During a recent interview on Univision radio’s Enrique Santos Show, Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin revealed how he handled the inevitable origin questions from his six-year-old twin sons, Valentino and Matteo.
Martin fathered the boys via gestational surrogacy in 2008, and has forever defended the woman who birthed them as an extremely close friend, not a rented womb.
When asked whether he’d reveal the identity of the boys’ birth mother to them, he said that the boys have already started asking about their origins.
He says they once asked: “Papa, was I in your belly?”
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He answered: “You were in my heart and you are still in my heart. There is a woman who I adore with all my heart who helped me bring you to this world and she lent me her belly so that you could come and when you were born, she put you in my arms.”
Martin also revealed during the interview that he’s not done having children, and hopes to have “not one, four!” little girls. “I’m just getting started with this fatherhood thing,” he said.
Silas Wegg
“No but your other daddy’s been in there.”
jaleoman
Love Ricky Martin!!!! He is such an amazing human
Being and positive role model for the LGBT community. The
Latino media has changed so much since Ricky
Came out, now they treat us with respect, because Ricky is openly
Gay, and he is such a big iconic superstar in the Latino community.
TundraMichael
Oh Ricky, girls are much more difficult to raise. Good answer. It’s sort of the standard answer from adoptive parents.
Sebizzar
@Silas Wegg: LOL.
@jaleoman: Agreed a lot has changed and I’m sure his coming out inspired many more Latinos to come out. And I can’t believe the kids are already 6!
Dakotahgeo
Good for Papa Ricky Martin and best of luck with “6” SIX children! He gonna be one busy Papa!!!
BadSeed
Doesn’t Ricky know that at almost 7 billion, the earth is already overpopulated?
Dakotahgeo
@BadSeed: I think it’s a wee bit late, taking 7 more or less into consideration. You may want to talk to China and the Asian countries.
Daniel-Reader
Being gay and overpopulating the planet isn’t any more noble than being straight and overpopulating the planet. It is irresponsible. There is a limited amount of resources on the planet such as fresh water. Sad, very sad. An exercise in vanity.
jmmartin
Genuinely touching. I wish the couple well. And the adorable twins, of course. What an interesting future they have ahead of them, allowed to make their own decisions about sexual orientation and, hopefully, religious dogma.
wpewen
All these gay men adopting/having sons is interesting. Read something by a guy in LA who said laughingly “the only outdoor activity he’s going to have is trips to the Rose Bowl market on weekends”. I wonder if all these guys realize what they are getting into. I’m gay and liked “boy” stuff like tonka trucks and making roads in the dirt. I dont know if most boys do, but a lot like the outdoors, sports, etc. When I see Elton John lavishing his son on whatever I’m thankful I had a traditional upbringing, in my case it fit. I loved fishing trips in the Sierras, getting dirty, playing army.
No dolls, but lots of stuffed animals….
It sometimes seems celebrities use kids as decorations. And the Birdcage was a great MOVIE. Whatever.
Mikah
Gay men make the best parents.
wpewen
@Mikah: PEOPLE who are suited to parenthood make the best parents.
JDwrites
While I appreciate the point about overpopulation, we should remember that LGBTQ progress is fragile. Advances made prior to and during the Wiemar Republic disappeared in an instant. Anybody can see what certain trends bode for our future without a critical mass of citizenry world-wide accepting us for who we are as human beings.
Raising healthy families is both soul satisfying and a way to ensure that we have a multi-generational context. Historically, we have been individual happenings on a time line…increasingly we can be recognised as a pattern of existence through time. My daughter and through her, other young people who care about her, also care about me and are fierce champions of our family’s right to exist.
We have begun to identify the past family members whose existence was denied, ignored or covered up. Understanding that being gay if part of the genes of the family, going back generations, has been an eye opener for us all…conversations revealing hidden truths as I capture family history for my daughter to carry forward.
Go Ricky…be proud and model fabulous fatherhood …
mgad
@JDwrites: adopt.
glennmcbride
@TundraMichael: I raised 3 girls and a boy, 2 attorneys, a psychologist and an unemployed son. Girls are much easier to raise. They mature 3 or 4 years ahead of boys. – in my experience.
wpewen
@JDwrites: Reminds me why I’ve always did a double take on gay slang-fabulous fatherhood.
dtpm
I love it when Latinos “clean up” the race by having white babies…
cvdixon29
@Silas Wegg: Really? Was that remark even necessary?
cvdixon29
I think he’s a good dad!
Manuel Alejandro
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Travis Zepp
“No, but what could have been lots of your brothers and sisters have been”
Jordan Walker
Aw Eric Erlemann cuuuuuute
Ignacio Alvarez
Good one Travis Zepp â??