This Article is From Aug 27, 2013

Ricky Martin: I used to bully people I knew were gay

Ricky Martin: I used to bully people I knew were gay

Ricky Martin came out with the news of his homosexuality in 2010

Highlights

  • Singer Ricky Martin has revealed that he used to bully those people who were gay.
  • The 41-year-old Livin la Vida Loca hitmaker, who has twin sons Matteo and Valentino, was anxious for the appropriate upbringing of his children, reported Contactmusic.
  • "I look back now and realise I would bully people who I knew were gay. I had internalised homophobia. To realise that was confronting to me. I wanted to get away from that," Martin said.
  • "I didn't want them (his twin sons) growing up in a house of lies or thinking that there was something wrong with being gay," he added.
  • Martin came out with the news of his homosexuality in 2010.
Los Angeles: Singer Ricky Martin has revealed that he used to bully those people who were gay.

The 41-year-old Livin la Vida Loca hitmaker, who has twin sons Matteo and Valentino, was anxious for the appropriate upbringing of his children, reported Contactmusic.

"I look back now and realise I would bully people who I knew were gay. I had internalised homophobia. To realise that was confronting to me. I wanted to get away from that," Martin said.

"I didn't want them (his twin sons) growing up in a house of lies or thinking that there was something wrong with being gay," he added.

Martin came out with the news of his homosexuality in 2010.
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