Thursday, July 1, 2021

close embrace with husband
Ricky Martin defends himself against hate

Because she posted photos with her husband to Instagram, Ricky Martin caught some homophobic comments. Now he starts an emotional counter-speech.

Pop singer Ricky Martin has responded with homophobic reactions to photos of him and her husband on Instagram. “Today I am speaking from my weakest side,” he wrote there. A few days ago when he posted the recording on social media, a large number of people decided to stop following him or make derogatory remarks, Martin wrote on the social network.

The Puerto Rican said he felt the same feeling he had a few years ago before he came out. “The same fear that paralyzed me, tormented me, and kept me from being.” Photographs of Martin and her husband, Swedish artist Jwan Yosef, were taken for the magazine “CAP 74024”.

They show the two hugging closely, laughing and looking at each other lovingly. The couple married in 2018 and have four children. Martin, 49, had several international hits in the 1990s with songs such as “Maria” and “Livin’ La Vida Loca”. In 2010 he announced that he was gay.

When he looks at the photos, he feels at peace because he was able to celebrate his family in style—as they deserve, Martin wrote. “And this fear, which I just mentioned, no longer paralyzes me. Quite the contrary: it gives me immense strength and makes me continue to work for the good of the millions who live every day from a lack of acceptance. are suffering.” Above all, he wants everyone to feel free, to be proud of themselves and to be happy. “That we are loved, respected and accepted.”