This is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever read from a new parent attempting to describe his or her babies. Nick Cannon was at some event last night in NYC, and he was asked by the press what life was like with little Moroccan and Monroe. Two outlets got a series of odd comments about the seven-week-old infants:
Nick Cannon had his and Mariah Carey’s 8-week-old twin babies on his mind at the Mercedes-Benz Manhattan opening on Tuesday night.
“My son is a tough guy,” he told us of Moroccan Scott. “He doesn’t cry, he’s already got muscles, so Moroccan was a perfect name for him.”
He seemed to be comparing his daughter, Monroe, to his wife.
“Monroe’s a diva. She always has to get her way, and she loves being held,” he said.
“My son is laid back like me,” Cannon, 30, told Us Weekly Tuesday at the Mercedes-Benz Gala opening in NYC. “My daughter’s a diva like her mom!”
How can the first-time dad tell already that his baby girl is a diva? “When my daughter wants something, she’ll let you know immediately,” he laughed. “With [our son], you kind of feed him when you get around to it, and he’s okay with that.”
The America’s Got Talent host said he and Carey, 42, split diaper duty pretty evenly. But Carey is much better at the dirty task! “My diapers tend to leak,” Cannon admitted.
So just how is Cannon’s Grammy-winning wife adjusting to motherhood? “She’s amazing,” he gushed. “She’s the best mother ever.”
They’re six weeks old! And Moroccan is deemed “a tough guy” with “muscles”? The most bizarre? “…So Moroccan was a perfect name for him!” What does that mean? How many dudes named Moroccan are there, and are they all tough guys with bulging muscles, even when they’re infants? Moroccan better grow up to a be a tough kid, though. You know he’s going to be teased like crazy for that name. Maybe he’ll just go by “Rocky”? “MO-Rocky”?
As for Monroe being a diva like her mom… yes, expected that. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Why Moroccan- and not Morocco?? It just bugs the shit out of me. Doesn’t make sense.
muscles?
diva like her mom?
feed him when you get around to it?
oh boy. 🙁
I can’t help it – I like him.
Too bad those muscles aren’t big enough to punch daddy in the mouth.
RHONYC, yeah that “feed him when you get around to it” jumped out at me, too. I’m sure they have a small army of nannies.
S T R A N G E!!!!
Clearly Nick Cannon is not the sharpest tool in the shed. And the sexual stereotyping is from the 1950s.
I feel sorry for these babies. What if one of these days Monroe wants to become a bodybuilder or Morroccan (dumbest name ever) wants to become an interior designer (or some other not-so-manly career choice with a sedentary lifestyle)?
*sigh* these poor babies. i mean with Nick only. if that’s the way he described them? hopefully he’s better with them than talking about them and naming them!
Nick Cannon seems like a sexy, sweet dimwit. It was probably his idea to give his son an adjective for a name. I can’t help but like him. I hope he and Mariah last forever!
I don’t think that’s really odd. My husband still talks about how our son (now 6) was so strong as an infant. And it’s true. He was. It was what one of the things the nurses in the nursery commented on. Parents love talking about their babies! I think it’s neat that Nick is so proud of them!!
Sly Stallone, Hulk Hogan, Vin Diesel, Rocky Cannon – sounds like a perfect name for a future meathead action movie star!
I highly doubt either one of them diaper or feed their children. I’m sure they have round the clock nannies.
“He doesn’t cry, he’s already got muscles, so Moroccan was a perfect name for him.”
LMAO. so moroccans don’t cry and are all muscle-y? mmmmkay. and the photo of nick & mariah kissing is just wrong. it’s so awkward and clumsy. he looks like he is having a root canal and she is making sure the paps only get the right side of her face, as usual.
ick, ick with a side of ick.
The wrestler El Morocco had muscles.
BTW, AGT was far better before NC..
Yes, I agree that the name doesn’t make sense. It’s an adjective – used to describe someone from Morocco. If they wanted to name him with an adjective, maybe Beau or Gorgeous or Tough Guy would work. But unless the kid came from Morocco, it’s just silly.
He’s going to hate his Ps for it when he gets old enough.
Aw, I think he’s just trying (in his own nonsensical way) to justify a name which maybe he’s now realizing is sort of odd.
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i like nick too, he’s innocent enough, it could be worst, he’s loving his life,and it shows. good luck to them.