Ricky Martin claims he wasn't 'misleading anyone' when he dated women

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin is married to Syrian-Swedish painter, Jwan Yosef, since 2018. couple is raising ir two kids, a daughter, Lucía Martin-Yosef, and a son, Renn Martin-Yosef. But before coming out and living a happy life, Martin was often questioned about his sexuality and even dated women. w, he clarified that he didn't mean to mislead anyone with that and was struggling with his sexuality. 

Ricky Martin insists he wasn't misleading anyone when he dated women

In a recent interview with People for ir Pride Month issue, Ricky Martin talked about his initial struggle with admitting that he is homosexual. Until he came out in 2010, anxiety was a part of his routine. He dated women publicly and even men at times but privately, throughout 90s and 2000s. He was often asked about his sexuality at that time. singer claims that he was confused about wher he was gay, bisexual, or t. He admitted that he dated "lots of women" earlier. 

most popular of Ricky Martin's relationships was with TV presenter Rebecca de Alba. y were toger for seven years, from 1995 to 2002. He said that sexuality is one complicated thing. artist explained that it is t black and white. It's filled with colours. When he was dating women, he was in love with women. It "felt right, it felt beautiful" to him. Martin ted that one cant fake chemistry and that he wasn't misleading anyone.

In 2000, Ricky Martin was asked by Barbara Walters on national television if he was gay or t. "I just don't feel like it," he replied to question. He said that moments still haunt him. Livin' La Vide Loca singer recalled that when Walters dropped question, he felt "violated" because he was just t ready to come out. He admitted to being very afraid. He ted that re is a little PTSD with that incident. Martin asserted that if he could do things differently n he would have come out in that interview. He stated that it would have been great because when he came out, it just "felt amazing" to him.

Sharing a piece of advice, Ricky Martin added that re are "many, many" kids out re that don't have someone to look up to. All y have around m is people telling m, 'what you're feeling is evil' which could be degrading. He asserted that one can't force someone to come out. But if y have an egg and open it from outside, only death comes out. But if egg opens up from inside, life comes out, he ted. 

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