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http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...nfirms-he-is-gay/story-e6frfmqi-1225847279381
RICKY Martin has confirmed rumours that he is gay, announcing on his website today that he is a "fortunate homosexual man" who is "very blessed to be who I am."
Though speculation raged for years about the 38-year-old Latino singer’s flamboyant dance moves - always performed with beautiful female partners - Martin said he decided to come out to the world after beginning his memoirs and realising his sexual orientation was “something worth celebrating”.
The Shake your Bon Bon singer, a father of twin boys from a surrogate mother, said the announcement on his website brought him happiness he never felt before.
"Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment,” he wrote.
“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.”
In a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone, Martin danced around the question of his sexuality.
"You can think whatever you want. I know what I am, my beliefs, what I like and don’t like," he said, noting that he had a girlfriend in the past.
"This is show business. It’s a lot of fantasy," he said.
In an interview with Barbara Walters in 2000, he was again pushed to reveal his sexuality - an interview that Walters said she regrets.
"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."
During the interview, Walters tells him, "You know, you could stop these rumors. You could say, as many artists have, 'Yes I am gay,' or you could say, 'No I'm not,' or you could leave it, as you are, ambiguous. I don't want to put you on the spot, but it's in your power to do it."
RICKY Martin has confirmed rumours that he is gay, announcing on his website today that he is a "fortunate homosexual man" who is "very blessed to be who I am."
Though speculation raged for years about the 38-year-old Latino singer’s flamboyant dance moves - always performed with beautiful female partners - Martin said he decided to come out to the world after beginning his memoirs and realising his sexual orientation was “something worth celebrating”.
The Shake your Bon Bon singer, a father of twin boys from a surrogate mother, said the announcement on his website brought him happiness he never felt before.
"Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment,” he wrote.
“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.”
In a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone, Martin danced around the question of his sexuality.
"You can think whatever you want. I know what I am, my beliefs, what I like and don’t like," he said, noting that he had a girlfriend in the past.
"This is show business. It’s a lot of fantasy," he said.
In an interview with Barbara Walters in 2000, he was again pushed to reveal his sexuality - an interview that Walters said she regrets.
"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."
During the interview, Walters tells him, "You know, you could stop these rumors. You could say, as many artists have, 'Yes I am gay,' or you could say, 'No I'm not,' or you could leave it, as you are, ambiguous. I don't want to put you on the spot, but it's in your power to do it."
