Young Rome bashes Marques Houston over his remarks about older women
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It appears like Young Rome is not impressed with one of his Immature bandmates, Marques Houston’s comments about women’s age.
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Young Rome slams Marques Houston’s comments about women’s age
Young Rome, whose real name is Jerome Jones, took to his Instagram account recently to share his thoughts on Marques Houston’s controversial remarks about women.
Moreover, he cleared the air by revealing that he disagrees with his former mate’s comments and apologized on behalf of Houston.
I need Black women to learn when someone is pandering, because this had zilch to with us and everything to do with the fact that Young Rome married a young, nb-Latina who was a single mother. Marques Houston is trash for other reasons, but come tf on 😂 pic.twitter.com/PaQwzLOdL3
— Whitley (@Whitleysdaughtr) April 19, 2023
He wrote, ‘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.’
He continued, ‘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.’
For the unversed, his statements come after Houston explained why he does not like to date women of his own age.
More about Marques Houston’s controversial statement
Marques Houston recently came under fire on social media for saying that women of his age come with ‘baggage and kids.’
Houston sat down for an interview with news outlet Page Six which was eventually published on 18th April.
During the interview, the 41-year-old singer opened up about the nearly 20-year age gap between him and his wife, Miya Dickey.
He said, ‘There’s a lot of women my age I’ve dated, they may have baggage. A red flag to me [was] always with a woman that had a kid. Nothing against single women, but single mothers with children are a red flag for me.’
Houston made headlines back in 2020 when he announced his engagement to Dickey who was only 19 at that time. The pair went on to welcome their first child, a daughter named Zara Denise Houston, in December 2021.
In a past interview on TV One’s series Uncensored, Houston revealed that he met Dickey when she was 17. But he claims that he supposedly did not feel the spark until she turned 18.
He claimed, ‘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. We had no, really, conversation and no, really, connection until she was of age.’
Houston was reportedly in relationships with the likes of Jamila Chilombo and Marlena Campbell in the past.
