Nick Cannon reveals how he felt signing prenup before marrying ex-wife Mariah Carey
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Nick Cannon has shared how he felt when he was asked to sign a prenuptial agreement before marrying Mariah Carey.
The comedian and the singer, 57, tied the knot in 2008 and welcomed twins, Moroccan and Monroe, together. However, their marriage ended in 2016.
Nick Cannon opens up about Mariah Carey prenup
Now, a decade later, Cannon has opened up about the experience during Monday's, November 9, episode of ‘On Par with Maury Povich and Maury Show’.
He said that he was “absolutely” fine with signing the agreement. “Mariah Carey, her entity, her global conglomerate is gonna make sure she is protected,” he noted, as reported by Entertainment Weekly.
The 46-year-old actor also stated that “when it was all said and done, I think it protected the both of us. So I would never get married again, but that process that we did was easy.”
Why Nick Cannon never remarried after divorce
Cannon also revealed why he has not married again, despite having 12 children with six women. According to him, separation and divorce can be a long and “difficult” journey.
“You don’t realize it takes so long and how draining it is. It didn’t affect us but it really could have affected how we handle one another as friends,” he added.
However, the rapper managed to maintain a friendship with his former superstar wife throughout their separation and eventual divorce.
“We made sure of it. But I saw the traps of how this could have turned really bad if we didn’t step in and engage as a family,” Cannon explained.
The ‘Wild 'n Out’ star also noted that the media could not find much negative information about him and Carey because “we were so amicable and there wasn’t any dirt to dig up or find”.
“We handled it so well, you know what I mean? We handled it out of love. Never heard me say a bad thing about her. Never heard her say a bad thing about me. And we just kind of made it about the kids. It was smooth. It’s still smooth to this day,” Cannon proudly asserted.
Mariah Carey praises co-parenting with Nick Cannon
This comes years after Carey spoke about her equation with her ex-husband in 2019. She told PEOPLE, “I think Nick and I have done pretty well in co-parenting, staying friends with each other so that we can talk.”
Speaking about their children, the record producer added at the time, “They’re a lot, but they give me so much love in return. I wouldn’t be the same person without them."
