Ricky Martin promoted his new book on Jay Leno’s show last night and Jay took the opportunity to ask him about his struggle to come to grips with his homosexuality and how his life has changed since coming out of the closet.
Ricky confirmed that while he is still a proud homosexual (love how he half-stands and does a mini-double fist pump after confirming this,) that he understands why both he and countless other people have a hard time coming out. Ricky said, “Being Ricky Martin, what Ricky Martin represented back then and what I was feeling was not compatible at all. I was the sex symbol and I needed to dance and I needed to make girls crazy and I couldn’t say that I was gay. It was a lot of struggle.”
My only problem with that statement is that most of the best dancers I know are gay people, so I don’t know how that ties into what he’s talking about.
He also added that his religion and culture played a large role in his hesitation to come out saying, “What I was feeling, according to what I had in my mind, was evil.”
Here’s to being honest with yourself and proud of who you are no matter how long it takes (even if the truth is obvious to everyone else on the planet,) right guys?!