After what we thought was an international pop star confirming what many already knew, Ricky Martin has released a statement saying he is not, in fact, gay. And nor did he ever come out.
âWhile I am very supportive of the homosexual community, and truly appreciate the outpouring of support from fans all over the world, I am not a homosexual myself,â reads the brief statement in part, which was also sent to Queerty in Spanish. It adds: âI cannot comment further while there is a police investigation taking place, but I did not authorize any statement to be released on my website on my behalf. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused my fans. Amo a todos ustedes.â
Um, ok. Then how to explain his tweet that came out a day after the original web posting? The one that read âWhats going on gang?Iâm doing great!Stronger than ever!Iâm here relaxing @ home enjoying ur messages!I feel the love!Thanx for all!peaceâ? Still unclear, though it suggests his online accounts have been hacked, or the people he has managing them allowed them to become compromised in some elaborate prank.
Also unanswered: The rumors that the man heâs been seen with is his boyfriend.
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Naturally, for every straight girl who, 48 hours ago, didnât want to believe Ricky is gay, there will an outpouring of gay men who donât want to believe he is straight.
UPDATE: Weâre being told Rickyâs attorney will be having a press conference later in the day Thursday to address what happened.
(THE REAL) UPDATE: Well as youâre probably â and hopefully â aware by now, this was Queertyâs little April Foolâs joke. Donât worry, everyone. Ricky is still as gay as he was earlier this week, and the moment he was born. Thanks for playing along, though weâre still quite amused by how many folks believed it.
Phil
April fools.
John In Delaware
I had CNN on in the background and they just mentioned this, but I didn’t catch it. Waiting for the story to come on again
SidVicious
@Phil: You think they would joke about that? That’s funny if it’s true.
Tiny Tim
I knew he wasn’t! It was all a conspiracy!
Magmo
WTF?
Gina
he’s going to have a lot of explaining to do….how does your account just get hacked like that? he shouldn’t have waited this long to say it was all a mistake.
GeoffM
Oh good gawd. Sean Hayes looks better and better.
justin
lol⌠got me there for a second
Rashid
Queerty…this almost got me.
Good job! And happy April fools to you too!
adam
wtf? Like both his Twitter AND official website were hacked or something?
Devon
Oh you…
jeffree
Nice try Queerty! No sources?
Very suspicious!
David
Uh, April Fool’s!
Turi
Happy April Fools.
Tho for some real shockers go here http://www.queerty.com/is-it-time-to-meet-ricky-martins-boyfriend-20100331/#comment-287579
Hilarious
I’ll admit I chuckled.
B
No. 10 ¡ adam wrote, “wtf? Like both his Twitter AND official website were hacked or something?” … both quite possible. Maybe he’s dumb and used the same password for both, or got some malware that logged the passwords he typed.
Mike L.
U Motha titty suckers I can’t believe this. ARGH!!!! I almost believed it (either that his site was hacked or that he was playing an april fools and then reveal it in the press release) until I read the comments.
Queerty I hate you, I almost called my aunt who I teased about her Ricky being a sista while her fantasies were crushed the other day.
That Bitch TĂŠa Delgado
After Halloween, April Fool’s Day is my least favorite day of the year.
hannah
Ugh!!!! I hate April Fool’s Day.
Chris
You had me going…until I remembered what day it was. I fucking hat April Fools Day.
Chris
Meant to say hate. I also hate my computer.
hey
Let’s have something better, like Oprah, Hugh Jackman, Toothy Tile, Anderson Cooper all come out together on Howard Stern.
james_cambridge
Bastards!! You got me!!! At 3:42 AM too!!!
fredo777
@hey: “Let’s have something better, like Oprah, Hugh Jackman, Toothy Tile, Anderson Cooper all come out together on Howard Stern.”
lmao @ Toothy Tile.
Kyle
This totally makes up for your flattering blog toward “ex gays” that almost made me an ex-queerty. All holidays should be celebrated with pride, hence being a holiday and anyone who can’t appreciate getting got or getting someone on this special day needs to find themselves a sense of humor.
And did someone above really say they hate Halloween? WTF kind of sick world do we live in these days.
WiseUp
LOL. And David Hauslaib announced that maybe, just maybe, Don Imus didn’t deserve to get cancer.
jeffree
Better title may have been:
“Ricky Martin, Gay for a day. Now a Proud Ex-Gay”
Sleep tight, don’t let the homophobes bite!!
Alexandre
LOL! AAAAAAAAAAUUUGGGH you totally got me!! Happy April Fools…or for us in France, jour de poissons !
joedee1969
Everything seems to be a lie. Our favorite bear is speaking out for the little people again. Check this out:
http://americaspeaksink.com/2010/04/unemployment-priorities-of-a-nation/
FreddyMertz
oh no you di’nt!!!!!!! totally got me! argh!
