The essential qualities that emanate from him are confidence together with beauty, and his positive energy. That’s Ricky Martin. Most observers believed Ricky Martin lived the crazy life of a Latin music king, but his concealed authentic self remained hidden beneath his public persona. Ricky achieved his freedom in 2010, and everything about his life shifted.
The relationship between Ricky Martin and Carlos Gonzalez began, but Jwan Yosef became his ultimate love match. The marriage of these happy partners has endured four years and shows no signs of weakening up to this point. Find out with us.
From Syria to Sweden and the world
Jwan Yosef was born in Syria into a multicultural family in 1984. His father, a Muslim Kurd, and his mother, an Armenian Orthodox Christian. They all decided to emigrate to Sweden to find a better quality of life.
Yosef is a visual artist, he holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Central Saint Martins in London, where he currently resides. He is uninhibited. He uses his body as an instrument to send messages of acceptance, respect and love. This is evidenced by his nudes, art and publications such as the Erotic Romance and DSECTION Magazine.
Jwan Yosef: the proud and empowered queer
“I think it’s a very empowering feeling to be queer… The queer history of the Arab world that we have today goes back thousands of years, and I think it’s beautiful and important, and I embrace it as a modern queer man,” so stated Jwan Yosef to My.Kali Magazineexpressing his position on his s*xual identity.
It took Ricky years to come out of the closet, but her husband grew up in a space where it was a normal topic, and if you don’t believe us did you see Jwan’s style in this photo?
Family man
It is well known that Ricky Martin is a family man. Although his parents divorced when he was two years old, the union between them is one of his blessings. It is a similar case with her husband. While Jwan’s parents have been happily married for five decades, togetherness, respect and love are the fundamental pillars of the family.
Jwan Yosef often expresses the pride generated by the home he has built alongside the Grammy winner.
Jwan Yosef and his vision as a father
In keeping with his Middle Eastern roots, Jwan affectionately refers to his father as ‘baba’. The young Syrian-Swedish man breaks paradigms and offers a modern take on fatherhood.
“Sometimes I can be a mother and sometimes I can be a mother. It’s a very organic thing. For my husband. For my kids. We’re two loving parents who play different roles within our family, but sometimes we also trade off… I think it’s a reality that straight people face as well,” Jwan Yosef told My.Kali Magazine.
Breaking down barriers of the “normative world”
Jwan Yosef commented that art is a good way to represent an idea or thought, and even a revolution of stereotypes.
“If you stop to listen to your surroundings, sometimes it’s the most basic and simple spaces or forms that you can use to express an idea…. You’re not just creating something for yourself, you’re creating something for an audience, it becomes an important process…we can create new rules and thoughts and really things that aren’t necessarily tied to the normative world,” the artist stated for My.Kali Magazine.
How it all started for Ricky
An interview conducted in 2000 by journalist Barbara Walters, was one of the most uncomfortable moments of Ricky Martin’s career. It went like this:
A decade before he publicly opened up about his s*xual orientation, the singer was evasive when it came to the subject and preferred to say: “I don’t feel like (answering)”. Even this 2021 during the LGBTQ+ Pride Month he assured that that interview was one of his biggest traumas, while starting the process of acceptance.
And before Jwan Yosef?
“The eternally beautiful” Alejandra Guzman and the Boricua fell in love in the early 90’s and for a while they had an intense and secret love story.
The Queen of Hearts told Yordi Rosado that she has fond memories of this relationship. And the Boricua did the same on Univision. “Alejandra is a divine, electrifying woman. She’s an incredible kisser. She broke my heart a little bit, I’m a man and I have dignity,” Ricky told María Elena Salinas. What happened? Well, the intense romance ended.
Rebecca de Alba: girlfriend and confidant
Rebecca and Ricky were one of the most famous couples in the artistic world. But their relationship ended in 2005.
This year, she expressed some words about what happened in an interview with Yordi Rosado: “And what does it matter if it turns out that you fall madly in love with a person who has another s*xual preference, but who is faithful and respects you? And what does it matter if a person is g*y, if what is worth it is what they are made of, what they bring you, what they give you, the value of their life”.
His great fear: “knowing my s*xuality, will I be able to be a father?”
The Puerto Rican singer stated in Out magazine that, having grown up under Christian religious traditions, he found it hard to accept that a g*y man could also be a father.
“For many years I dreamed of being a father, and many, many, many, many times I went through this grieving process that I’m g*y, I’m a g*y man in the closet, and I’m not going to be able to be a dad,” said the singer who added: “Adoption is an option and it’s very nice, but unfortunately for g*y men it’s very difficult to adopt in some countries.”
How to choose the right donor?
During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin explained how he chose the woman who would end up carrying his children.
“I said, ‘Why are you doing this?’ And she replied, ‘Because I’m a very spiritual woman, and I’ve never felt closer to God than in that moment when I can give the gift of life to someone who can’t do it on their own.’” He replied, “You are the one,” the Puerto Rican recalled as part of his telephone interview with the woman who rented his womb.
A family created by surrogacy
Long before Yosef came into his life, Ricky had the goal of having a family no matter what.
In 2008, when she decided to have her first children through surrogacy, rumors about her s*xual preference flooded the news headlines. However, she ignored the comments as her dream came true. At the time, Ricky’s husband was finishing his Fine Art studies at the University College of Arts in Stockholm.
The arrival of the twins
“You were in my heart and you are still in my heart… There is a lady that I adore with all my heart and who helped me bring you into this world and she lent me her tummy for you to come and when you were born she put you in my arms,” Ricky replied to one of his twins when asked, “Dad I was in your tummy?”.
Ricky always said he dreamed of having a large family. And it started to become a reality with the arrival of Valentino and Matteo in 2008.
“I didn’t know if I was g*y. I didn’t know if he was straight.”
“I didn’t know if I was g*y. I didn’t know if I was straight. I didn’t know if I was bis*xual. Bis*xuality exists? What is this?” I decided to just feel and not think,” the Puerto Rican told María Elena Salinas.
It was March 2010, and the s*x symbol was at a crossroads. It was either his career as it was known or his emotional stability. In the end, he posted: “Today I accept my homos*xuality as a gift given to me by life. I feel blessed to be who I am!”.
The bells didn’t ring for Carlos Gonzalez and Ricky Martin
Media reports say that Ricky’s relationship with businessman Carlos Gonzalez rang wedding bells. Then, both surprised the world with their separation.
Carlos and Ricky’s romantic history ended in 2014, after sharing more than six years together. Gonzalez was even in the process of surrogacy for twins. However, the love you thought would last a lifetime sometimes comes to an end.
When Instagram is more effective than Tinder
During an interview with SiriusXM Radio, Martin told Andy Cohen that he and Yosef first came into contact on Instagram when he came across the artist’s work while scrolling. He was impressed and immediately reached out to him.
The couple took things slow. For six months they continued to communicate between DM and WhatsApp. “We talked about art, nothing s*xy…. I swear, nothing s*xy. We talked about art and life in general. He lived in London, I went to London,” Martin said.
