Pop star Ricky Martin says his father encouraged him to come out as gay

Pop star Ricky Martin says his father encouraged him to come out as gay (Doug Peters/PA)

Ricky Martin has revealed it was his father who encouraged him to come out as gay to avoid teaching his children to “lie”.

The pop superstar officially came out in 2010 at the age of 38 in a letter posted on Twitter, now X, after years of speculation about his sexuality.