Ricky Martin Has Twins Via A Surrogate

NEW YORK — There won't be much "livin' la vida loca" for Ricky Martin these days _ he's now the father of twin boys. The Latin superstar had the children via a surrogate mother, and the babies were born a few weeks ago, according to a statement from his representatives.

"The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care," said the statement. "Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."

A representative said there was no further information on the details of the children's birth.

Martin, 36, is a multiplatinum singer who is best known for English-language hits like "She Bangs!" and "Livin' la Vida Loca." In recent years, the Puerto Rican star has been active in charitable efforts, including the prevention of sexual exploitation of children.

Comments

[arthurb3]

Its no one's business and I am sure he will be an excellent father!

[YouDisgustMe]

while i have my reservations about gay people having kids, i think people (especially you so-called christians) need to be less judgmental (and less PSYCHO)....live and let live

[NoSillyName]

Who are you calling a christian?!

[YouDisgustMe]

lol

[Dilz]

I have reservations about Str8t morons having kids.

[NoSillyName]

Mr. Martin may have "come out", but I didn't hear it in that BW interview. I don't keep up with celeb news (unless I read it here at HuffPo), so if he made an announcement last year, I missed it.

But hey, maybe Mr. Martin is celibate. Gay & celibate or just not sexually active with anyone. Now there's an idea! Nobody announces that they are celibate. There's no Celibate Acceptance movement. The general consensus seems to be that every living individual is, or must be, having sex or suffering somehow if they aren't. That simply isn't true.

But RM is probably gay.

[kalapa]

First Clay Aiken and now Rick Martin. There certainly seems to be a boom in gay men having kids. I wonder who'll be next...

[ResistanceisFutile]

Who donated the eggs? Ellen!

[arthurb3]

Ellen is 50, I don't think there are any eggs left in her dairy case!!!

[Big0725]

I hope he doesn't call either of them blanket.

[southafrica4obama]

stupid! Stick your thing inside... the right way and get a baby

[hypnotoad72]

Or, better, adopt. The guy is such a narcissist looking for 15 more minutes of fame... having 15 more with Pauly Shore is preferable...

[Rivcuban]

Good for Ricky! We need more liberal parents since it is clear that Republicans have a penchant for pedophilia and deviant sexual behavior!

[javaman]

I wish he would just come out of the closet already.

[tonyrich]

really

[hypnotoad72]

He did. Early last year. :)

[ZimboChick]

and then what when he is out? I mean gees...do heterosexuals wear signs? 2 many hippokritz

[Jonahson]

It we take away all the morality and religious issues I would still find a certain emptiness, something missing in life being a child without a mother.
The love of a mother cannot be compensated by any other love in the world. A mother bears a baby for nine months and during that period she must be careful with whatever she does or eat so as to protect her child. Besides having to bear extra weight her body undergoes termendous changes to accommodate the unborn child in her womb. The labour pain she goes through at the risk of death during child birth all disappear when she sees her baby held in front of her.
She feeds her child with her own milk formed from her blood, her own nutriton given to her new born child will mean she risks osteoporosis in old age. She has sleepless nights taking care of her baby giving her unquestioned love.
Each of us has a mother and if we just shut our eyes and recall for a moment those wonderful, unselfish sacrfice our mother gave us then you will know what I mean.

[Kilantra]

Nice try. A mother's love doesn't have to come from a mother.
Love is Love. There are countless men who carry a 'Mother's Love',
and there are women who don't hand an inkling. The point
is that the child receive unconditional love
from some source. Many people attest to having been fully natured from a
Mother's Love that came from father, brother, sister, beloved. There is
no one category to access that source.

[peter67]

So does this mean that you would support legislation to remove any and all children currently living in a home without a mother? Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is?

Probably not.

[Gracehoper]

Biggest pile of bullcrap Ive seen in a long time.

[goodgravy]

i can't stand to be in the same room as my mother so i don't relate at all to your point of view. she's a mean, wicked, vindictive, controlling, hateful old crank who wouldn't know how to love a child if it came up and bit her on the ego.

and yet, growing up i had lots of motherly love...from female family friends, aunts, grandmothers, friends of my older siblings and mothers of my own friends. i think people had a way of knowing what it was like for me at home and stepped in to provide some balance.

so when i close my eyes and recall my mom, like you suggest, i see a nightmare instead of an idyll.

that being said, ricky comes from a huge puerto rican family full of women. i'm betting those kids will have all the maternal love they could dream of. my experience has shown me that motherly love doesn't necessarily only come from ones own mother.

[Daps]

So a child with the worst mother in the world is still superior to a child raised by a single father?

[Hedonist88]

No mum for the kids?

poor kids

[Gracehoper]

Yes I'm sure these children of a multi-millionaire will have tragic lives.

[kellygrrrl]

why are the religious folks so obsessed with everyone's sex lives?

creepy

[Bibbo]

Religious folk are obsessesd with the welfare of children that often suffer abuse because of the selfish sexual wants of non religious folks. Nice try but we really have little interest in your sex lives, but we are always called upon(taxes,entitlement mentality)to take care of the consequnces of your irresponsible behavior.

[LeeFromVA]

Tell that to the Catholic Priests.

[Kilantra]

The sexual wants of the religious seem to outnumber everyone else.
And right on Lee from Virginia!

