Who Is Renn Martin Yosef? Son of Ricky Martin

by Manisha Sat May 21 2022 Updated On Thu May 11 2023
Who Is Renn Martin Yosef? Son of Ricky Martin

Renn Martin Yosef is a celebrity child. He is the son of singer-songwriter Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin Yosef with his father, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin Yosef with his father, Ricky Martin Source: Instagram

Is He Dating Anyone?

Ricky is in a relationship with Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yosef

At first, Ricky fell in love with his artists' work and began collecting them. 

Then he met the painter himself, and in the same year, they started dating. 

He proposed to him in the following year. They tied the knot in 2018

Ricky Martin Yosef's parents Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef
Ricky Martin Yosef's parents Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef Source: Instagram

In the same year, they announced the birth of their daughter Lucia Martin Yosef

A year later, they were blessed with their second child. 

Ricky always dreamt of having a big family and stated that he planned to have even more children. 

Ricky Dated A Few Women Before Coming Out As A Gay

Ricky dated Argentinian tennis player Gabriela Sabatini back in 1992

He met her while he was attending a public event. 

They were spotted together, looking very much in love with each other as everything in their relationship was going smoothly. 

But their relationship ended after five months

After his breakup, he started dating beautiful singer and songwriter Alejandra Guzman

They were loved by fans and were considered a power couple in the Mexican music industry. 

But they also broke up after a few months, which left all of their fans disappointed and heartbroken. 

Ricky later revealed that it was Alejandra who broke up, and it was hard for him as he had fallen in love with her. 

In 1994, Ricky fell in love with Mexican model and presenter Rebecca de Alba

They seemed to be in a pretty serious relationship; however, it also ended. 

But he kept his affair a secret as he signed a contract with a record label and was forced to keep his private life far from the public eyes. 

They nearly dated for a decade. 

Ricky Martin Felt Humiliated By An Interviewer 

Ricky is gay by his sexuality, and it took him really long time to accept his sexuality and come out as who he is. 

In his memoir “No More Secrets,” Ricky talked about his husband, raising four children, and the violation that he had faced. 

He has said that he felt violated by an interviewer named Barbara Walters as she was asking him a lot of personal questions. 

A short clip of Ricky’s and Barbara’s interview was shown where Barbara was asking Ricky if the rumors about his sexuality were true or not. 

It is clearly seen in the interview that Barbara was pressuring Ricky to say out loud about his sexuality. On the other hand, Ricky was not ready to come out to the world and accept him being gay. 

Ricky said that sexuality is a very personal matter, and he thinks that nobody can force anyone to accept their sexuality in front of the world unless they themselves are ready.  

He recalled the time when he was in the interview with Barbara and said that he was really being uncomfortable with her questions.  

But now he feels that due to his discomfort, he hadn’t told that he was gay at that time. 

When it comes to talking about and accepting sexuality, Ricky feels that one person should be given time and shouldn’t be pressured to accept themselves unless they are ready. 

During that interview, Barbara made Ricky feels humiliated by asking too many questions about his sexuality and consistently forcing him to accept himself as gay. 

Age

Renn was born on 29 October 2019, and he is three years old.

Net Worth

His father Ricky's net worth is estimated to be $130 million

He has managed to earn this massive net worth from his successful career as a Latin artist. 

He has also earned from the acting field.

Ricky Martin performing on stage
Ricky Martin performing on stage Source: Instagram

Ricky Came Out As A Gay In 2010

Ricky recalled the interview with Barbara Walters in 2000, where she discussed his sexual orientation. 

At that time, he was afraid to come out openly as he was not comfortable. 

He felt trapped and a bit violated in that situation, as he did not want to come out. 

People said it would have been great if he had come out in that interview. 

But he was not ready at that time. He said that no one should ever be forced to come out. 

A decade later, in 2010, Ricky came out on his terms, posting a quote on Twitter that he was proud to say that he was a fortunate homosexual man and was blessed to be who he was. 

He said that, at the moment, he was free.

Interesting Facts About Ricky

Ricky became the father of twins in 2008 via surrogacy. The identity of the surrogate mother has not been revealed due to privacy reasons. 

His parents got separated when he was just two years old. 

He did not talk to his father for decades, but the father and son reconciled after some time. 

He took acting and singing classes when he was 10. His mother introduced him to Latin music

He loved to perform from an early age. He grew up listening to all kinds of music genres. 

His birthday is on 24 December.

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