Nick Cannon with twins Monroe and Moroccan.Photo:John Nacion/Getty Images
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Nick Cannoncannot believe that “Dem babies” will soon be “Dem teenagers.”
In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE tied to hisnew commercialforBuffalo Wild Wingsto promote the restaurant chain’s"Buy One, Get One Wing" deal, the multi-hyphenate star, 43, also opens up about his twins with ex-wifeMariah Careyturning 13 later this year.
“It’s crazy, man. I was just talking to them about that,” Cannon says, referring toson Moroccan and daughter Monroe.
“13! That’s a big age, too. I remember that age like it was yesterday,” he continues. “Then you think in five more years they’ll be college students and adults, and it’s like, ‘Whoa. Wow.’ Time flies like crazy.”
“You scroll through your iPhone and they send you those photos like, ‘This was three years ago today,’ and you are like, ‘Yo, I thought that was last week,’ " adds Cannon, who is also afather to 10 other children. “You just see the growth just right before your eyes.”
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Nick Cannon with twins Monroe and Moroccan.Nick Cannon Instagram
Cannon and Carey, 54,welcomed their twins in 2011on what marked the former couple’s third wedding anniversary.
This year, the duo will officially become teenagers when theycelebrate their 13th birthdayson April 30.
Last year, Careyreacted to her two kids growing up, telling PEOPLE in an exclusive interview, “Don’t rush all of our lives. They’re still 12.”
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey with twins Monroe and Moroccan.Rich Polk/FilmMagic
For Cannon, getting to watch his twins grow has been a blessing, and he tells PEOPLE that Moroccan and Monroe are “wise beyond their years.”
“We’ve been having regular conversations for quite some time, but even now it’s like, they’re so introspective and compassionate and caring,” he says. “You couldn’t ask for more from your kids, so I just try to have as many conversations with them as possible.”
As for their current interests, Cannon says that Moroccan is “definitely a gamer” and Monroe is “into acting and performing — that’s her forte.”
“She wants to go to Yale’s drama school, so we’ll see how that goes,“The Masked Singerhost continues of his oldest daughter. “I think that’d be amazing.”
“I mean, even the fact that that’s the approach she wants to take, as opposed to, ‘Oh, I want to go do a movie now,’ [is great],” Cannon adds. “She’s like, ‘No, I want to go to college first and major in the arts.’ It’s like, ‘All right, that’s dope.’ "
source: people.com
