He announced to the world that he was gay in 2010, and now Ricky Martin admits he used to constantly struggled with his sexuality in the September/October 2013 issue of GQ Australia.
During his Q&A session with the publication, the "Livin' la Vida Loca" hitmaker opened up about his childhood and his adopted twin boys, Matteo and Valentino.
Check out a few highlights from Mr. Martin's interview below. For more, be sure to visit GQ Australia!
On his days as a bully :
"I look back now and realize I would bully people who I knew were gay. I had internalized homophobia. To realize that was confronting to me. I wanted to get away from that."
On Matteo and Valentino:
"I don't want them growing up in a house of lies... or think that there was something wrong with being gay."
On his latest job on Australia's "The Voice":
"I felt the outpouring of love, and I could feel the criticism, too, but I loved that. I love the honesty and the truth. People tell it like it is in Australia."