Marques Houston says women his age often have ‘baggage’ and calls single moms a ‘red flag’
“I’m 41, she’s 22,” the “Sister, Sister” graduate said of his wife Miya. “I could have married a 44-year-old woman and it could have ended disastrously.”
Marques Houston shares his – brutally — honest thoughts on why he has never enjoyed dating women his age.
In a new interview with page six, The 41-year-old R&B singer – whose wife Miya is 19 years his junior – explained that he believes women his age often have “luggage” and children, the latter of which he described as a “red flag” in a potential Partner.
Marques Houston, 38, is defending his engagement to Miya Dickey, 19
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“A red rag for me [was] always with a woman who had a child. Nothing against single women, but single mothers with children are a red flag to me,” the actor said. “I tip my hat and respect women who are raising their children alone. But growing up, I never really wanted to have kids.”
“I spoke to my dad a lot and he always told me to have kids of my own because you never know what baby daddy’s all about,” he continued. “So if you’re going to have kids, make sure it’s with a woman who’s never had kids. So that’s always been my red flag… and a woman with an attitude. I don’t like women with crazy attitudes.”
Houston — who welcomed his first child with Miya in 2021 — added, “I’m 41, she’s 22. I could have married a 44-year-old woman, and it could have been disastrous.”
The “Sister, Sister” alum went on to share that women his age “have a different outlook on life” and are “very independent,” which he said he wasn’t a fan of.
“They say a lot, ‘I don’t need a man to do this for me because I can do it for myself.’ I come from a generation that I’m happy to provide for my wife,” Houston told Page Six. “There are a lot of women my age that I’ve dated, they might have baggage. They may have children, they may not.”
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While he said there are “so many different women,” he “got my heart” with Miya. Houston added, “Everything I prayed for — and everything I wanted in a woman — she came with me. Although she was young, I am young in spirit.”
Houston first met Miya in 2018 after the latter became friends with Chrissy, daughter of former manager Chris Stokes, while they were all attending a Jehovah’s Witnesses convention. The couple got engaged in March 2019. Houston was 38 and Miya was 19. The couple married in August 2020.
After the pair were slammed on social media for their pay gap in June 2020, Houston spoke out in an Instagram post defending his relationship at the time.
During his new interview with Page Six, the You Got Served star recalled facing backlash from fans over the years.
“In the immature days we have [would] We have light skinned girls in our music videos,” Houston said. “Then people would ask… ‘Why can’t you get a black girl?’ And then it’s like, ‘Oh yeah, I only like fair skinned girls.’ Then the plus-size girls come and pick me up. I was like, ‘Man, I can’t take a break.'”
