Ricky Martin and husband Jwan Yosef are going to be fathers to another beautiful child, as their fourth is expected to be on the way.

Congratulations are in order for everyone’s favourite musical sensation Ricky Martin! The superstar singer has announced that he and husband Jwan Yosef are expecting their fourth child together.

Martin, who is now an incredibly youthful looking 47, shared the exciting news while accepting an award at the 23rd annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

“I have to announce that we are pregnant. We are waiting,” Martin told the audience after giving shout-outs to his husband and children. “Alright! I love big families.” Watch below.

During the event, Martin was honoured with the HRC National Visibility Award for his advocacy of LGBTQ rights and his philanthropic efforts.

The ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ singer and star and his husband Yosef currently share three children together, 11-year-old twin sons Valentino and Matteo, and baby daughter Lucia. The couple announced their marriage last year.

According to statistics published online by The Trevor Project, a help-line for LGBT teenagers who may be contemplating suicide, LGBT youth are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers; more than one third have attempted taking their own lives and those in highly rejecting families are more than eight times as likely to have attempted suicide than LGBT peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection.

Torres, a Mexican man in the audience when Oprah interviewed Martin all those many years ago, told American publication Access that he considers that “one of the biggest positive effects (of Ricky’s coming out) is that Latino teenagers that are struggling with their sexuality have an example to follow.”

“Ricky gives hope to thousands of teens that are recognising their sexual orientation or their gender identity and this tells them that even when there is homophobia and lack of acceptance, they can get to be whatever they want to be,” Serrano concluded. “I believe that with his story he is saving lives, and for me that is crucial, it is wonderful.”

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