Marques Houston talks about being 37 and meeting 17-year-old who became his wife

The singer and actor assures audiences that nothing inappropriate happened until his wife became of legal age
Marques Houston talks about being 37 and meeting 17-year-old who became his wife
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Former Immature group singer Marques Houston is being batted around the Internet in the aftermath of his discussion on how he met a 17-year-old girl, Mya, when he was 37 and then married her when she turned 19.

Houston assures audiences on the latest episode of the ultra-popular TV One series “Uncensored” that nothing inappropriate happened and they didn’t have a spiritual connection until she became of legal age.


“Me and my wife’s situation is a little different. How we met through mutual friends and everything like that,” Houston explains in the clip. “When I met my wife, she was 17. So … really conversation … really no connection until … you know … she was of age.”

While social media trounces Houston for bonding with a teenager 20 years his junior, he explains that there was an undeniable bond and shared religious beliefs.


“People don’t understand it and I got a lot of backlash for marrying someone that was 19. When we did finally start to talk I was like, ‘This woman is like me,’ and when I would talk to her … we had a spiritual connection and I feel like that’s the most important thing. We both love God. We both love Jehovah and that was key,” Houston explains. 

“Being able to start being around her and talking to her we connected through music,” Marques said. “Her spirit, her kindness, her heart reminds me a lot of my mom. You know we connected on so many different levels.”

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Social media, however, is not feeling Houston’s explanation and savaged him anew such characterizations as a “pedophile” who has “R. Kelly” tendencies.

https://twitter.com/stefanbertin/status/1643722584717139968

Marques Houston talks about being 37 and meeting 17-year-old who became his wife

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