Latin singer Ricky Martin says he is gay

 

 

 

 

ReutersMarch 29, 2010 8:05 PM

 

 

 

 

 

Ricky Martin arrives at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

 

Photograph by: Jason Merritt, Getty Images

 

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES - Latin pop star Ricky Martin on Monday announced he was gay in a blog posting, ending years of speculation.

"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin wrote in a blog posting at http://www.rickymartinmusic.com.

"This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day. To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids were born with," Martin wrote.

Martin, 38, became a father to twin sons via a surrogate in 2008 and at the time no details were given about the birth or the mother.

The Puerto Rican singer of hits such as "Livin' la Vida Loca," has long been the subject of speculation about his sexuality. In 2000, TV journalist Barbara Walters grilled him about whether he was gay, but he refused to disclose it.

In his posting on Monday, Martin said a few months ago he had decided to write a memoir and doing so brought him closer to what he called "an amazing turning point in my life."

"Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And this is something worth celebrating," he wrote.

The singer began his career with boy band Menudo and broke out as a solo artist and teen idol in the 1990s in Spanish-speaking countries.

He released his first, English-language album in 1999, the self-titled "Ricky Martin," which saw two major hits, "Livin' la Vida Loca" and "She's All I Ever Had." Since then, Martin has been a star in both North America and South America.

Jarrett Barrios, the president of the U.S.-based Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), welcomed what he called Martin's "openness and honesty."

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He's gay, LOL etc.........

Honestly who cares

FINALLY, but everyone already knows it

He's gay, LOL etc.........

Honestly who cares

 

This.

FINALLY, but everyone already knows it

 

That's true! I can't see how this would come as a shock to anyone!:P

That's true! I can't see how this would come as a shock to anyone!:P

 

Yeah it was so obvious you could say it wasn't even worth mentioning!

Hahah, it's not news the fact that he's gay, is news the fact that he comes out public, which is not surprising at all and yeah, it's not even worth mentioning. But, good for him if he thinks making it public will make his life somewhat better.

This is just an obvious marketing ploy to crack the Latin American homosexual market.

AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT'S SADDENED BY THIS?!?!?! :cry2:

I honeslty thought he had already came out.

When i heard he had his two twins under a surrogate mother, i just though he was out.

I honeslty thought he had already came out.

When i heard he had his two twins under a surrogate mother, i just though he was out.

 

The way he looked and danced, can there ever really have been any doubt?:P

He still hawt.

I'm shocked!

The way he looked and danced, can there ever really have been any doubt?:P

 

No! There couldn't have been any doubt! We all knew it eh?! Hahaha so why would ANY fucker mention it?! :wreck:

That's true! I can't see how this would come as a shock to anyone!:P

 

Yeah it was so obvious you could say it wasn't even worth mentioning!

lol.

 

 

I honeslty thought he had already came out.

When i heard he had his two twins under a surrogate mother, i just though he was out.

 

The way he looked and danced, can there ever really have been any doubt?:P

Nice rhyme.

lol.

 

 

 

 

 

Nice rhyme.

 

Well spotted. Maybe he could use it for his next hit, in the extremely unlikely event of him having one.......................... :rolleyes:

Didn't this happen years ago?

Well spotted. Maybe he could use it for his next hit, in the extremely unlikely event of him having one.......................... :rolleyes:

 

Why, does being gay mean people shouldn't buy his music?.

Well spotted. Maybe he could use it for his next hit, in the extremely unlikely event of him having one.......................... :rolleyes:

 

uh... he has never stopped making music.. and has numerous hits in the Spanish market. :rolleyes:

 

 

leave the man alone.... he's happy and can live freely now.

Why, does being gay mean people shouldn't buy his music?.

 

Of course not. It just means it's sh1t!:lol:

uh... he has never stopped making music.. and has numerous hits in the Spanish market. :rolleyes:

 

 

But no longer globally.:rolleyes:

Of course not. It just means it's sh1t!:lol:

 

OK, so why is everything sh!t to you, exactly? I'm just wondering.

But no longer globally.:rolleyes:

yet he's globally famous ;)

OK, so why is everything sh!t to you, exactly? I'm just wondering.

 

Everything? Definitely not! Coldplay aren't for a start!:D