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Headline: Ricky Martin reveals his father encouraged him to come out as gay

Caption: The Puerto Rican singer shared on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live that his father had pushed him to speak out about his sexuality. In the interview, the Livin' La Vida Loca hitmaker said that his father, who is a psychologist, told him, "Rick, you need to come out." He added, "Especially when I became a father, he said, 'What are you going to teach your kids, to lie?'"Ricky officially came out in 2010 at the age of 38 after years of speculation about his sexuality...

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