Nick Cannon: Why I Had to Go to Minneapolis

Nick Cannon said during at wide-ranging interview with Variety that also touched on his previous gig as host of NBC’s summer staple “America’s Got Talent.”“We were dealing with quarantine before the coronavirus,” Cannon, 39, said of his work on “Masked Singer. “All of the secrecy is so inconvenient.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe behind-the-scenes action on “The Masked Singer” sometimes looks more like an episode of “Get Smart” than a top-rated talent competition series.Producers of Fox’s unscripted primetime hit go to great lengths to keep the identities of the celebrity contestants secret during production, “Masked Singer” host and executive producer Nick Cannon said during at wide-ranging interview with Variety that also touched on his previous gig as host of NBC’s summer staple

© Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP Actors Lily Collins, left, and Zac Efron attend the screening for "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 02, 2019, in New York.

(CNN)Nick Cannon says his children are aware of police brutality and are fearful.Cannon recently spoke with "Access Hollywood" about his participation in demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd.Floyd, 46, died while in police custody after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.Cannon recently traveled to Minneapolis to protest."I even got some pushback for this, which you know I don't care what people

Nick Cannon recently spoke to Access Hollywood and revealed his conversation with his kids about racism and police brutality. George Floyd was arrested by four policemen on May 25 in Minneapolis when one of them kneeled down on his neck for over 7 minutes and it resulted in his death.

In light of nationwide protests after George Floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis police department, Nick Cannon has opened up about his kids' perception of law enforcement, saying that they "fear police." Cannon has three children: nine-year-old twins, daughter Monroe and son Moroccan Scott with his ex-wife Mariah Carey, and three-year-old son Golden with model Brittany Bell.

Kanye West has donated two million US dollars (£1.5 million) to support the families and legal teams for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.

(CNN)Nick Cannon is discussing why he felt compelled to go to Minneapolis and join the protests against the death George Floyd's murder.The actor and musician opened up about his decision in a piece for Variety."I needed to see the people in that community -- how much love they had for their community and their people and how much pain this has caused," Cannon wrote. "We feel the pain go across the world -- the anger and the hurt.

Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey‘s nine-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe have incredibly famous parents. But they still get a sense of fear from the “energy” that law enforcement officers give off, according to their 39-year-old dad.

Phaedra Parks shared a video made by Nick Cannon, which impressed her fans to tears. Check out his precious words in the clip that she shared on her social media account.

Nick Cannon is explaining his decision to travel to Minneapolis to join racial injustice protests and sharing how his children’s views remain impacted by such events. Protests have occurred around the globe following the death of 46-year-old Minneapolis man George Floyd, who died after a police officer held him down by the neck with his knee for more than seven minutes last week.

Nick Cannon is channelling his anger, frustration, and hurt in a new spoken-word piece.

JohnCusack was one of the many protesters across the nation who encountered forceful police pushback Saturday night when situations got out of control in several major cities. The actor took multiple pictures and video which he shared on social media while out protesting in Chicago over the death of George Floyd.

John Cusack says police officers came at him with a baton as he filmed a protest in Chicago on Saturday. 

By Bruce Haring