Andy
One of my best male friends, who had a fling with Ricky 10+ years ago, is quite amused by all of this.
robisith
yeh i heard about it in news,but i think that its a stand for getting publicity.other ways why he claim for it.
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/automated-forex-trading-system-find-the-best-automatic-forex-trading-tool-2066204.html
jason
Maybe it’s the ultimate attention whoring tactic. One can only wonder.
onCloud9
@hey: whos toothy tile?
Silvia
@Phil: @Phil: yes, I bet it’s aprils fool!
Marc
@onCloud9: Jake
Sam
Christ, I’m gullible. I KNEW it was April Fool’s day, this was the third blog I checked this morning and BOTH of the other ones had April Fool’s day jokes, and yet I still went, “OMIGOD, WHAT???” when I read this.
That was a good one, Queerty. You got me!
sheavanhorn
I assume this is an April Fool’s Joke…but in case you still have doubts, you can find the answers at http://IsRickyMartinGay.net
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Cam
If this is April Fools, then nice one Queerty….if it isn’t, then I’m betting he and the boyfriend had a break-up and the boyfriend put out the statement. lol Sad thing for Ricky is….it would be a tough case to sue for, he can’t go after the boyfriend for Slander if it’s actually true. lol
Rev. Steve
Wouldn’t he have taken down the post from his site if this wasn’t true? Lame April Fool joke.
littleBIGchris
You totally got me.
Joe
Then WTF!….I just saw Ricky and Taylor Lautner at the San Juan Airport, getting on a airplane heading to Greece with the Babys in tow.
retrofit71
this is a pretty lame uncreative april fools. dumb.
Uranus Hertz
Of course both his website and Twitter accounts were hijacked. Not hard to do when your password for everything is ‘cock’
B
No. 38 ¡ sheavanhorn wrote, “I assume this is an April Fool’s Joke” … I saw on QUEERTY yesterday (March 31). If it is a joke, either QUEERTY jumped the gun or a time-zone difference was responsible.
Roy
UGH! Working in customer service on April Fool’s is bad enough……and now pulling my heart strings about my future husband cheating on me!? đ
The Artist
@Uranus Hertz: Just notice this name and I can’t stop laughing! Good one! PEACELUVNBWILD!
mdthom
There is nothing about this on the Spainish speaking TV networks, so you know it’s an April Fools joke.
Top Gay Hotels
It is sad enough that the guy is still thinking: shall I come out or not? Well, anyway, one day..
Solis
I hate April Fool’s Day too! Just this morning, my co-worker told me that the Easter Bunny is not real … almost fell for it … but I ain’t no fool!
Giovannidude
As Lucy Ricardo would say, “Ricky, you got a lot of ‘splainin’ to do…”
dave
I have to say that it is a hot pic of Ricky with this article đ
CHIEFSSRSHA
Oh this is not funny! You could cause heart attacks for insecure queens who swear famous queers validate their sexuality!
InlandEmpire
It is too late for me. I told everyone at work about this article. Now I look like an April Fool!
Victoria
Bish please.
He gay.
Everyone knows that.
Have for like ever.
It’s like Andy Dick ya know? xD
Jk.
Or am I?
O.o
chris
So this is a ‘Queerty’ April Fool’s joke? Not real? I hope it doesn’t make him look bad!!!
Joshua
hate you guys a lot lol
Steven
This was the BEST prank of the day!!!
AlwaysGay
I felt sick when I first read this. Thankfully a couple people already posted comments noting it was an April Fool’s joke or else I would have really been upset.
Andy
I’ve never been a fan of April Fools lies… er, “jokes.” Sorry.
Lanjier
Oh, it was all a joke. I was about to go all “Leave Britney alone” on your asses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
hephaestion
April Fools!
It’s all a lie. Ricky is still gay! Yay!
Brentinpdx
I wonder how much he made on that April Fools joke? Personally I don’t give a crap what celeb is gay, bi , or a breeder.
csenge19
Poor-poor Ricky Martin. I knew from the beggining that it was a lie. He never said with his mouse. Did anybody see a video where Ricky is saying “I am a gay” ? How can anybody believe what TV says about stars? At least he said it is a lie, thanks God. I hope they will find the hacker.
leigh
Looking at that picture, who cares which team he’s playing for? It’s not affecting my fantasy life at all đ
Rob Moore
@chris: I don’t think there is anything short of a 200 pound weight gain that would make Ricky Martin look bad.