Paris Fury has defended her daughter Venezuela’s engagement as she opened up about the exciting news for the first time.
Tyson and Paris’ eldest child got engaged to her boxer boyfriend Noah Price at her sweet sixteenth last month.
After the boxer hit back at critics following the news, Paris Fury admitted: ‘I did encourage her to wait as long as possible, but she was determined.’
Venezuela’s engagement had echoes of Tyson and Paris’ romance, with the couple having met when they were 17 and 15 respectively.
They reconnected and began a romance at her 16th birthday.
Paris Fury, 35, and Tyson, 37, married in 2008 when she was just 19 and he was 21-years-old during a ceremony in Doncaster. They later renewed their vows in April 2013 in New York City.
In August the couple married for the third time, with a ceremony held in the South of France, attended by their seven children.
In an interview with The Mirror, Paris added: ‘We’re all really happy for her and Noah, they’re a great match and genuinely excited about this next chapter in her life.
‘Yes, she’s young, but as we all know, that’s in line with our traditions and values. I was engaged to Tyson at 17, so we’re not far off in age.’
Speaking about her third wedding this summer, Paris Fury said it was to ‘reaffirm’ their love for one another.
In another chat, she added: ‘I told Tyson I wasn’t doing it for anyone else this time. We did it to reaffirm our love and to embrace the fact that our kids are now such a big part of our life. It was just for us.’
It comes after Venezuela posed for a photo with her proud dad Tyson at her 16th birthday after he hit back at critics who questioned her relationship.
Giving a further insight into the night on Thursday, Paris uploaded a series of snaps to her Instagram Story.
Later in the week, former heavyweight world champion Tyson appeared to respond to the criticism on Instagram.
He shared a video by minaret minds, an Instagram account which states that it focuses on ‘Islamic reminders, stories and reflections.’
In the video, the narrator states ’50 years ago people got married at 18 and stayed together until death. Today people wait until 30 to get married and divorce within three years.
‘Back then, couples had nothing but built everything together. Now couples have everything but can’t build anything together. Our grandparents shared one small room and called it paradise. We have five bedroom houses and call them prisons.
‘The only difference is we now call commitment settling and call running away finding yourself.’
The post added: ‘Who convinced us that love expires, that compatibility is instant, that marriage should feel like a Disney movie every day.
‘If we question ourselves, we might stop expecting perfection and start building connection.
‘I ask have we become on focused on finding the one that we forgot how to become the one.’