Mariah Carey Reveals Rare Truth About Co-Parenting With Ex Nick Cannon: 'How Do I Say This?'

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Mariah Carey Reveals Rare Truth About Co-Parenting With Ex Nick Cannon: 'How Do I Say This?' originally appeared on Parade.
Mariah Carey is opening up about co-parenting with her ex-husband Nick Cannon.
The singer, 56, shares 14-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with Cannon, 44. Cannon has since welcomed 10 additional children following the birth of the twins.
"How do I say this?" Carey said during an interview with Harper's Bazaar published Monday, July 29. "They spend time with him, and they have a good time; they spend time with me, and they have a good time."
"I want to make sure I'm always fair about the situation because it's tough to grow up with divorced parents." she continued.
The moment marked a rare occasion in which Carey addressed her relationship with Cannon, whom she divorced in 2016 after 8 years of marriage.
Cannon, for his part, has spoken about the dynamic with the mother of his first two children.
In August, he admitted to E! News that he would "absolutely" get back together with his ex-wife, saying, "We belong together." He also shared insight into his mindset during the marriage in an episode of the Ray Daniels Presents podcast in October.
"I got married in my 20s to the biggest star in the world," Cannon said. "I would lay up at night thinking, 'Is this who I am? Am I Mariah's man? Is that what my life's supposed to be?'"
He continued, "There's nothing wrong with it. And I got really comfortable in it. She got islands, I'm waking up at noon and I'm being served steaks on a platter."
He added that the birth of the twins put things into a new perspective.
"Then when you have children and the hierarchy of man s--t is like 'Wait, I'm carrying the purse, the diaper bag and I'm standing on the corner waiting,'" he explained. "She's rocking being all the alpha that she is."
Cannon said he also began to wonder if his own accomplishments, including his role as chairman at Nickelodeon and at Island Def Jam, were only because of his wife's connections. He also credits his diagnosis with Lupus and the realization that he had "so much to do" with shifting his mindset.
"That's probably why I have 12 kids now." he joked.
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Mariah Carey Reveals Rare Truth About Co-Parenting With Ex Nick Cannon: 'How Do I Say This?' first appeared on Parade on Jul 29, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
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