Ricky Martin Opens Up About Expanding His Family, Upcoming 'Big' Wedding

Ricky Martin recently sat down with CBS Sunday Mornings to chat about hisLas Vegas residencyand used the opportunity to look both back on his career and discuss his plans for expanding his family.The 45-year-old singer, who is currently rolling out his biggest hits in front of up to 5,200 fans each nightat the Monte Carlo hoteluntil September, told CBSs Tracy Smith that hes still addicted to performing.It forces me to analyze my emotions, because thats what the audience wants, he said. The audience wants you to be transparentto be real, to be honest. Even when I had to hide things about my persona, on stage, I wasnt. On stage I was just completely open.It wasnt until 2010 that Martin chose to be completely open off stage too, and came out as gay via a message on his websitethat read, in part, I am a fortunate homosexual man.Martin says it was his two sons, born via surrogate in 2008, that made him decide to open up about his sexuality even though he was afraid of rejection and everyone had told him hisfeelings were evil and not godly.If Im not honest with my kids, what am I teaching them' Im teaching them to lie, told Smith.Now, hes the happiest man ever since and is ready for more children ' this time with his fiance, Jwan Yosef, who he met on Instagram and chatted with online for six months about art and about life ' nothing sexybefore being hit by love at first sight when they finally saw each other in person.I want a big family, Martin told Smith. I like the noise of children running around the house. I want daddys little girl now.He added, We have to have a balance in the house. Were making plans. Now its we, he said in reference to Yosef.As for their wedding' No date has been set ' maybe this year ' but Martin already has a few things in mind for the celebration.I want a big wedding, he said. I want a three day celebration, at least.As for whether or not hell be singing for his guests'I want people to sing for me, he laughed. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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