Barbara Pentz also admitted that when she first read reports about her son's involvement with the 'Roar' star, she wasn't sure whether they were genuine.
"I wondered if it was a publicity stunt," she explained. "It did occur to me. They both do like the cameras... [But] I'm okay with it. He's a 30-something-year-old man. He wouldn't listen to me anyway if I told him what to do!
"He's always been a strong-willed young man... She's rebelling from her parents a little too, so I read, [and] she seems like a lovely girl."
"I wondered if it was a publicity stunt," she explained. "It did occur to me. They both do like the cameras... [But] I'm okay with it. He's a 30-something-year-old man. He wouldn't listen to me anyway if I told him what to do!