Nick Cannon described holding his son Zen for the last time before the 5-month-old died of a brain tumor. The TV host made the announcement on “The Nick Cannon Show” speaking candidly about his son’s last moments and spending time with his family. Zen was Cannon’s seventh and youngest child, born June 2021 with Alyssa Scott.
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Bless his heart. How horrible.
My condolences to you and your family ❤
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This is deepest ive ever seen Nick Cannon get. Prayer for this family.
I am so sorry brother. May God comfort you.
So sorry for your loss 😔😢. Sending prayers and PRAISES to the Most High to hold you close during this difficult time.
May Elohim give you Shalom peace!
Your pain is visceral. I am so deeply sorry for your loss Nick. May the memories yoy have if your sweet son be a blessing in the darkness to come.
I have 2 words for this: BLOOD SACRIFICE. 😞
Either he’s paying for his fame or will get more famous soon. Time will tell. 🤔
All of the Hollywood celebs have to pay a price wether it’s right then or later. 😔😶 In Nick’s case it was later.
I can’t watch this. Too painful. Will pray for nick and the mom.
Much CONDOLENCES!!! Nick, more prayers🙏for you, and your family.
My condolences 🙏
Nick, I just said a Pray for you and your family. This breaks my Heart! :((
God bless you
My message to Nick,….
Sorry for the loss of your son. My condolences to you and the Cannon family during this difficult time.
So very sorry for your loss. I lost mine after 24 hrs. Daughter raynah
Keep in mind. No matter the circumstances, they are acting ALL of the time! How do I know? Because they took the time to get before the camera…
Just Too Sad! and Heartbreaking! My deepest condolences and prayers 🙏 🙏 to Nick Cannon and his family 👪 May God give them all comfort and strength. As they try to move forward. Rest In God’s Loving Arms Baby Zen 😇 🙏 🙏 🌹🌷✝️ ❤💜 💕 lisa n family of Detroit, Mi
We are all infinite immortal spiritual beings. Only the body dies. The consciousness is eternal and is waiting in the fifth dimension until your paths cross again. If you quiet yourself you will be able to feel his thoughts as I have when my son passed. My daughter is now pregnant and I have this feeling that I will see me son again when she gives birth. It is all about sharing your love with others. Be thankful that you had time, as short as it was, to do that. He will come back some way maybe even next time as a girl…. But you will share your love again! In the mean time, if you are feeling sad, simply look around the room and find something that does not remind you of him. Do this until you start to feel better. This trick really works and help me greatly. (If your son was vaccinated, it is now coming out that the jab causes cancer. If so, you may want to consider a law suit for closure.)
Rest In Peace to his son. Nick and his family are in my thoughts and prayers
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My Condolences 🙏🏽Fly With The 😇 Angels Lil Guy, So Sorry For Your Loss💙
Pray for you and family.
I am so sorry for the loss of your son. It’s hard to lose a cutie. You have honored him.
Poor baby rest in heaven.
I guess that’s what happens when you get a baby with someone who’s low on melatonin :/ shiiiiet. LUL xD
My heart ❤️💔💔praying for the Cannon Family
He’s brave for going back to work this soon after losing his child. I pray everyone has healthy kids and the kids have good loving parents.
This is a tragedy. Hopefully Nick will reconsider fathering all these kids living in single parent households. Doesn’t matter how much money he has. Children deserve better. Maybe this is the universe telling Nick to stop and take a look at what he is really doing. The child is in a much better place.
NBC NEWS: NICK CANNON SHOW, I don’t know you but strolling only phone I saw your picture of you and your wife with your new son and read the caption. My heart and brain said to pray and express my emotions to your loss of your child not knowing anything else like you about your son’s condition at the hospital, tears were in my eyes before you told the story as I played the video
I’m so sorry for your loss and cannot even know how much pain you and your wife plus your family our experiencing with your son’s passing. I truly hope that GOD will ease the pain and help you through the helplessness and heal the pain.of your loss. I wish you good times with every moment with your family and friends forever.💤💤🐃🌕🏝🏜🌄🌅🌖🦁♥️🌝⭐⚡💨💦💥💣💢💟🖤💜💙💚💛🧡❤💝🥰
As a parent myself, there is nothing you could say to me to go on a news station and talk about the death of my child. I find this disturbing.
