Ricky Martin Welcomed His First Two Kids, Matteo and Valentino as a Single Dad

Ricky has openly expressed his need to have a large family, announcing "[I] like noise and chaos in my house," in a previous interview.

May Nine 2024, Updated 4:Forty three p.m. ET

Latin pop singer Ricky Martin will have idea he was once livin' la vida loca again in 1999 — however now that he is a father of four kids, the craziness has truly begun.

You may recall Ricky publicly popping out in 2010 after years of closing extraordinarily non-public about his personal life. It was once a reasonably large deal on the time when he went on to turn out to be a father as a unmarried, gay celebrity.

“I am proud to say that I'm a lucky homosexual guy. I am very blessed to be who I am," he wrote on his website in 2010, according to Rolling Stone. “These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed."

Let's take a better take a look at Ricky's adventure to fatherhood and his four youngsters.

Ricky welcomed dual boys in 2008 as a unmarried father.

Ricky welcomed his twins, Matteo and Valentino, in August 2008 — prior to he met Jwan Yosef — and they will turn Sixteen in August 2024. Evidently, his oldest sons are naturals in terms of helping out with their younger siblings.

“You know what? They’re nice nannies,” Ricky instructed People in March 2020. “They grow to be large brothers routinely. They see a toddler and they simply need to give protection to them. We got security for the women.”

Ricky has been open with his children now not simplest about how they got here into the sector via surrogacy — but that they're part of a "modern family" constituted of two dads.

“I need folks to take a look at me and see a family and say, ‘There’s not anything incorrect with that.’ It’s a part of my undertaking," he advised Out magazine in 2018. "It’s a part of my children’ undertaking as neatly. My youngsters inquire from me about having two daddies and I inform them we are a part of a modern circle of relatives. This is a gorgeous sense of freedom.”

Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef welcomed baby number 3 in 2018.

More than a decade after changing into a father, Ricky's daughter, Lucia, was once born. She arrived on Dec. 24, 2018, which may be Ricky's birthday. Not best is Lucia Ricky's first daughter, but she is the primary kid the singer welcomed with Jwan.

Fans were given their first real glimpse of his sweet girl via a photo shared by Ricky in August 2019. The doting dad captioned the Instagram publish with, "the light of my eyes," in Spanish. Lucia became 5 in 2023.

Ricky and his now ex-husband welcomed their fourth child in 2019.

In September 2019, Ricky published that child number 4 was once at the method all the way through a speech he made on the twenty third annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington. (He used to be commemorated with the National Visibility Award for his LGBTQ advocacy and his philanthropy.)

"My family's here," Ricky mentioned at the time. "Jwan, I don't see you, but my husband, Jwan, I love you. My beautiful twins, Valentino and Matteo, they're also here. I love you with all my heart, you're my strength, you inspire me every day, you motivate me to keep doing what I'm doing and you guys are amazing kids. You guys are amazing."

In addition to giving a shoutout to Lucia, the singer shared some exciting news with the gang. "And by the way, I have to announce that we are pregnant," he mentioned, which was once met with cheers. "We are waiting. All right! I love big families."

On Oct. 29, 2019, Ricky introduced via Instagram the arrival of his fourth child — a baby boy named Renn. Just like his three older youngsters, Renn was born by the use of surrogate. He became 4 in October 2023.

In the previous, Ricky has mentioned short of to have extra youngsters.

Although Ricky already has 4 kids, he turns out to have his center set on even more someday.

"I want four more pairs of twins," Ricky advised People at the 2018 Golden Globes. "I would love to have a big family, but there’s a lot going on at this moment, a lot of work, wedding," he stated on the time.

Back in 2010, the singer also discussed wanting a large circle of relatives.

"If you ask me if I want to be the father of a little girl, [I’ll say] not one, four! ... I’m just getting started with this fatherhood thing and I’m going for more," he stated on the Enrique Santos Show. "I come from a big family and I really like noise and chaos in my house.”

Although Ricky and Jwan announced in July 2023 that they had been divorcing, we wouldn't be stunned if the singer decides to additional extend his family!

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