NICK Cannon revealed the heartbreaking news that his newborn son Zen has died at five months old.
The 41-year-old shared on his talk show that Zen died from a brain tumor over the weekend.
Nick broke down in tears while revealing: “Over the weekend, I lost my youngest son to a condition called hydrocephalus…brain cancer.
“It’s tough. And I have my therapist here, who’s been helping us through it.”
The talk show host shared that he got to spend the weekend with his son before he passed.
On Sunday, they took a trip to the ocean, and he watched the sun rise as he held his son Zen for one of the last times.
Nick welcomed his son Zen with model Alyssa Scott on June 23.
While Alyssa hasn’t yet specifically mentioned the loss of her child, she’s been sharing photos and videos of him on her Instagram Story.
In one clip, she cooed at the newborn and said to him: “Hi, you slept pretty good.
“Did you have lots of dreams?
“What were you dreaming about?”
Alyssa shared three photos to announce the baby’s birth a few months ago, two of which showed her holding the newborn.
She captioned it: “I will love you for eternity – 6•23•21.”
Zen was Nick’s seventh child.
The Masked Singer host shares two kids with Mariah Carey; twins Morocco and Monroe.
Nick also shares Golden, four, and Powerful, 11 months, with Brittany Bell.
He also has Zillion and Zion, five months, with Abby De La Rosa.
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