Ricky Mart Is a Proud Gay Father — Meet His Four Kids Born via Surrogate

Contents:

• RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY
• RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'
• RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E 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 IS A PROUD GAY FATHER — MEET HIS FOUR KIDS BORN VIA SURROGATE
• LAT SGER RICKY MART SAYS HE IS GAY
• RICKY MART, 49, SHAR HE WAS ' LOVE' WH THE WOMEN HE DATED BEFORE G OUT AS GAY
• RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’

RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY

After years of sisteppg qutns about his sexual orientatn, sger Ricky Mart reveals a heartfelt postg onle that he is gay. “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.

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

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.

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

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

”“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.

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

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

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

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. | 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.

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.

LAT SGER RICKY MART SAYS HE IS GAY

"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, " Mart wrote on his official Web se.

LOS ANGELES (Rters) - Lat pop star Ricky Mart on Monday announced he was gay a blog postg, endg years of speculatn. “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, ” Mart wrote a blog postg at This is jt what I need pecially now that I am the father of two betiful boys that are so full of light and who wh their outlook teach me new thgs every day.

In 2000, TV journalist Barbara Walters grilled him about whether he was gay, but he refed to disclose his postg on Monday, Mart said a few months ago he had cid to wre a memoir and dog so brought him closer to what he lled “an amazg turng pot my life. -based Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), weled what he lled Mart’s “openns and honty.

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

Ricky Mart has revealed he believed homosexualy was "evil" as he stggled to e to terms wh beg Lato pop star me out 2010 after years of speculatn over his sexualy. Speakg on The Jay Leno Show, Mart opened up about the prsur of beg a gay teen idol.

"I was the sex symbol and I need to dance and I need to make girls crazy and I uldn't say that I was gay.

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

"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.

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 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. “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.