Mumbai: Singer Ricky Martin opened up about his struggle to come out as a gay, during the latest episode of The Daily Show With Trevor Noah.
According to reports on DailyMail.co.uk, Ricky explained in detail how his inner circle led him to wait to publicly reveal his sexuality. “You have no idea how it took me a while. The thing is that I was surrounded by friends that were telling me, ‘Don’t! Don’t come out that will be the end of your career.’ It was people that love me, people that mean well and people that were just victims of homophobia,” Ricky said, adding, “I grew up in this culture that told me that my feelings were horrible, that my feelings were evil. And if you add to that, you know, that I was like a heartthrob, like a sex symbol. Everyone was telling me that it was going to be the end of my career.”
The 46-year-old entertainer revealed that not opening up about his sexuality “was extremely painful”. “I said, ‘I can’t take it anymore. It’s all about me now, it’s not about what’s happening outside, it’s about what I need in order to be happy’.”
