Ubiquitous baby daddy Nick Cannon has admitted that his decision to "carelessly" have 12 kids wasn't made while he was of sound mind. Source: Unique Nicole / Getty During his latest appearance on The Breakfast Club, the multi-hyphenate explained that having so many kids was tied to how he coped with his divorce from Mariah Carey. "A lot of it is the trauma that I was experiencing of not knowing how to handle divorce," he said. When Cannon was asked if having 12 kids was a response to the split, the 44-year-old agreed, admitting that he was being "careless" while spreading his seed.