Is there a minimum number of children you need before you’re qualified to dish out relationship advice? If so, Nick Cannon is working off a syllabus entirely his own. The entertainer—host, actor, rapper, and father to a dynamic dozen—has announced a new podcast devoted to answering questions about love, sex, and the ever-expanding realm of “modern relationships.”
“Nick Cannon @ Night”: Chronicles of the Unorthodox
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cannon’s upcoming podcast, titled “Nick Cannon @ Night,” will feature live recordings before an audience in Los Angeles, where Cannon fields written questions from listeners about dating and relationships. He plans to open his DMs, respond to anonymous queries in segments fittingly called “Anonymous @ Night,” and even take it to the streets with man-on-the-street-style interviews. Celebrity guests and panels of topical experts are lined up to join the conversation for each episode. The series will go live on YouTube, Wondery+, and all the podcast regulars starting July 23.
The Hollywood Reporter also points out the show’s creators are leaning all the way into Cannon’s unapologetically public personal life—explicitly noting his status as a father of 12 with six women, and the relentless scrutiny his relationships attract. “When it comes to his personal life, Nick has never shied away, unapologetically leaving the world curious about his views on dating, fatherhood and modern relationships. So, who better to offer advice?” the press release asked, with a straight face that must’ve taken some effort to maintain.
Social Media Reacts: Frying Pans, Fires, and Follow-Up Jokes
Reactions to the show—especially on social media—can best be described as a blend of bewildered amusement and open roasting. As the Daily Mail collects, users on X (formerly Twitter) were quick to highlight the apparent incongruity: “Nick Cannon has 12 kids with six different women,” noted one, while another cautioned, “Nobody take relationship advice from Nick Cannon.” Some took the analogy route—“Getting relationship advice from Nick Cannon would be like getting sobriety advice from an alcoholic,” observed a particularly droll commenter.
The Daily Mail also documents how Instagram responses ranged from, “Is this a joke???” to the dry, “I checked. Today isn’t April 1st,” and of course, calls for ex-wife Mariah Carey to make a guest appearance. Even the more diplomatic fans couldn’t quite overcome their skepticism, with one writing, “Love you Nick and respect you as a legend in the entertainment business but I am good on this.”
Cannon himself, as cited in the Mail’s compilation of his recent People interview, leans into his nontraditional approach, calling his family “a learning lesson of love for me every single day.” He’s said his chief aim is to be present for his children and “put a different face on the fatherhood, too, because you see it in so many different ways now that you didn’t see before.” Each of his children, he insists, is raised “surrounded with love” and, for those following along at home, in a “very… non-traditional, unorthodox way, but it’s still filled with love.”
Defining Qualifications: Unorthodox Expertise or Relatable Chaos?
As previously reported by The Hollywood Reporter, this is hardly Cannon’s first foray into the world of advice podcasts. He’s become a mainstay on Fox with “The Masked Singer” and “Lego Masters,” runs the card-focused “We Playin’ Spades” show, and even premiered “Counsel Culture” last year. In each, Cannon foregrounds the candid, messy realities of celebrity and family life—he’s not peddling the fantasy of perfection. If anything, he seems to be supplying a syllabus for improvising your way through life’s more crowded logistical scenarios.
For those wondering if Cannon always has a handle on all twelve kids, the Daily Mail highlights an especially telling episode: during a podcast exchange last month, Cannon was challenged to name each child and promptly failed to do so, requiring prompts from the host. He joked that he has a “king complex,” adding, “I really think I’m the king.” And while he’s mused in past interviews about the “responsible thing” being a vasectomy, he’s publicly admitted he’s “not done [having children].”
The Most Curious Qualification?
So—does having an impressively sprawling, nontraditional family tree make someone a uniquely qualified relationship sage, or does it simply provide a wealth of cautionary tales? Is the intention self-deprecating, sincere, or some ineffable blend?
With “Nick Cannon @ Night,” the show’s construction—complete with expert panels, unfiltered call-ins, and no attempt to erase the host’s own headline history—leans into the spectacle rather than running from it. The appeal, perhaps, is in the unpredictability. Viewers will likely find advice that is at times sage, at times surreal, and occasionally both at once.
In the endless quest for answers to love, relationships, and everything in between, maybe the real lesson is that uncertainty and chaos are universal—and the advice columnists who admit their own confusion could, in some roundabout way, offer more comfort than those with tidy resolutions. Or, if nothing else, it makes for remarkably interesting podcast fodder.
Is Cannon’s advice more useful, or simply more entertaining, because of its unpredictability? Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or just in need of a wild story, it looks like the door to Nick Cannon’s DM advice emporium is officially open.
