Ricky Martin comes out
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8594121.stm

Next they'll be telling us the pope is Catholic and bears defacate in the forest.

Reminds of that line from The Simpsons when Mr Burns says "It's the biggest waste of effort since Ricky Martin's girlfriend".

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At first I was like :(

And then, I: :rofl:

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I always thought he was too good lookin' to be hetro. :p:

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Its a bit of a no news really, who cares if he is gay apart from his boyfriend :shrug:

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I hate this about gay people, what is the need for everyone to know who cares, just get on with your life.

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Aint that always true :dozey:

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I'm the exception to the rule baby!

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Do you reckon he could get a room in a B&B ?

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Depends on what the 'B' stands for :)

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No, you're just bisexual Mr L_M :p:

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bi-curious..... I'm wondering how much it will cost :)

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Yeah, what right has a gay person to hide, it's not like they were persecuted for centuries as evil and finally before acceptance classified as a mental desease for 60+ years...

....Oh that's right they were.. ;)

Seriously though it's all about what people around them expect.. I wonder how many singles he sold to young girls based purely on his hetrosexual connotations??

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Ricky who?

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Of course you can understand why someone would want to keep it quiet as Kymmy has said, especially someone in the entertainment industry.

I'll never forget when Rob Halford let slip in 1998 on an MTV show he was gay, loads of people in the rock and metal community already knew, but the fans didn't mind one bit, appreciating him and his talent.

You'll always get some Neanderthal who'll have to say something, but society is best ignoring those kind of folks anyway.

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I wouldn't have thought it was as many as you might think - his sexuality was one of the worst kept secrets for years, he was expected to come out just after he left his boyband. I don't have any doubts it was kept under wraps to maximise potential sales for girls but I doubt many were fooled.

What I can't stand is celebrities who we know are gay, we've accepted them as such yet they dance around the issue. Dale Winton was an example, he kept saying "I know people think I'm gay but I'm not saying" for years but really, was that ever going to damage his career? Dale Winton?!

Mika is another one, for years he wouldn't confirm or deny and finally he came out and said "oh ok.....I don't like labels but if you must call me anything, call me bisexual" when he is in fact gay.

I can understand it when a celebrity is marketed as straight and they are worried about coming out might lose them fans but when it's pretty obvious (or at least they're already accepted as ambiguous) then I think they're just being delusional.