Ricky Martin Divorcing Husband Jwan Yosef After 6 Years Of Marriage

Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef are calling it quits after six years of marriage.

“We have now determined to finish our marriage with love, respect and dignity for our youngsters and honoring what we have now skilled as a pair all these fantastic years,” the Puerto Rican singer and Syrian Swedish painter advised Folks in a joint assertion Thursday.

They added that their “best need now’s to proceed having a wholesome household dynamic and a relationship centered on peace and friendship to proceed the joint upbringing of our youngsters, preserving the respect and love we have now for one another.”

The now-former couple welcomed daughter Lucia in 2018 and son Renn in 2019, including to a household that already included twin sons Matteo and Valentino, born in 2008. The “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer beforehand stated that the twins are trilingual, talking Spanish, English and French, whereas Yosef lately stated that the “manner I convey up my infants is that I deal with Arabic relatively than English or Swedish.”

Martin reportedly met Yosef by way of Instagram in 2015 earlier than making their relationship official at a 2016 gala for amfAR, The Basis for AIDS Analysis. When it got here time to pop the query, nevertheless, Martin endearingly fumbled it.

“I used to be actually nervous, however I received on my knees, and I took out the … little velvet pouch” he advised Ellen DeGeneres in 2017, recalling the earlier yr’s proposal. “And as an alternative of claiming, ‘Would you marry me?’ I stated, ‘I received you one thing!’ Dangerous.”

Martin confirmed in early 2018 that he and Yosef had tied the knot, including that they “signed all of the papers that we would have liked to signal, prenups and every little thing.”

2023 has already been a busy yr for the 2. Yosef opened a brand new studio in Los Angeles, whereas Martin was solid in an upcoming Apple TV+ collection that includes Laura Dern and Carol Burnett. In October, the singer is ready to kick off The Trilogy Tour throughout North America with co-headliners Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias.