On Thursday, Nick Cannon himself put the rumors to rest on his 92.3 Rollin’ with Nick Cannon radio show, announcing, “We are having twins.”

And who better than to reveal the news to than the president himself?

While performing at TNT’s Christmas in Washington 2010 on Sunday, Mariah ran into President Obama and Michelle Obama backstage. “They, ironically enough, questioned my wife about, you know, ‘So, what are you having, are you having twins?’” Nick told his listeners.

“And at this point she hadn’t told anybody anything because doctors advised us to keep it to ourselves until we get further along,” he said. “And because of the excitement, because of the emotion, she was overwhelmed [and] she shared with the President and First Lady that we are having twins.”