Jerome Jones, also known as “Romeo” or “Young Rome,” is speaking out about his former Immature (or IMx) bandmate Marques Houston, who recently claimed that women his age come with “baggage.”
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Romeo From Immature Speaks Out After Former Bandmate Marques Houston Says Women His Age Come With ‘Baggage’
As we’ve previously shared, Marques Houston has been trending for the past month over his marriage Miya Dickey, a woman 19 years younger than him.
Houston first made headlines back in July 2020 when he and Dickey announced their engagement, then again in December 2021 when they welcomed their first child, and now in April 2023 as Houston addresses the backlash over their age difference.
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A few weeks ago, Houston said he’s unbothered by the haters and added that his wife “keeps [him] young and fresh.” A couple days later, he went viral again for claiming he prefers younger women because he believe women his age come with “baggage” and “may have kids.”
Taking to his official instagram account on Wednesday (April 19), Romeo said, “It’s unfortunate that in the moment of mourning and grieving my brother, I would have to speak on statements that I do not agree with.”
Romeo added, “But as a member of Immature, I would like to extend my sincerest apologies in regards to the insensitive statements made by my former group member Marques Houston.
We were raised by a tribe of strong independent women who faced hardships we will never fully understand. Women today have enough battles to endure including the policing of their bodies, equal pay in the workplace, and beauty standards. It is never ok to degrade one group of women in order to praise another.”
Romeo continued, “Black women in particular are often on the receiving end of the constant negative stereotypes they fight against daily. As an adolescent group of the 90s, we did not fully understand the concept of colorism in the entertainment industry and never intentionally isolated any particular group of women in our music videos.
We would be nothing without the loyal fans who have stood by us for three decades, some who happen to now be hardworking single mothers. As artists, it has always been important to us that the content of our music and who we represent as men would never disrespect women (especially women of color) and his views do not reflect those of the group.”
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