Singer Ricky Martin gets engaged to boyfriend
During an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show', pop singer Ricky Martin announced he's engaged to his boyfriend of over a year, Jwan Josef.
During an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show', pop singer Ricky Martin announced he's engaged to his boyfriend of over a year, Jwan Josef.
"He's a conceptional artist and I'm a collector so I started looking for art and I saw his art and I went crazy because I really love what he does," Martin said, describing how he met him."[His art is] really original. And then I contacted him."
"I had no idea what he looked like and then I saw what he looked like and I'm like, yeah," he continued. "And we just got engaged."
The 44-year-old 'Livin' La Vida Loca' showed off his ring and described the proposal. "I proposed. I was really nervous, but I got on my knees and I took out the little metal box. I just had it in a little velvet pouch and instead of saying 'Will you marry me,' I said, 'I got you something!'"
"Bad," he added, dissing his proposal. "I said, 'I want to spend my life with you' and he was like, 'What is the question?' 'Would you marry me?' That's it."
Calling the proposal "beautiful" Martin added that he had to check with him 30 minutes later to make sure Jwan actually accepted. This will be the first marriage for Ricky, who is dad to twin boys Valentino and Matteo. "They love each other," Martin added of Jwan's relationship with his children. "It's been perfect."