Ricky Martin's M.A.S. world tour has
landed in the UK, where he's told a daily that coming out gay made
him feel protected.
Martin came out gay last year on his
blog – writing that he was “a fortunate homosexual man” – and
subsequently talked about his experience in his memoir Me.
When asked
by UK daily the Guardian how he's feeling about his
announcement today, Martin said with a laugh that he feels
“liberated.”
“I feel protected,” he added,
suddenly serious. “I don't feel alone. Because sometimes when
you're quiet about yourself, you feel all alone. And all of the
sudden you come out and you have this amazing community, the LGBT
community, and LGBT-friendly people, who are giving you nothing but
love. And if I focus on this, I get tears in my eyes, because, oh my
God, I wish everyone that was struggling right now could feel what
I'm feeling as I'm talking to you. It's just love coming from every
fucking direction!”
Martin added that he hated attempts to
out him: “I hated it when people tried to force me out when I
wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away
from doing so.”