Nick Cannon Settles Mother's Day Debate With One Simple Rule

If you’ve ever wondered how Nick Cannon navigates the minefield that is Mother’s Day with 12 kids and 6 baby mamas, he’s finally set the record straight—and his logic is almost too simple to ignore.

During an appearance on“The TMZ Podcast,”Cannon broke down his Mother’s Day strategy with the kind of straightforward reasoning that somehow never occurred to the rest of us: Mother’s Day is literally called Mother’s Day, not Baby Mama Day. Revolutionary concept, right? While everyone’s out here assuming he’s orchestrating some kind of elaborate rotating schedule or group celebration, Cannon revealed he’ll be spending the holiday doing what the name actually suggests—celebrating his own mother.

The real kicker? He’s delegating the rest. Cannon made it clear that it’s on his 12 kids to handle the task of spoiling the mothers in their lives themselves. He’s not stepping in to coordinate gifts, dinners, or celebrations for their moms. That’s their job, not his. It’s a refreshingly no-nonsense take in a situation that could easily devolve into hurt feelings and logistical chaos.

Interestingly, Cannon noted that Mother’s Day is actually the easy holiday. Valentine’s Day gets more complicated, he said, but Father’s Day—that’s where things really get hectic. Imagine being the guy all 12 kids want to celebrate simultaneously. That’s the real scheduling nightmare.

The conversation got even more entertaining when Cannon’s co-host Rip Michaels jumped in with some wild Mother’s Day plans of his own, throwing out ideas that were apparently so over the top that even Cannon had to pump the brakes and call him out. The full interview is worth catching just for that dynamic alone.