Nick Cannon apologizes for any ‘pain and confusion’ generated by jubilant baby announcement amid grief over late 5-month-old son Zen

Nick Cannon apologized to the mothers of his children on his talk show Thursday for any “pain and confusion” he may have caused by jubilantly announcing his latest impending arrival with model Brie Teisi so soon after he and Alyssa Scott lost their son, Zen, to brain cancer in December at age 5 months.

“I actually would like to take a moment just to be honest and even take a moment to listen and reflect on what I was saying and what’s popping in and to apologize properly,” Cannon said on “The Nick Cannon Show.” “I wish to always protect and respect the privacy of the mothers of all my children.”

There are five, including Scott. Cannon and ex-wife Mariah Carey share 10-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan Cannon; Brittany Bell is mom to 4-year-old son Golden “Sagon” Cannon and 13-month-old daughter Powerful Queen Cannon, and Abby De La Rosa has another set of twins, boys Zion Mixolydian Cannon and Zillion Heir Cannon.

And soon there will be Teisi, with whom he hosted a gender reveal party on Sunday that set the week’s revelations in motion.

Cannon addressed the announcement on Monday’s show, confirming that baby number eight was indeed on the way, even as he acknowledged — virtually in the same breath — that he was still deeply grieving Zen.

Then on Tuesday he yukked it up with Angela Yee of “Rumor Report,” clarifying his celibacy timeline and intentions, admitting his intention to last till the new year had ended a tad prematurely.

He also clarified that he had learned of Tiesi’s pregnancy while Zen was still alive and that they had held off telling the world because of his son’s illness.

Thursday was spent sorting it all out.

“I misspoke and probably went too much into detail on Monday expressing my feelings, and it probably felt like I was making some comparatives when talking about the passing of my son Zen and then also talking about the new child I’m expecting,” Cannon said on Thursday’s edition of “The Nick Cannon Show.” “I didn’t need to do that, because those are two completely separate moments in my life, and they both deserve the respect.”

He also spoke more about the pain of losing Zen.

“You know, we lost a child,” Cannon said on Thursday’s show. “And it is a sincere and still is a sincere and real situation. And I love her, I love my son Zen, and I always will. And I’m going to love my new child, and I’m going to love every child from that point on. I’m a responsible human being, and I take full responsibility for everything, so I must say I sincerely apologize to everyone involved for any extra pain or confusion that I may have caused.”