MUMBAI: A heart-throb of millions and a Grammy award winner, Ricky Martin bares his soul on the Oprah Winfrey Show about why he kept silent and never revealed his true identity to the world in all these years A single dad to twin sons, Matteo and Valentino, Ricky admits on camera how it is to bring up kids.
Ricky Martin took the world by storm in 1999 when he released his exuberant single “Livin’ la Vida Loca” which made him a prominent Latino sensation over-night. A good chiseled body and a super-sexy voice is what made this man what he today, but behind the scenes, he was also living a life of deception and lies.
Women were one such factor in his life which was never-ending and everyone loved seeing him being paired with the hottest ladies in town. From his alleged romance with Madonna to his whirlwind with Sushmita Sen after she shot to fame, Ricky’s always been surrounded by the best of women throughout his life.
After years of living it up on this super-sonic ride of fame, finally, when Ricky decided to step out of the closet and shed his inhibitions, he cried! His children are the most important thing to him and according to him, it was necessary to let them know about the life he was living.
Over the years, I was trying to pretend I was â€?somebody’ because that was how I grew up. My religion told me that my feelings for other men were wrong, but there wasn’t anything I could do about it. The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Every writer thinks â€?I’m the journalist who’s going to make him talk.’ I pray for them. I pray that they get a life and stop living mine!…
Catch Ricky Martin divulge these secrets and many more only on the Oprah Winfrey Show on 13th June 2011, exclusively on BIG CBS LOVE at 9.00 p.m.