When Ricky Martin guested on Wednesday’s episode of “Ellen,” he was obviously madly in love.
The “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer, 44, announced his engagement to Syrian-born artist Jwan Yousef and narrated to host Ellen DeGeneres how he “nervously” proposed to his beau of one year.
“He’s a conceptual artist and I’m a collector. I started looking for art, and I saw his art and I went crazy because I really love what he does, really original,” Martin narrated.
“Then you collected him,” DeGeneres hilariously replied.
Martin explained how he popped up the “big” question to Yousef. “I proposed. I was really nervous. I got on my knees, and I took out the little velvet pouch and instead of saying, ‘Would you marry me?’ I said, ‘I got you something!’ Bad,” he said.
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“I said, ‘I want to spend my life with you,’ and he said, ‘What is the question?’” he happily remembered. “It was very beautiful and then 30 minutes after, I said, ‘Wait, did you say yes?’”
The singer is currently a proud father to 8-year-old twin sons Mateo and Valentino, born from a surrogate mother. He is also active in his humanitarian projects and an upcoming Las Vegas residency with other artists. Gianna Francesca Catolico