Nick Cannon Says He Practices ‘Consensual Non-Monogamy’ In Interview With A Sex Therapist

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Nick Cannon is doubling down on his views on monogamy. The 41-year-old dad of seven, with more on the way this year, appeared in a YouTube Live interview with R&B duo DVSN and sex therapist Dr.

Tammy Nelson to discuss the concept of “open monogamy” and the state of romantic relationships in the current age. Nelson, whose book is titled Open Monogamy, describes the arrangement as having “a primary or central partner, but you have a flexible and fluid relationship agreement.” READ MORE: Nick Cannon Clears Up Engagement Rumors, Gives First Look at Romantic 'Eyes Wide' Music Video (Exclusive) “I’ve practiced monogamy, I’ve been a cheater, I’ve been toxic,” Cannon discloses, adding that today he is just trying to “be the best self I can possibly be and be the best father I can possibly be.” “It all starts with honesty,” he continues, noting that his own romantic relationships tend to include “contingencies based off of what allows me to be the best me I can possibly be.” READ MORE: Nick Cannon Says It's 'Safe to Bet' He's Having 3 Kids This Year: 'The Stork Is on the Way' (Exclusive) “It’s really just surface, basic stuff,” he says. “One of my therapists coined what I do as consensual non-monogamy.

Because to even pretend like I’m in a monogamous relationship, that would be misleading. Because, as we know, monogamy defines one thing — and people like to classify what I do as polyamory or polygamy, but even that, I always say to define me is to confine me.” Cannon has seven children with four women: 11-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan, with Mariah Carey; Golden “Sagon,” 5, and Powerful Queen, 1, with Brittany Bell; 1-year-old twins, Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, with Abby De La Rosa; and Zen, who died in