Ricky Mart on g out as gay: 'I've been super happy ever sce'

Contents:

• RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'
• RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID
• RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY
• RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’
• RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’
• RICKY MART, 49, SHAR HE WAS ' LOVE' WH THE WOMEN HE DATED BEFORE G OUT AS GAY
• RICKY MART IS A PROUD GAY FATHER — MEET HIS FOUR KIDS BORN VIA SURROGATE
• RICKY MART OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY
• RICKY MART REVEALS HE IS GAY
• RICKY MART TALKS NEW MIC, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GAY LATO IN
• RICKY MART FELT 'VLATED' WHEN BARBARA WALTERS ASKED HIM TO CLEAR UP GAY MORS ON NATNAL TV
• RICKY MART OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY

RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'

”“I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, ‘Am I gay? Am I gay?

And then I said, ‘Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man.

You are gay.

RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID

"Am I gay?

In 2000, when he was 29, he was asked by Barbara Walters on natnal televisn if he was gay.

RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY

"You uld say, 'Y I am gay or no I'm not. "Mart officially me out via a statement on his webse 2010, statg: "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

"Mart said, " jt felt amazg" when he eventually share wh the world that he was gay, but he knows everyone do so their own time and when they feel fortable. After years of sisteppg qutns about his sexual orientatn, sger Ricky Mart reveals a heartfelt postg onle that he is gay.

RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’

“I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, ” Mart, 38, said Monday on “I am very blsed to be who I am.

After Mart’s announcement Monday, the Gay, Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn issued a statement support of the sger. “When someone like Ricky Mart out, hundreds of lns of people now have a cultural nnectn wh an artist, a celebry and, perhaps most importantly, a father who happens to be gay, ” said Jarrett Barrs, Print of GLAAD. “His cisn to mol this kd of openns and honty n lead to greater acceptance for untls gay people U.

I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’

" "I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, 'Am I gay?

And then I said, 'Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man. Everyone knows you don't have to be a gay man to know that love is plited. Ricky Mart is openg up about his cisn to e out as gay.

” “I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, ‘Am I gay? Ricky Mart sists he 'wasn't misleadg anyone' when he dated 49-year-old pop star romanced 'lots of women' before he me out as gay 2010, but he has bbished the suggtn he was beg dishont wh his girliends.

RICKY MART, 49, SHAR HE WAS ' LOVE' WH THE WOMEN HE DATED BEFORE G OUT AS GAY

The 49-year-old pop star dated 'lots of women' before he me out as gay 2010, but he has bbished the suggtn he was beg dishont wh his girliends'You n't fake chemistry - the chemistry was there wh them. Ricky Mart, who me out as gay 2010, is a proud father to his four children — tw boys Matteo and Valento, dghter Lucia, and son most celebri, Ricky Mart also lov to share updat about his life on social media.

RICKY MART IS A PROUD GAY FATHER — MEET HIS FOUR KIDS BORN VIA SURROGATE

| Source: Getty ImagMart had not yet e out as gay when Matteo and Valento were born via a surrogate Augt 2008.

The "Kg of Lat Pop" revealed his sexual orientatn 2010, postg onle that he was "proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. The sger vised The Daily Show Wh Trevor Noah and opened up about his own personal stggl wh g out as gay.

' It was people that love me, people that mean well and people that were jt victims of homophobia. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Sger Ricky Mart clared publicly that he is gay Mart says, "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man" His song "Liv' La Vida Lo" rose to top of mic charts 1999 LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop sger Ricky Mart clared publicly this week what he avoid discsg for years: He is gay.

RICKY MART OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY

"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, " Mart wrote on his official Web se. Ricky Mart opened up about feelg “vlated” when Barbara Walters nonted him about his sexualy a 2000 the televised terview, which took place a before the sger me out publicly, Walters addrsed mors that were circulatg at the time about Mart beg gay.

"You uld say, as many others have, 'Y, I am gay, ' or you uld say, 'No, I'm not, ' or you uld leave as you are, ambiguo. Jt say y, I’m gay, who r, you know what I’m sayg?

"In 2000, I phed Ricky Mart very hard to adm if he was gay or not, and the way he refed to do ma everyone ci that he was, ” she told the Toronto Star 2010, addg that lookg back, she felt was "an appropriate qutn.

RICKY MART REVEALS HE IS GAY

NEW YORK — After more than a of dodgg mors and speculatn about his sexual orientatn, Lat sger Ricky Mart has e out of the closet and clared himself a “fortunate homosexual man.

RICKY MART TALKS NEW MIC, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GAY LATO IN

“In 2000, I phed Ricky Mart very hard to adm if he was gay or not, and the way he refed to do ma everyone ci that he was, ” she told the Toronto Star. You uld say, as many artists have, ‘Y I am gay, ’ or you uld say, ‘No I’m not, ’ or you uld leave , as you are, ambiguo. The sger rpond, “When Ricky Mart, a man whom I admire very much, says whether he’s gay or not, that’s when I will tell you.

Ricky Mart opened up about the personal stggle he endured g to terms wh his sexualy while also wantg to bee a a new ver story for Out magaze, the 48-year-old sger said that he had difficulty acceptg that a gay man n also be a dad.

RICKY MART FELT 'VLATED' WHEN BARBARA WALTERS ASKED HIM TO CLEAR UP GAY MORS ON NATNAL TV

“Many years I dreamt of beg a father, and many, many, many tim I went through this grievg procs of I am gay, I am a closeted gay man, and I’m not gog to be able to be a daddy, ” he said of his experience. “Obvly adoptn is an optn and ’s very betiful, but unfortunately for gay men ’s very difficult to adopt some untri, ” he, who nfirmed his marriage to Jwan Yosef 2018, is father to four kids: tws Valento and Matteo, born 2008, dghter Lucia, 1, and newborn son Renn, 9 four of Mart's children were born via surrogate.

RICKY MART OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY

A before he cid to e out as gay, sger Ricky Mart was put on the spot by journalist Barbara Walters a 2000 televisn terview which she told him he uld “stop the mors” about his sexualy wh a simple y or no. ”The “Liv’ la Vida Lo” sger eventually me out March 2010, announcg an open letter on his webse that he was “proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

“Jt say y, y, I’m gay, who r? "Mart, who me out as gay 2010, add that 's not about the number of followers, but feelg the same way that he had many years ago "before sharg publicly about my sexual orientatn.

Now, the Kg of Lat Pop hop to assist the non-prof that remembers the mostly gay and Latx victims who lost their liv what was nsired the most adlit terror attack on Amerin soil after 9/11. In 2010, the Puerto Rin sger me out to his fans as a gay man; nearly 10 years later, he received his first Emmy nomatn, for his role The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story.