- Nick Cannon, a father of 12, said he wished he had a child with former co-star Christina Milian.
- He and Milian co-starred in a 2003 comedy film, after which they dated for two years.
- Cannon said he felt regret years later when he heard Milian was expecting a child that wasn't his.
Nick Cannon, who fathered 12 children with six different women, said he wishes he also had a child with former co-star and ex-girlfriend Christina Milian.
In an interview with The Shade Room's Thembi Mawema published Sunday, Cannon, 42, said he regretted not fathering a baby with Milian when he found out she was pregnant with someone else's child.
He and Milian, 41, co-starred in the 2003 comedy film "Love Don't Cost a Thing," after which they dated for two years before breaking up.
"I remember when I found out she was pregnant," Cannon told Mawema.
"Are you like, damn?" Mawema said, laughing.
"Yeah, I was like dang, man!" Cannon replied.
"That could have been me," Mawema said, finishing Cannon's sentence.
"Yeah, yeah," Cannon laughed. "But I was so happy for her and you know her daughter is amazing."
Milian announced she was expecting her first child in 2009, with her then-husband, singer The-Dream. She has two more children with her boyfriend Matt Pokora.
Cannon said he and Milian discussed starting a family when they dated. "We was kids in love, early on," Cannon said.
"Teaches you how life plans it out, the universe gives it out how it's supposed to be given," he told Mawema.
"It could still happen, one day, who knows!" Mawema said.
"She married now! Or I don't know what the situation is," Cannon replied.
Cannon has children with singer Mariah Carey, DJ Abby De La Rosa, and models Alyssa Scott, Brittany Bell, Bre Tiesi, and Lanisha Cole. The rapper and TV host said in February that he would let God decide when he should stop having kids.
Representatives for Cannon and Milian did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.
