Sorry Girls, Ricky Martin is Gay. :)
After years of keeping quiet about his personal life, pop star
Ricky Martin has announced that he is gay.
"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Ricky
said in a message posted on his offical Web site. "I am very
blessed to be who I am."
Ricky said writing his memoir and thinking about his two twin sons
led him to go public.
"To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly
diminish the glow that my kids where [sic] born with. Enough is
enough. This has to change. This was not supposed to happen 5 or 10
years ago, it is supposed to happen now. Today is my day, this is
my time, and this is my moment," he wrote.
Though the 38-year-old kept his sexuality private throughout most
of his career, Ricky said he drew strength from that time.
"These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and
reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this
kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even
know existed," he continued. "What will happen from now on? It
doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this
moment. The word "happiness" takes on a new meaning for me as of
today. It has been a very intense process. Every word that I write
in this letter is born out of love, acceptance, detachment and real
contentment. Writing this is a solid step towards my inner peace
and vital part of my evolution."
Earlier this month, Barbara Walters told The Toronto Star that her
2000 interview with the "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer, where she
grilled him about coming out, was a misstep on her part.
"In 2000, I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or
not, and the way he refused to do it made everyone decide that he
was," she told The Toronto Star. "A lot of people say that
destroyed his career, and when I think back on it now, I feel it
was an inappropriate question."
Ricky also Tweeted a link to his coming out announcement on his Web
site, simply writing, "my life."
In an earlier Tweet on Monday, the singer posted a quote attributed
to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter. M.L.K.Jr.," he wrote.
