Nick Cannon jokes he's 'amish' to dodge child support for his 12 kids

Nick Cannon is making a few jokes about his unique situation. The comedian is the father of 12 kids, a figure that's regularly brought up in interviews and commentary.

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He poked fun at his huge child support payments in a skit with his girlfriend Bre Tiesi. “Nick, it’s time to pay child support,” said Tiesi on a joint Instagram Reel, captioned "When it's time to start paying child support..."

“Como se what?” said Cannon. "No, I don't, I'm Amish."

“What does that have to do with anything?” continued Tiesi. “You have to pay child support.”

“No I don’t!” Cannon quipped. “I got the vaccine!” He claimed that he didn't have to pay child support if he had over 10 kids.

Cannon is the dad of 12 kids: twins Moroccan and Monroe with his ex Mariah Carey, Golden, Powerful Queen, and Rise with Brittany Bell, twins Zion and Zillion, and Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa, and Onyx Ice, with LaNisha Cole.

He was also the father of Zen and Halo Marie, with Alyssa Scott. Zen tragically died when he was 5 months old.

Cannon on the parenting 'double standard' he's living through as his kids grow up

Earlier this year, Cannon shared some controversial opinions when it comes to raising teenage sons and daughters.

His twins Monroe and Moroccan are 15 years old, with Moroccan already starting to date. His daughter, Monroe, doesn't have the same privileges. Cannon revealed that his decision to not allow his daughter to date is "absolutely a double standard."

"I am more protective of my daughter because there's things out there that I have to protect my daughter from," he said.

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"Like, as we know, there's certain types of individuals that you want to keep your daughter away from. My son, it's a different conversation when he's going out into the dating world."

Cannon revealed that he has a soft spot for his daughter. "If somebody puts their hands on my daughter, I'm going to jail... I'm doing 25 to life if somebody puts their hands on my daughter," he said.

He's not very worried about his son dating possible gold-diggers. "No! He got a whole lot of money. His mom is Mariah Carey! He's good," he said with a laugh. 

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