[ZenCrusader]

Non-religious folks do not automatically have selfish sexual wants, as you stated. NICE TRY. Being religious has NOTHING to do with being moraly or morally responsible. Can you please tell us how many " religous " folks to attend church are also guilty of adultery or child abuse ? ? ? Going to church and exhibiting responsible behaviour are NOT the same thing, as is clearly illustrated by the millions of judgemental hypocrites who attend services every Sunday.

[conservativesoncrack]

Wouldn't Jesus just take care of those things that you are complaining about having to pay for? Wouldn't he just do it without complaining?

Look at who has the selfish message here...

Besides, it is a red herring. A change of subject. I think Mr. Martin has the resources to tend to his new children and will probably make a fine parent.

[Gracehoper]

If only you'd take care of the tragic consequences of your lack of education.

[Kilantra]

Because they are religious dogmatists, i.e., rules and regulations as described
by someone else. The personal journey of spiritual introspection hasn't
begun in them, so there is a lack of compassion.

[NYC07]

Because it's OTHER peoples sex lives . They believe that they can do what ever THEY want ..Remember Rev. Haggard or many a priest... it's OTHER people who can't do what they want. Please remember They're Special !

[SILVANUS]

Because they are a-holes experiencing their own powerlessness and fearful of claiming their own power and responsibility for their lives, minds and thought systems, seek to CONTROL and PUNISH others, and then project their guilt off onto a big fugure with a white beard.

[hypnotoad72]

Who do people with alternative lifestyles need to tell everybody who they are after saying "It's nobody's business"?

It seems most of the negativity comes out after people do. No pun intended... Remember, pride is a sin too.

[marylandtravelinman]

Everyone has missed the joke. The funniest statement in the article is this:

..."and (he) will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."

He was in the public spotlight?

[Kilantra]

Yes he is in the spotlight all over the world. The States aren't the
only eyes of the world.

[dotmafia]

what are you talking about?

there's no other countries other than the good ole u.s.of a.

[Kilantra]

No, you are the joke. Outside of America RM is HUGE! In India, South
America and Europe.

[hypnotoad72]

More to the point, it's his way of pretending to say "So long, suckers!"

And he's right. He'll be back, proving two-fold we're suckers...

(Now, note how I kept this response clean, oddly...)

[NoSillyName]

RM is very talented. If I'm not mistaken, the few pop hits he had in the U.S. were the few times he sang in English. I think he is more of a Spanish language star.

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

[BADEN]

How selfish.

I fear for the children.

[Ajita]

huh?

[barbwiregrrl]

How selfish of you Baden I fear for any children you might have.

[barbwiregrrl]

Baden How selfish of you. I fear for any children you might have.

[polly14]

I fear for your children.

[conservativesoncrack]

How wonderful for his children! A parent that will love them and has resources to do it as many people wish they could!

[hypnotoad72]

Yeah. Most hollywood/media elite rant and whine about the poor and yet everything they do is as selfish as it gets.

I see no reason to believe in blind faith he'll do things for the kids for their benefit. Not when his own needs to be first. Indeed, he'd have done more for society by adopting. Single people that show responsibility do get a chance to adopt.

[HandsOnTheScreen]

Homosexuals cannot produce a baby, a family, or a society. God does not provide for any form of sex preference. It has to be male with female. This is the way He made them in the beginning and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply.

[screengoddess]

so are you saying he didn't have twins because to me it seems ricky was fruitful and just multiplied, God must be happy with that!

[ZenCrusader]

Homosexuality occurs NATURALLY in many species in the natural universe that was created by GOD. God created heterosexuals and homosexuals. Your subjective point of view ignores reality and merely reinforces your personal prejudices. You are another example of the heterosexual dictatorship underwhich homosexuals must suffer. Jesus said NOTHING about homosexuals but he said alot about loving people JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED. What part of that don't you understand ?

[Hedonist88]

sorry homos aren't natural so quit trying to shove that practice down out throats

[Bibbo]

The plague occured naturally.That means its a good thing and pleasing to God? You guys are really dense.

[marylandtravelinman]

Martin just proved you wrong, didn't he. He "produced" a baby, and a family and with his money, society will accept him. And about "fruitful" I'll leave that comment to your good Christian values.

[fasty]

Yes. Clearly "God" was absent in the producing of these twins. If "God" had such a big problem with it, then why didn't "God" prevent conception? Yawn.

Good for him. Those kids will have a good life for themselves. Plus they have his genes, which can't be bad!

[jwatso7]

I missed it i the article where it says he's gay. Oh, I get it. You're assuming that and judging him for something you don't directly know about. Such a lovely, Christian approach to judging your fellow man.

[laragale]

HandOnTheScreen - Since when do YOU or anyone else "speak for God" - I suggest you take a good long look at your OWN life before you start judging other people - and HOW DARE you stand in your high tower and proclaim that ANYONE outside of YOUR norm cannot produce a family and love someone - YOU are a pompous ass. Incidentally it looks to me like Mr Martin HAS produced a baby - TWO babies in fact!

PS My husband and I do NOT have children and DON'T want them - so we are not being "fruitful" and multiplying - I suppose we are headed to hell in a hand basket right? Go home and wash your mouth.