not everyone in my family has that same level of strength," Cannon wrote. "So I pray and ask others to please project all criticism and cynicism towards ME and not the loving and precious Mothers of my children.
"@MissLanishaCole is one of the most guileless, peaceful and nonconfrontational kind souls I've ever witnessed, and only deserves to revel in this moment of blissful joy of motherhood. Please give her that. She is so loving and pure hearted.
"As for me, if you are truly concerned during this time of Spiritual Warfare, my inner struggles with self, mental wellness and physical health concerns... Just continue to pray for me and my entire family that God will grant us Peace that surpasses all Understanding."
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