Nick sat down with CNN producer and fellow lupie Lauren Lee-Johnson during the Walk to End Lupus Now in Washington, DC about his own diagnosis with the disease and why he continues to strive to fight for a cure to the disease.
Nick Cannon seems to be one of the hardest working men is show business. The “America’s Got Talent” host is also a producer, musician, husband of Mariah Carey and father of twins.
“There’s an interesting juggle and transition but I got ahold of it.”
When he was diagnosed with lupus in 2012 he took it in stride.
“My diagnosis definitely inspired me, I would even say changed but definitely changed me for the better. I took my test and turned it into a testimony.”
More than 1.5million Americans have lupus, an autoimmune disease of which the body attacks healthy tissue. It has no known cause or cure. Cannon found out he had lupus when his kidneys failed while on vacation.
“It was really scary in the beginning because you didn’t know, a different diagnoses and how I was gonna operate so I was like “just turn the cameras on and let’s can see where this takes us”.
Those cameras led Cannon to film what he calls his “NCredible Health Hustle” a Youtube series documenting his journey with lupus.
“I saw how inspired people were by the story and the drive. That’s why I called it the Health Hustle just the sense of making sure we’re constantly going and not giving up.”
Cannon rallied walkers in DC (April 19) at the Walk to End Lupus Now. He’s a tireless advocate for the Lupus Foundation of America realizing his influence can fuel awareness, more importantly maybe a cure.
“It’s a realistic goal, so that the more people that are aware are the more people that are understanding what it is, the easier it will be for us to get rid of it”
“I have lupus but lupus doesn’t have me.”
You can also read about CNN producer Lauren Lee-Johnson own ongoing battle with lupus.
