Nick Cannon reveals he uses ChatGPT to not 'gaslight,' says he's 'definitely a narcissist'

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Nick Cannon is getting candid about therapy.
The "Wild n' Out" host, whose fame for fathering a small brood of children has at times overtaken that of his music and television career, revealed in a recent interview that consistent therapy has changed his outlook – and brought new revelations.
In an interview with New York Magazine published Tuesday, July 15, Cannon revealed he had multiple therapists and attended sessions with several of his 12 children.
"One of my therapists says I'm a machete juggler," he quipped, referencing a full – if not tumultuous – personal life that the public has increased access to.
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"I'm the boy wonder: Buy your tickets! Watch me do the impossible!" he said. Cannon launched his "Counsel Culture" podcast last year that explores his own interpersonal insights and will debut another this summer, "Nick Cannon @ Night," that doles out dating and sex advice.
It may seem counterintuitive for a celebrity with an increasingly complicated family life (his most recent Father's Day was spent shuttling between engagements to see all 12 children) to be dealing in psychological advice, but Cannon told the outlet that that was the point. He wanted to be an example, even if it's for some of the more unsavory parts of relationship building.
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"I had been talking to my personal therapist, and some of the therapists on 'Counsel Culture,' and I was like, 'They throw this word narcissist around so much … 'I'm not a narcissist,'" he told the outlet. "And when I took the test, they were like, 'Yeah, no – you're definitely a narcissist.'"
Narcissism, a hot topic particularly in dating, as therapy-speak breaks into the mainstream, refers to a person with an "unreasonably high sense of their own importance," according to the Mayo Clinic.
Nick Cannon uses ChatGPT for advice
Another hot topic? Using ChatGPT for therapy. Cannon admitted he's not immune.
"They're saying people are using it as a therapist, and a friend, and a place to get advice," he told New York Magazine. "I ain't going to lie. If I'm ­having a conversation or something, I'll ask it like, 'Yo, how should I approach this so it doesn't feel too toxic?' Or 'I don't want to gaslight, but this is what I'm feeling. What's the best way to write this text?'"
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And, as for his conversations with real-life therapists, he pushes them to put him in his place.
"I'll say, 'Please. This is challenging. This is my life. I've got to take accountability for the world that I created,'" Cannon said.