In Jesus name I pray for your heart and may your son and the son of GOD play forever in heaven together I am so sorry and I realize how empty some words can be when I try to pretend to be the recipient of them
OMGODDESS I just broke down crying. To have such a short time with him. My condolences to Nick and his family.The show should have canceled the show and played a rerun. He should be home with his wife and other children cause they lost a baby brother. Shame on them for not making him stay home. If that doesn’t require a mental health day I don’t know what does. My heart is absolutely broken. I don’t know what I would do if I ever lost one of my children. I couldn’t handle it. I can handle everything life has ever thrown at me but I was not made to handle that I would break completely break no recovery. His strength is unbelievable and absolutely inspiring. We all think our life sucks and I always tell my kids how ever bad u think something in life is going for u I promise u someone is experiencing something so horrific u wouldn’t be able to wrap ur head around it! Someone else always is experiencing something way worse.
Funny how your wife is light skin, she must not have compassion according to you!
Maybe he didn’t have enough melanin
I am.so very sorry for ur loss idk what would.i do ur a strong person nick luv u man n my prayers and luv are with u and ur family 👪 much luv ❤ nick
I want to congratulate Nick Cannon and his family for such a job well done. Kudos to you 👏
RIP🙏🏾
Nick, may your baby boy soar in the heavenly love of the father. Amen.
The death of a child is always tragic! Should have named him Kharma, Nick. Prayers for the baby!🙏
May you and your family heal from this 🙏🏾 rip lil one 👼🏾
Man I cannot imagine the pain.
So sorry Nick❤️😢
Brother we are with you until the end, we are praying for you; you have a beautiful child that will always will be with you no matter what, the Lord has a prince that has flew to heaven and will be loved forever. 😔
This guy has got so many women pregnant out of wedlock
Nick, Loving hug of support to your family.Mom had a theme song. It came to my phone when she was fading.She literally sparked, began eating,and got herself out of Hospice. Lived for over two years.We sang it at every opportunity.
A charming glimpse of family reunion in paradise. It’s a beautiful musical video called “Just around the corner”.
Please watch it. Much love to you 🙏🤗
God bless you Nick! 🙏
Heartbreaking. Sending love and healing <3
My deepest condolences to you and your family😢😢😢😢 May God comfort y’all through this and always❤❤❤❤❤ We don’t understand why things happen but we must continue to trust God… Love y’all and my heart , love and prayers are with you and your family.❤❤❤❤
Rest in Paradise young King. Stay strong Nick
Cannon
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No emotion.. weird
Be strong your child is with you forever and everywhere.
The life you’re living tells on you in the worst way!
😢🤗🙏🏿♥️ blessing god is sending another wonderful bless son to you
Do not feel sorry for this guy at all. Going around having multiple kids with different women and bragging about it god finally said im going to take that one back for thinking this is a game.
Yes this is very sad, I pray and hope it changes Nick so he can get rid of all the hate and racism he has.
Sending prayers to you and your family 🙏🏼💙
Nick cannon is a Racist
I’m literally crying. I can’t even imagine losing my son. RIP and condolences to the family.
I’d like to be able to say the pain stops Mr cannon, alas, I cry for my 18yo daughter who died Oct 2019 of a brain tumor every day, sometimes for days sir, I am so sorry Mr Mrs cannon.
Stay strong, surround yourself with family & friends, I find comfort in prayer.
😢I am so deeply sorry.
Can we give to St. Jude’s?
I couldn’t imagine losing a child…so tragic…
Sorry for your son, you racist.
