Marques Houston has raised eyebrows earlier than about his courting preferences — and he’s doubled down on his claims in a latest interview.
The previous Immature crooner beforehand got here beneath hearth for his relationship along with his spouse, Miya, who’s 20 years his junior. Now, he’s advised Tashara Jones of the New York Submit that he doesn’t date girls his age for a purpose.
“A purple flag to me [was] at all times with a girl that had a child,” he stated to the outlet. “Nothing towards single girls, however single moms with youngsters are a purple flag for me.”
“There’s a whole lot of girls my age I’ve dated, they could have baggage. They could have children, they could not,” he continued. “There’s so many various girls I’ve been with all through my life, and it simply so occurs to be that this one [Miya] caught my coronary heart. All the things that I prayed for — and every little thing that I wished in a girl — she got here with. Though she was younger, I’m younger in spirit.”
Marques Houston beforehand got here beneath hearth when he advised TV One that he didn’t perceive the backlash surrounding his relationship along with his spouse.
He advised the commemorated tv program that whereas he met her when she was solely 17, there was nothing romantic between them till she was of age.
“Me and my spouse’s state of affairs is a bit of totally different… how we met by means of mutual pals and every little thing like that… Once I met my spouse, she was 17. We had no, actually, dialog and no, actually, connection till she was of age…” Houston stated within the clip.
The singer added: “Folks don’t perceive it. And, in fact, I bought a whole lot of backlash for marrying somebody that was 19. And, you realize, once we did lastly begin to speak, I used to be like, ‘This girl is like me’.”
He continued: “For one, we had a religious connection, and I really feel like that’s a very powerful factor… and having the ability to begin being round her… we related by means of music and her spirit, her kindness, her coronary heart, jogs my memory a whole lot of my mother and we related on so many various ranges.”