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Fatherhood Quote by Ricky Martin

"I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family"

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There is a quiet act of reclamation in Ricky Martin framing fatherhood as destiny rather than deviation. The line reads like a soft-focus family photo, but it’s also a strategic cultural move: he roots his own parenting in continuity, not novelty. “I have a beautiful relationship with my dad” isn’t just sentimentality; it’s credentialing. In a world that still treats queer parenthood as something to be argued into legitimacy, Martin sidesteps the debate by placing himself inside the most familiar narrative of all: I learned love at home, and I’m reproducing it.

The repetition of “beautiful” does work, too. It’s insistence, almost defensive, as if he’s preempting the suspicion that something must be complicated, tragic, or unconventional. Pop stars are trained to sell feelings, but here the feeling isn’t romance or heartbreak; it’s stability. That’s an image upgrade and a statement of values.

Context matters: Martin’s public life has been shaped by a long arc from carefully managed privacy to openness about his sexuality and, later, his role as a father. This quote reads as an attempt to normalize the timeline. Not “I became a father despite X,” but “I always knew.” It’s destiny talk, which is emotionally reassuring and politically shrewd. It invites the audience to see his family not as a headline, but as the logical continuation of a boyhood wish - and a love he wants to pass forward.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Martin, Ricky. (2026, January 16). I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-father-i-have-a-beautiful-88190/

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Martin, Ricky. "I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-father-i-have-a-beautiful-88190/.

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"I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-father-i-have-a-beautiful-88190/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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Ricky Martin (born November 2, 1971) is a Musician from USA.

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