“I think the difference with Chanel and my other kids is I’m very conscious of this baby,” Ice-T said.

The actor, who is the father of LeTesha Marrow, 47, and 31-year-old Tracy Marrow Jr. (Ice), first became a dad when he was in high school. He admitted having a child at such a young age and at a time when he was trying to jumpstart his career left him “distracted.”

“My son, Ice, happened right when I was becoming Ice T. I’d never been famous before,” he said.

“I was ripping and running, so it was presents over presence. I wasn’t there.”

But with Chanel, who he shares with Austin, his life is very different which has allowed him to focus more on his daughter.

“I’m comfortable. I’m in a cruise pattern. I was there when Coco was pregnant. I went to the hospital, and (Chanel) now still sleeps in the bed with us,” he commented. “I’m so much more connected to her than my other kids … it’s been a beautiful thing.”

Ice-T echoed remarks he previously said about Chanel’s birth giving him a second chance at life and making him “want to live forever.”

“It made me create new goals. It’s the best gift I could ever get.”