Ricky Martin recalls his interview with Barbara Walters in 2000 that left him feeling violated and with 'a little PTSD'
Ricky Martin attends the Dior Men's Fall 2020 Runway Show on December 03, 2019 in Miami, Florida.recalled his conversation
on national television with Barbara Walters in 2000 that left him feeling violated and with"a little PTSD." The moment that shook him was when the journalist suggested,"You could stop these rumors. You could say, 'Yes I am gay or no I'm not.'" "When she dropped the question, I felt violated because I was just not ready to come out. I was very afraid," Martin told"There's a little PTSD with that."Ricky Martin Talks Coping With the Pandemic at the 2021 Latin AMAs: 'Beautiful Things Are Happening'
The 49-year-old chart-topping artist came out 10 years after the Walters interview."Sexuality is one complicated thing," he said."It's not black and white. It's filled with colors. When I was dating women, I was in love with women. It felt right, it felt beautiful. You can't fake chemistry — the chemistry was there with them. I wasn't misleading anyone." Now, Martin is a"man with no secrets," he said in the new interview.
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