Nick Cannon is the host of America’s Got Talent, a father of two… and a college freshman?!
Mariah Carey’s ex baffled followers by posting a photo next to a Howard University sign, claiming it was his “first day as a freshman.”
Surprisingly, it doesn’t sound like the 35-year-old is kidding.
“I am always seeking new challenges and continual growth and decided to obtain my first college degree from an institution that had a proven legacy of producing great minds,” he told Entertainment Tonight of the Washington D.C. historically black college.
Moroccan and Monroe’s dad has officially joined some great company when it comes to celebrities who got their college degrees after becoming A-listers.
Take a look below to see who else decided to chase fame and a degree at the same time.
- Since becoming a heartthrob-slash-edgy artist, James Franco simply can’t stop going to school. In the last decade he’s attended UCLA, NYU, Columbia, and Yale, just to name a few.
- The Modern Family kids could coast by on the sitcom success, but both Ariel Winter and Nolan Gould — who’s only 17 — have started taking college classes.
- Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoriawas desperate to further her education. The brunette started working on her master's degree in Chicano and Chicana Studies from California State University: Northridge while still starring in the ABC drama.
- Natalie Portman graduated from Harvard in 2003 — smack in the middle of filming her Star Warstrilogy.
- Emma Watson followed a similar path, as the Brit stunner began attending Brown in 2009. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 would premiere over the next two years.
- Oprah became a media powerhouse in the early 80s. But she decided to make it official and finished her communications degree in 1986, years after she first became a television star and Oscar-nominee.
- Tyra Banks received a certificate from the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard. While the ANTM host has said she graduated from business school, it’s more like she took three $33,000 courses.
