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"Ricky Martin has revealed his struggle with his sexuality when releasing big hits such as &amp;#039;Livin&amp;#039; La Vida Loca&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;She Bangs&amp;#039;. The Puerto Rican star, who is currently promoting his new album M\u00C3\u00BAsica + Alma + Sexo, explained that he wasn&amp;#039;t allowed to be openly gay as he had appeal to a female audience. &amp;quot;I was the sex symbol and I needed to dance and I needed to make girls crazy and I couldn&amp;#039;t say that I was gay. It was a lot of struggle,&amp;quot; he told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. The singer also cited religious and societal expectations as a factor of his repression and internal struggle, explaining: &amp;quot;What I was feeling, according to what I had in my mind, was evil.&amp;quot; A prominent Puerto Rican cardinal recently criticised Martin&amp;#039;s recent approach of openly discussing his sexuality, claiming that it sets a bad example for children. The 39-year-old performer previously announced that he is to play one-off show in London this summer as part of his world tour. Watch Ricky Martin&amp;#039;s interview on The Tonight Show below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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