American media personality, Nick Cannon is praising Alyssa Scott for her strength following the death of their son, Zen. This is following his announcement on Tuesday on his daytime show, Nick Cannon, that his 5-month-old son, Zen, recently died of brain cancer. The actor and Scott welcomed Zen in June 2021.
Sharing the tragic news, Cannon referred to the model as the “strongest woman I’ve ever seen”. He said,
“Zen’s mom, Alyssa, was just the strongest woman I’ve ever seen. Never had an argument, never was angry. Was emotional when she needed to be, but always the best mom, and continues to be the best mom.”
Cannon explained that they took Zen to the doctor when he was 2 months old after they noticed that his head seemed larger than normal. He continued,
“He had this real interesting breathing and by the time he was two months old I noticed. Zen had this nice sized head, I called it a Cannon head. We didn’t think anything of it, he had a normal Cannon head. But I wanted to take him to the doctor to get the breathing and the sinus thing checked out. We thought it would be a routine process.”
Thereafter, the doctors discovered fluid building up in Zen’s head and a malignant tumor that required brain surgery. He subsequently had the surgery and a shunt to drain the fluid from his head.
The host then revealed that Zen’s health took a turn for the worse around Thanksgiving as the “tumor began to grow a lot faster.” He also said they spent “quality time” with Zen over the weekend in California. The comedian shared while in tears that this weekend was the last time he held his son.
“I didn’t know how I was gonna handle today but I just really wanted to grieve with my family, people who love you. I didn’t want to make it about any pageantry so I kind of went back and forth of what I should do but I was always taught, you go through it, you grow through it, you keep pushing. I’m here to show that I can fight through this, I’m feeling it, I’m vulnerable, I’m open. This is a special show dedicated to my beautiful son Zen.”
5 month old Zen was Cannon’s seventh child. The popular tv show host is father to twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir with Abby De La Rosa on June 14. Cannon also has a 4-year-old son Golden with Brittany Bell, with whom he has a daughter Powerful Queen. Cannon and ex-wife Mariah Carey also have 10-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe.
