<p id=”par-1_51″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/nick-cannon/”>Nick Cannon</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/christina-milian-reveals-how-she-caught-nick-cannon-cheating.html/”>his ex-girlfriend Christina Milian</a> met on the set of <em>Love Don’t Cost a Thing</em>. They played romantic interests in real life, and eventually life would imitate art when they’d get together in real life. Although he’d play coy about the details, Cannon was instantly smitten by the singer.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-nick-cannon-was-attracted-to-christina-milian-from-day-1″>Nick Cannon was attracted to Christina Milian from day 1</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_53″>Cannon felt that Milian was his perfect match when she was cast to play his co-star and love interest in <em>Love Don’t Cost a Thing</em>. There were other actors being considered for Milian’s role, but Cannon felt he and Milian had the most in common. Which helped serve their chemistry in the film.</p>
<p id=”par-3_48″>“I heard so many different names of they wanted in that part and the fact that Christina started on children’s television; she was on Disney, and I was on Nickelodeon; and she was involved in music, I was involved in music,” Cannon once said according to <a href=”https://www.blackfilm.com/20031205/features/nickcannon.shtml”>Black Film</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-4_44″>The pair bonded similarly to their characters in the movie, but Cannon wasn’t ready to admit they were in a relationship back then. Instead, when asked about his possible romance with Milian, Cannon shared it would’ve been hard to date in the entertainment business.</p>
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<p id=”par-5_61″>“I believe that if you can start off as friends and create a foundation, then you have something more to stand on, then just, ‘This is my girlfriend for the next 4 months and then I’m gonna call Beyonce, and then Ashanti,’” Cannon said. “I rather establish something than just saying that I’m dating this person or this is my girlfriend.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_54″>However, it seemed Cannon and Milian were already meeting that criteria, as Cannon already considered the singer to be one of his best friends. Their kissing scene might’ve only helped their real-life romance. According to<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/wild-n-out-whats-the-status-of-the-show.html/”> the <em>Wild ‘N Out’ </em>host</a>, he and Milian had to make out for the majority of one particular shoot.</p>
<p id=”par-7_15″>“Having to literally kiss someone for six hours, I wasn’t complaining at all,” Cannon said.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-why-christina-milian-asked-if-it-had-to-be-a-real-kiss-before-making-out-with-nick-cannon”>Why Christina Milian asked if it had to be a real kiss before making out with Nick Cannon</h2>
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<p id=”par-8_48″>For Milian, the lead-up to the kiss was a nerve-racking experience. Most actors find kisses and love scenes in general awkward because they’re being watched by an entire film crew. But what made it worse for Milian was Cannon’s family members being on set to watch the performance.</p>
<p id=”par-9_85″>“So Nick’s grandma, his mother, his father, his grandfather, everybody was there that day and they’re all watching this kissing scene,” Milian recalled to <a href=”https://www.comingsoon.net/extras/features/2643-interviews-christina-millian-on-love-dont-cost-a-thing”>Coming Soon</a>. “And it was so embarrassing, I was really nervous because I was like, ‘Does it have to be a real kiss?’ In the script it said, ‘And they share a nice kiss.’ So I was like, ‘Well, okay, it’s gonna be a nice kiss. A long tap. And she’s like, ‘No, you really gotta kiss.’ I was like, ‘Serious?’”</p>
<p id=”par-10_26″>Having no choice, Milian and Cannon made the best out of the scene. But neither expected to kiss on set for as long as they did.</p>
<p id=”par-11_89″>“At first I was like, ‘Oh gosh, what if he doesn’t think I’m a good kisser, let me make sure my breath smells good.’ But we both made a joke out of it and we actually had fun. And after that we were like, ‘I don’t ever wanna kiss anybody again,’ because we were on the set for like 6 hours. We actually shot it once, and then they wanted to reshoot it because they wanted the kiss longer. So that was like 6 hours of kissing,” she explained.</p>
<p id=”par-12_9″>However, like <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/nick-cannon-salary-the-masked-singer-returns-host-season-5.html/?swcfpc=1″><em>The Masked Singer </em>host</a>, Milian wasn’t complaining.</p>
<p id=”par-13_7″><strong>“</strong>Not bad because Nick’s cute,” she said.</p>