Magazines Turn Down Ricky Martin’s Twin Babies
It’s a trend (and lucrative business) for celebrities to sell exclusive baby pics to the highest bidder, but Ricky Martin appears to have hit a dead end.
According to the New York Daily News, all of the magazines have backed out of any deals to show his twins’ pictures because they feel that he hasn’t opened up as to why he went the surrogate route.
Basically, people wouldn’t be interested because he is supposedly not being completely honest with the public.
We bet the Spanish language mags would love to nab that exclusive. In fact, WE want to show (and babysit) his kids.
Call us, Ricky!
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Simona wrote:
What a pathetic spin by the tabloids on not being able to buy Ricky and publish the photos LMAO!
Why can’t they just admit that Ricky is not like all those celebs who sell themselves to the higher bidder, and he refused to cooperate with them and sell them the pictures and his story, because I believe that that’s exactly what happened here. Ricky said many times that his privacy is not for sale.
08.25.2008 | 10:09 am | Link
Lindsay wrote:
Come on Latin Gossip… Pay him so we can see his twins…twin babies that is!
08.25.2008 | 11:32 am | Link
Alex wrote:
El gossiper, I offer my 25 bucks that we were gonna use to buy that island, to increase the paycheck… And also we can ask for ricky martin in bathing suit
08.25.2008 | 12:22 pm | Link
anita wrote:
Ricky will not sell the story and pics because that would mean coming out of the closet as a gay man. That is the reason.
It has nothing to do with high principles of not selling himself to the media. He didn’t mind selling his star power to that warmonger G.W.Bush in 2001 which he now admits was stupid, only he was too much into fame and money to refuse the offer.
08.25.2008 | 2:36 pm | Link
magdalena wrote:
BLA BLA BLA!! HE’S NOT STUPID TO SAVE HIS PRIVATE LIFE!! HE DOESN’T NEED IT
es puro bla bla bla!! el que no està interesado en vender su vida como si fueran historietas es èl; no tiene por què hacerlo, su trabajo habla por èl no tonterìas que puedan inventar de èl…
08.25.2008 | 3:08 pm | Link
magdalena wrote:
BLA BLA BLA!! HE’S NOT STUPID TO SELL HIS PRIVATE LIFE!! HE DOESN’T NEED IT
es puro bla bla bla!! el que no està interesado en vender su vida como si fueran historietas es èl; no tiene por què hacerlo, su trabajo habla por èl no tonterìas que puedan inventar de èl…
08.25.2008 | 3:09 pm | Link
Ramona wrote:
Those people are just nosy people. THAT’S ALL.
I don’t blame Ricky for not selling his privacy
08.25.2008 | 3:26 pm | Link
Kelly wrote:
I think that is what you get. Seriously! This is a man who claims he wants privacy yet he wants to sell baby pics his way. That is fine Ricky but you can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t go back and forth on which privacy you do or do not want. Celebs are a dime a dozen and one day you are a celeb and maybe next you won’t.
But if you ask most people you choose this life sytle so deal with it. There are far more problems in the world like the Cheif of police said in NY. And if this has to deal with your personal life style in being gay or straight or maybe can’t get a women then stop trying to open the door through your babies!
08.25.2008 | 3:56 pm | Link
mimi wrote:
WWWhatever, I don’t want his pictures free.
08.25.2008 | 7:37 pm | Link
Amelli wrote:
Ricky is being approached by ALL the tabloids. He’s not going to them. They want pictures and a backstory. He won’t give it because his private life isn’t for sale. Ricky has never been a fame whore. Just cuz J-Lo & Marc did it doesn’t mean he has to do it. Ricky has more respect for himself and his children.
08.25.2008 | 8:05 pm | Link
Trish wrote:
I just did a Google news search on this, and basically what is trying to be said here is that nobody is interested in seeing pics of his twins. In fact, the NY Daily News stated that since he is unwilling to reveal the reasons why he used a surrogate, give a background story, and basically be very secretive about the wole thing it’s a turn off to the public. Actually, I think the phrase they used was “icky”.
08.25.2008 | 9:55 pm | Link
Genny wrote:
WTF!?! Alright I am completely confused! According to the discription under Ricky’s picture the tabloids do not want to even pay Ricky for his twin baby’s pictures, but then based on all your comments he is the one trying to sell the pictures to the tabloids, well except for the comment made by Amelli which I basically thought was the story at first also.
So El gossiper do you mind explaining, is it…
a. the tabloids don’t even want to boder setting an offer for Rick’s twin’s baby pictures because he doesn’t want to tell his whole story of why,
b. Ricky is trying to sell his baby’s pictures to the highest tabbloid bidder, but none of then want to buy them for the same reasons above,
c. all tabloids are approaching Ricky with this offer with the twist that he has to come all out about why he did it, or
d. none of the above, if so explain.
08.26.2008 | 12:59 am | Link
anita wrote:
Genny, you got it right. The first poster took it the wrong way and I went along with that.
“magazines have backed out of any deals”
that’s what New York Daily News wrote. I find it hard to believe no magazine wants him whatever the price tag. The price may bee too low for Ricky, and the papers are not willing to pay millions for a story that leaves too much open.
08.26.2008 | 1:38 am | Link
El Gossiper wrote:
Hi Genny. The mags were supposedly originally interested in his baby pics (as all magazines try to be the first)…something happened along the way that apparently made all of the editors slowly turn away from the offers.
New York Daily News reports that since everyone is scratching their heads about why Ricky did it through a surrogate and what exactly is up with Ricky’s private life, then they feel that too many questions go unanswered and that the public will feel cheated…therefore people wouldn’t be interested in buying the magazines to begin with.
Yes, it all sounds a little confusing and convoluted, but that’s the word.
08.26.2008 | 6:17 am | Link
MELO wrote:
RICKY HAS THE RIGHT TO SELL AS MUCH PRIVACY AS HE WANTS…IT IS HIS LIFE BOTTOM LINE AND IF HE DOES NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE EVERYTHING HE DOES NOT HAVE TO!!….THE MONEY FOR HIS BABIES PICS WAS GOING TO CHARITY….HAVING TWINS WITH A SURROGATE DOES NOT MAKE HIM A GAY MAN AND IF HE IS SO BE IT…WHO THE HELL CARES?…HE IS A FABULOUS ARTIST AND HE DOES NOT OWE ANYONE ANY KIND OF EXPLINATIONS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE…PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE PRESS SHOULD LOOK UP THE MEANING OF THE WORD “PERSONAL”…OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NO CLUE. I RESPECT HIM AS AN ARTIST AND AM VERY PROUD OF HIM FOR ALL HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS…ALOT OF THOSE OTHER WANNA BE STARS OUT THERE SHOULD TAKE SOME NOTES!!!
08.27.2008 | 8:01 pm | Link
minneola wrote:
I don’t give a crap about him as an artist and about his babies, would not spend a penny on him.
08.27.2008 | 8:48 pm | Link
Steve wrote:
i bet his twins came out with nuclaer retardation diseases.
10.30.2008 | 4:55 pm | Link