Our Hollywood insider tells us Ricky Martin will be making a very gay announcement soon! Although this will not come as a surprise a lot of people, Ricky is supposed to officially tell the world he is gay (as in he likes other men) sometime around the first of the year. 

The big day could be before New Year’s Day or shortly thereafter. As soon as we get the word we will let you know. Until then, let’s take a look back at Ricky’s interview with Barbara Walters. Here is what Ricky had to say when Barbara asked if he was gay:

Well, some, when they, when they have some — sometimes, some, some people from the media, when they have nothing to say, they invent things. I’m not concerned about my reaction. I’m concerned about my people’s reactions. Like my nieces, they go to school and they start reading things. My mom goes to the beauty parlor and sexuality and homosexuality should not be a problem for anybody. I think that sexuality is something that each individual should deal with in their own way. And that’s all I have to say about that. … Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to express, the rumors. But, Barbara, for some reason, I just don’t feel like it [saying what my sexual orientation is]. You know, it’s, it’s something so mine. I give it all when I’m on stage. I give it all in interviews, but you’ve got to keep something for yourself sometimes, and that’s for me.

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