Ricky Martinand husbandJwan Yosefare expanding their family!
While attending the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington D.C. on Saturday with his family, Martin, 47, announced that he and Yosef are expecting another child.
“My family’s here,” the star said while accepting an award for his advocacy of LGBTQ rights and his philanthropy, as he praised his husband, his “beautiful twins,” sonsMatteo and Valentino, 11, whom he is raising with Yosef.
“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,” he said. “You guys are amazing. I love you.”
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The actor and singer went on to call his 8-month-old daughterLucia, who did not join the rest of her family, the “light of my life.”
Jwan Yosef, Ricky Martin and twins in September 2019.Paul Morigi/Getty
Ahead of the 2019Golden Globesin January, Martin opened up about how he’s alwayswanted a “big family”of his own.
“I want four more pairs of twins. I would love to have a big family, but there’s a lot going on at this moment, a lot of work,” he said on the carpet. “It’s a lot going on so we’re going to put things in order first and then we are going to get ready for many more kids.”
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Lucia’s birth announcement came nearly a year after Martin announced that he and Yosef, a painter and visual artist, secretlytied the knot.
The pair met on Instagram and began dating in 2016.
source: people.com
