MARTIN GETTING IN TOUCH WITH HIS INNER CHILD
Puerto Rican singer RICKY MARTIN takes time every day to connect with his inner child, because he missed out on a normal childhood after finding fame aged only 12.
The LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA heart-throb was catapulted to fame in Latin America as a member of boy band MENUDO and went on to enjoy a successful acting and solo career.
But the 34-year-old is now taking time out from his career to focus on his Ricky Martin Foundation, which helps underprivileged children, and to connect with the boy he abandoned more than two decades ago.
He says, "I left him behind, completely abandoned him. I started work when I was 12.
"I got on a plane thinking, ‘I want to be great, a businessman.’ These days, I try to do some of the things children do, to play every day.
"I spend as much time as I can with my four nieces and my nephew. It’s helped me a lot. These days, when I have to make a decision I think, ‘What would Ricky Martin the child do?’ "The answers come from a very different place, a pure and simple one. It’s simplified my life a lot."
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