Marques Houston is addressing the backlash he’s faced regarding the 19-year age difference between he and his wife, Miya Dickey.

Houston’s relationship with Dickey made headlines a few years back when it was revealed that the R&B singer, now 41, met Dickey, 22, when she was 17 years old. The couple got engaged in March 2019 after just five months of dating, before tying the knot in August 2020.