Marques Houston opens up about his marriage and addresses the backlash he faced after marrying Miya Dickey when she was 19, and social media reacts to his commentary.
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The singer discussed his marriage in an upcoming episode of TVOne’s Uncensored and said he met Dickey when she was 17 through mutual friends. The pair didn’t pursue a relationship or develop a “connection” until she was 18, as reported by Vibe. “Me and my wife’s situation is a little different. How we met through mutual friends and everything like that. When I met my wife, she was 17. So, no [real] conversation…no [real] connection until…you know…she was of age,” he explained.
“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 she’d just…For one…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.”
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He also shared that he and Dickey have a love for music, strengthening their connection, which reminded him of his mother.
“Being able to start being around her and talking to her, we connected through music. Her spirit, her kindness, and her heart reminds me a lot of my mom. You know we connected on so many different levels.”
However, social media users reacted to the clip and had different opinions about the couple’s 20-year age gap. Additionally, they were concerned about why Houston befriended a 17-year-old girl. One user wrote, “So they met when she was 17 had “no connection” but some how as some as she turned 18 they had such a spiritual connection he married her within a couple of months”
Another said, “everybody in the situation is weird cause how can a 17-year-old have mutual friends with a 40 yr old ??? I have older friends, but like I’m never close to them where I’m meeting their other friends.”
A teenager dawg? Like…not an adult yet. Like…not old enough to drink. Like…was just able to attend a rated R movie in the theater…hmm* pic.twitter.com/gaQnKMuCmA
— 𝐍𝐚𝐡, 𝐔 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐧 🇯🇲🇧🇸 (@718_Amazin) April 5, 2023
Naw bruh ain’t nothing I can have in common with a woman half my age !
— Demeco Lewis (@demeco_lewis) April 5, 2023
idk the way i’m thinking about it now.. (hear me out) maybe just maybe because his childhood was taken from him as well.. he is mentally her age and stuck in the mindframe of when he was a popular singer in which he was probably around that age at the time. its not okay though.
— 🦋. (@kaarma4__) April 5, 2023
People also alleged she is the adopted daughter of Chris Stokes, but Dickey said considers the producer to be a “spiritual” father figure.
“I am not related to Chris Stokes. Shortly after I met Chrissy she introduced me to her Dad. I refer to him as my spiritual father because my biological father has not been a part of my life.”
The couple welcomed their first child, Zara Denise Houston, in December 2021, and Houston’s TVOne episode is scheduled to air on Sunday.