Ricky Martin discusses how he was caught off guard when he came out of the closet and how “wonderful” it felt.

Nowadays, Ricky Martin is joyfully bringing up four youngsters with his significant other, Jwan Yosef. Yet, he said, getting to this second in his life was a long excursion of self-revelation. 

“Am I gay? Am I sexually unbiased? Am I befuddled? What am I?” In a subsequent conversation with People for the magazine’s annual Pride issue, Martin, 49, reflected on his earlier considerations.

“Sexuality is something messy. It’s not highly contrasting. It’s loaded up with colors,” the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” vocalist proceeded. “When I began dating ladies, I was completely charmed with them.” It felt right; it felt lovely. You can’t make phony science – the science was there with them. I wasn’t deceiving anybody.” 

Martin dated “heaps of ladies,” including model and TV moderator Rebecca de Alba, even while the press estimated his sexuality, he said. He would date men in private, as well. In 2000, when he was 29, he was asked by Barbara Walters on public TV on the off chance that he was gay. 

“You could stop these reports,” Walters advised him at that point. “You might say, ‘Yes, I’m homosexual,’ or ‘No, I’m not gay.” “I simply don’t feel like it,” Martin said to Walters. Martin claimed he “felt neglected” as he reflected on that second. because he “was simply not prepared to come out.” 

“There’s a smidgeon of PTSD there.” Walters has expressed regret for pressuring Martin to respond to her inquiries. In 2010 she told the Toronto Star she felt it was “an improper inquiry.” 

Martin authoritatively came out through an explanation on his site in 2010, expressing: “I’m pleased to say that I am a lucky gay man. I’m exceptionally honored to be who I am.” 

The double cross Grammy champ added that “these years peacefully and reflection made me more grounded and advised me that,Acknowledgment needs to come from the inside and that this sort of truth enables me to vanquish feelings I didn’t know existed.” 

In a subsequent conversation with People for the magazine’s annual Pride issue, Martin, 49, reflected on his earlier considerations.

“However, if you break an egg open from the exterior, all of that comes out is death.” Whichever the case may be, if the egg cracks open from the inside, life will emerge.”

Ricky’s new collection, “Play,” is coming soon, with the principal single dropping June 10. This fall, he’ll visit with Enrique Iglesias.