Nick Cannon may have insured his "most valuable assets" for a cool $10 million, but no one has been murmuring about his net worth recently; they're talking about his parenting skills! Alyssa Scott, mother to Cannon's 2-year-old daughter, Halo Marie, accused the media magnate of not having seen him in a viral Instagram Story in over a month. The timing is just days after Cannon publicly revealed he'd insured his testicles for $10 million.
"Ha ha ha, Funny," Scott wrote, her sarcasm dripping from each syllable. "Sending out apologies to children with no intent of visiting? It's been well over a month @nickcannon. But it's good to know she'll get some of your $ if your balls shrivel and vanish.
Cannon recently shared an interesting insurance policy during an interview with Raven-Symoné about her Tea Time with Raven & Miranda. What began as a joke, a riff on the idea of female celebrities insuring their legs, was suddenly coming true, to the tune of $5 million per testicle, tucked away in his office.
"It started as, 'Yo, this would be a good joke' but we really did it," Cannon said. "My balls!" he replied whenever asked about his greatest strength.
As Cannon cracked up, Scott did not think it was funny. The post arrived as more a gut punch than a giggle, particularly in light of the family's history. The couple's son Zen died from brain cancer in 2021 when he was just five months old. Their daughter, Halo, was born the following year.
Scott's Instagram dig isn't the first time a co-parent has wondered whether Cannon's all up in his kid's business. LaNisha Cole, the mother of his daughter Onyx, also took public gripes once slamming him for "fake" photo ops. As the father of 12 children and six women, Cannon's life as a parent is frequently under scrutiny and is not the type that melts your heart.
Cannon's not exactly shying away from the spotlight or the irony. He joked on the podcast that he might finally slow down on the baby-making. "I love babies... but maybe my bank account doesn't," he joked, referring to the hefty financial and emotional demands brought on by his expanding family.
But for Scott, the one about "insured balls" left him in the cold altogether. And her comment wasn't just a clapback but a raw cry for accountability. In an era when celebrity shenanigans frequently upstage personal responsibility, the sentiment resonated with fans who believe parenting should be neither elective nor occasional.
As the internet debates the scale of Cannon's comedic persona in relation to his duties as a parent, you can insure body parts for millions, but no policy can cover the loss of a legacy when you fail to show up for your kids.
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