Ricky Martin reveals his father encouraged him to come out

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin revealed in a radio interview in the United States that his father encouraged him to tell the world he was gay for the sake of his children, an admission he would make in 2010 and which he remembers with relief.

On Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM show, Martin explained that his team told him the outing would end his career, but his father, Enrique, encouraged him otherwise: “Especially when I became a father. He told me, ‘What will you teach your children to lie?”

It was recommended by Martina’s father, who is a psychologist “be open” and offered him help, to which the artist, a little excited, told him that he needed some time to think about how to publish the news, which was finally shared in a letter on his social networks.

Author of hits like “Livin la vida loca”, The 52-year-old, who divorced Syrian-Swedish artist Jwan Yosef in 2023 after six years of marriage and is a father of four, said sending the message was “amazing” and joked that he would like to do it more than once.

Martin has avoided speculation about his sexuality for years and said his professional team urged him to hide, telling him: “It will be the end of your career. You don’t have to tell the world. Your friends and family know why you have to?” “What to say in front of the camera?”