My heartfelt condolences to you and your family, I pray that God’s unchanging grant you’ll his love,peace, and guidance, strength, and tranquility during this very difficult period R.I.P 🧸 sweet likkle prince 🙏🏾🧸🕊👑💙
Karma
Sending love ❤
Tony Loveyou😒😒😒
So so sorry for you and your wife lost
May god bless you and your family. RIP Zen. You will always be loved
Ohh,my GOD! So very sorry for your family. May heaven be with you.
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Prayers. For The Nick Cannon Family. Amen
What a sad story I am so sorry for you. Makes me see that losing my 11 year daughter to lymphoma this week is not a punishment for me but something we all face.
My opinion…acting..not one tear…sacrifice
Sorry for your loss! ♥️💗
I am so sorry,
Just absolutely heart wrenching. So sorry for your loss.
Nick has a show?
I my 1½ year old grandson was diagnosed with cancer. He passed away one month before 3rd birthday. It was such a rare cancer that everything was a experiment to save his life. He went through so much pain but he took it like he was and adult in a child’s body. God bless you and your family Nick because we truly know what it’s like watching a child go through this. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Was this baby vaccinated?
Was the mom vaccinated?
You should pursue this if either one were vaccinated.
I am sorry for you, and hope for you and your wife’s recovery.
So sad 😞 God bless Nick and his wife
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It’s sad. Be grateful for your kids being healthy.
Condolences to the Canon’s family 💐🌸🌺🌸🌼
Hydrocephalus is the fluid build up.
Hey Me Cannon!
Love you bro! Your a loving father !
Happy you held your son – your right I agree !
Your son is in Gods Hands and
He is forever Great !
Nick the pain you are feeling I can’t imagine, I know it breaks your Heart, you and your Family, I just want to offer my love and Condolences, and my Pray’s that God will give you what you need in each moment Angels don’t die they Fly away , I learned that through lost of family , I will keep you wrapped inside my Heart ❤ in Pray as you walk knowingly or unknowingly, May God, continue to keep you close to him, I am Family,I always say to my Daughter thats my Cat , through Covid19, it was you and your Heart that got me through some very ruff,and unknown moments new to me, and for that I’m Grateful, you carried me, now I’ll carry you….Your Auntie you have yet to meet. Love you Baby….and know sometimes it’s 1Breath at a time, and our tears are Pray’s to God aswell..this won’t be easy, however you lean on all of Us as we love you in each Moment and each Breath you Take…Love you Aunty🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊❤❤❤💞💞
🙏 In Jesus name God, I ask that you will give this father, mother, siblings, family, & friends a peace that passes all understanding & comfort their hearts to know they will be together again as a family in Heaven with You Jesus!🙏
Drenched in red and black in the picture on the beach and on national television while giving the worst news a parent could give …rip to the beautiful soul that passed.
So sorry. No words. 😪
Sending prayers.
Love you Nick
I’m sorry for being white .we know Nick cannon hates white folks . Racism by fact’s
If the baby was white Nick cannon would hate it . 😱
Being born white is no one’s fault. Sorry for white folks Mr . Cannon
Im so very sorry Nick, i will keep you and your family in prayer 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽, take as much time as you need.😇😇😇
The fluid filling on up on the brain is called hydrocephalus I have an 11-year-old who has that he’s had nine brain surgeries I’m so sorry for the passing of your son when my twins were born almost 12 years ago my oldest twin past five days after I had her they were 26 week babies my oldest twin jersey passed from my bilateral grade for brain hemorrhage weighing only 2 lbs. 4 oz. and 14 inches long my surviving twin Jessica suffers from short-term memory loss she’s developmentally and medically delayed and she has hydrocephalus which is the fluid on the brain I’m very sorry for your loss I know how hard it is to lose a little one because I was able to hold jersey until she passed away
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He passed knowing he was loved, and I think that is the best gift you could have given him. Fly high angel 🕊🕊