Nick Cannon reveals therapist has told him to ‘take a break’ from having kids

Father of seven Nick Cannon has revealed he’s been given professional advice to stop having children, while adding that he longs for more.

Mariah Carey’s ex Nick Cannon has vowed to take a break from having children on the advice of his therapist.

The 40-year-old actor, who has seven children with four different women – four of whom were born this year, told Entertainment Tonight he would heed his therapist’s suggestion.

“I’m not sitting out here planning it. My therapist says I should be celibate,” Cannon told the outlet.

Cannon has been increasingly candid about his lifestyle this year. Picture: Getty Images.

“Okay, give me a break bus,” he joked, before adding that he agreed that it was time for a break.

“I’m (gonna) take a break from having kids. I come from a big family, I have several siblings, (and) being raised in an unorthodox family by my grandparents at times, I’ve experienced such a wide range of upbringing that I have such a love and passion for kids and family.

“I want a big family too. The Lord has blessed me with what I asked. Ask and you shall receive.”

The star said he’s always wanted a big family. Picture: AFP Photo.

Cannon welcomed twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir with Abby De La Rosa on June 14. His son Zen, who he shares with model Alyssa Scott, was born nine days after Zillion and Zion.

Another child, daughter Powerful Queen, was born back in December with Brittany Bell. He also shares four-year-old son Golden with Bell.

Cannon is also a dad to 10-year-old twins (son Moroccan and daughter Monroe) with ex-wife Mariah Carey.

Exes Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon during their wedding vows renewal ceremony in 2012. Picture: Getty Images.

For Cannon, having multiple babies with multiple girlfriends is his way of rebelling against the “Eurocentric” institution of marriage.

“That’s a Eurocentric concept … the idea that you’re supposed to have this one person for the rest of your life,” explained Cannon on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club last month.

“The idea that a man should have one woman,” The Masked Singer host continued. “We shouldn’t have anything. I have no ownership over this person.”

Cannon said that fathering so many kids was not a decision he gets to make.

“Those women, and all women, are the ones that open themselves up and say, ‘I would like to allow this man into my world and I will birth this child,’” the California native insisted. “It ain’t my decision. I’m just following suit.”