Photo: Alyssa Scott/Instagram
On Monday, hours afterNick Cannonannounced that he isexpecting his eighth child, Scott shared an emotional post on Instagram about feeling “at peace” since the loss of her and Cannon’s 5-month-old son Zen, who died on Dec. 5 of abrain tumor.
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“It is painful having my son be a part of conversations that aren’t in alignment with his light and legacy. It isn’t something I chose for him or myself,” she wrote.
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On her Instagram Story, Scott also shared an old photo of Zen sleeping, telling her followers that she’s “eternally grateful” that she was able to spend time with him before he died.
Cannon also revealed that he knew about Tiesi’s pregnancy “for a while,” even before Zen’s death last month.
“So even going through all of that, this was always in the back of my mind, like, ‘What is the right time? How do I share this?’ " he said. “No one, we didn’t expect Zen to pass away … All of the news was so unexpected.”
“I wanted to definitely respect the grieving process with Alyssa, and Bre was respectful enough — she held off making our announcements and speaking on social media,” Cannon continued. “She’s a very, you know, in the public eye type of person, but keeps her stuff private as well.”
Added Cannon: “And it was just one of those things like, you know, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know what to say when I was dealing with Zen or to hold off. Even right now, that it came out yesterday, that wasn’t planned to talk about it. We wanted to, you know, hold on as long as we can, but it happened. We here and I’m with my family I get to discuss it, I get to be open.”
source: people.com
