Pop star Bebe Rexha has revealed she was almost 'married off' as a teenager.
The songstress, now 31, says boys were battling for her hand in marriage as it's custom in Albanian culture to wed young.
Bebe said her mother and grandmother entered into arranged marriages at the ages of 17 and 15, and boys were lining up to ask her to be their bride when she was a similar age.
She told The Daily Star : "It's completely changed now, it's so much more modern and women have more rights and stuff like that, but when I was younger there were literally guys trying to take my hand in marriage. It was part of the culture.
"It's like, you marry an Albanian and you get married super young and you have kids."
Bebe said her mum 'saved her' by encouraging her to pursue her pop star dreams.
"Growing up I wasn't allowed to have a voice or speak at the table and stuff like that, but my mum fought for me a lot and she was like, 'My daughter is not getting married off, what the hell," she explained.
While she did manage to fulfil her fantasy, Bebe says she still lived a relatively sheltered life and did not have her first kiss until the age of 23 as she was 'scared of guys.'
The Meant To Be Singer is now happily loved up with filmmaker Keyan Safyari.
However, she has joked about having a huge crush on former One Directioner Harry Styles.
Speaking on the This Is Paris podcast, she admitted: "I think Harry Styles is really cute. I have a little crush on him. I'm not gonna lie, I saw him at the Grammys and then he took his shirt of for something and I was like, 'Woah, this is making me feel a certain way' and that doesn't happen often."
