Father of 12 Nick Cannon reveals mental health diagnosis admitting he ‘needs help’

The rapper and presenter has opened up about his mental health and the journey he hopes to go on to improve.

Speaking with PEOPLE, Nick Cannon admitted that he didn’t understand his diagnosis completely but said he had always known his mind was slightly different to other people.

While serving meals at the Los Angeles Mission’s Thanksgiving celebration, he spoke to PEOPLE about his ongoing mental health difficulties.

He said: "I still don't understand it all the way, but I kind of always wanted to get tested for it. I did a bunch of tests.

Cannon got candid about his mental health in a new interview(Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images)

"I've been diagnosed with ADHD. Even as a kid it was dyslexia, but just knowing that I'm just a neurodivergent individual, I kind of always knew."

Earlier this month, while he was on his Counsel Culture podcast, he confirmed to Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, a Doctor of Psychology, that he had been 'clinically diagnosed' with narcissistic personality disorder.

He went on to say that he identified with nearly all the ‘markers’ for the disorder.

During the November 8 episode he said: "I've taken all the power away from the term narcissism 'cause I've researched it and I understand it.

"Call me whatever you want... now if I didn't know what it was, then I have issue with it."

While speaking to PEOPLE, Cannon also discussed his family life and how he manages to balance everything.

While this would be a normal question for most celebrities, it is particularly fascinating when it comes to Cannon as he has fathered 12 children with six different women.

As you can guess, during the holiday period, things can get ‘complicated’ according to Cannon as he has travel to multiple homes.

Nick Cannon also spoke about the difficulties of balancing his family duties during the holidays(Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

He said: “I'm a busy man on Thanksgiving.”

“I'm going to be full by the end of the day, but everybody specializes in certain things, you know what I mean? Some people got good sweet potato pie, some people got amazing fried turkey. So I know every house that needs to have the things that I really like."

He also said he was looking forward to spending time in the snow with his children in December.

He added: "Everywhere from Aspen to Santa's Village, all of those things.

“All the kids want to go to the snow. So a little bit of East Coast, a little bit of Aspen, a little bit of Big Bear."