OMG STOP THE PRESSES THIS IS HUGH!!!!!!!!!!!

[LynneSin]

Ricky Martin is gay

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1911333/
After years of sidestepping questions about his sexual orientation, singer Ricky Martin reveals in a heartfelt posting online that he is gay. "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin, 38, said Monday on RickyMartinMusic.com. "I am very blessed to be who I am." He said his twin sons, who turn 2 in August, inspired him to be true to himself. "To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids were born with," Martin writes. "These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded

Was there every any doubt?

[Arugula Latte]

1. Well ...

[Yavin4]

2. Good For You Ricky Martin

You will be a much better Father and a person for this.

[Archae]

3. Who the hell is Ricky Martin?

I don't remember him at all.

[Brother Buzz]

5. He's not the Rickrolled dude, I checked

Beyond that I haven't a clue. :shrug:

[UTUSN]

4. I respect him. When Bahbwah WAHwah *demanded* he tell her, he refused.

And that's his business. Otoh, when he told the media he liked Golden Showers AND then did the MJ thing with having kids, this is no surprise.

He seems like a pleasant fellow. Now, may he present his mate, if and when, like Elton.

[madinmaryland]

6. Who?? And why is this in LBN??

:wtf:

[Archae]

7. "Living La Vida Loca..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YsjHzadl8

[MrScorpio]

8. I posted it earlier in GD and it got shifted to Entertainment

This puppy was sent to the Lounge

[UTUSN]

9. I posted QUOTES from Christopher HITCHENS' new memoir detailing

his same-sex history and got BLISTERINGLY FLAMED as "homophobic". I *know* that that selfsame topic will be played out many times over the next few weeks to scores of adoring posts.

My topic was not much different from this thread, and I'm happy to congratulate those who are able to submit DISCUSSION topics SUCCESSFULLY.

The flaming consisted of PERSONAL SLURS that I was using same sex as a negative. I wonder why I wasn't flamed recently when I posted another item from a gossip column, which relayed the mistress of Norman MAILER, describing him as "obese" and insatiable and never-failing in role-playing heterosexual sex. (No question mark, because it's rhetorical.)

As I've said a couple of hundred times over the years, it's about the (topic's) HYPOCRISY, the difference between public image and reality, specifically when the subject persons are hostile to their home group's best interests.


P.S., btw, re: Ricky MARTIN, Gawker focuses the hypocrisy issue by running an old quote from him claiming to be straight and "love (sex with) women" and never fathoming same sex sex.

[calico1]

10. I lived in Puerto Rico when he was part of

Menudo. Even then there were rumors, although at the time many people thought the rumors were because he was the cutest one.

I am glad that he finally decided to come out and I hope it makes him more at peace and happier.

I don't care if he is gay. He seems like a good guy. And he is still a cutie pie.

[TwistedSister]

11. This is Hugh? LOL

Hugh Hefner, Jackkman, Laurie, Grant? LOL