During the pandemic, Ricky Martin focused on being a good father and making sure his children didn’t feel the fear that he was suffering from the health crisis.
In an interview with People magazine, published this Sunday, he revealed that his family was “ doing very well, ” but he was anxious.
“I checked my kids all the time to make sure they weren’t feeling the fear I was feeling, to be honest,” he said.
He indicated that, despite being ‘really anxious’, the creation of his album ‘Pausa’ became his ‘best medicine’.
Along with “YHLQMDLG”, by Bad Bunny; “Por Primera Vez”, by Camilo; Mesa Para Dos, by Kany Garcia; and Debi Nova’s “3:33”, “Pausa” competes for the prize in the category of Best Latin Pop Album at the Grammy Awards this Sunday.
The singer said he had the support of his mother at the start of the pandemic, who eventually stayed with her visit to Los Angeles as the situation worsened due to covid-19 in the United States, to work with her husband for her children. to care. Jwan Yosef, twins Matteo and Valentino, 12, Lucia, 2 and Renn, 17 months, while focusing on her album.
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“They were very happy to be with their grandparents because luckily my mother was with us for the first four months of the pandemic,” he said.
‘She came to visit us in Los Angeles and I said,’ Mom, you’re not going home on another plane. Sorry. You stay with us, ” he emphasized.
“It was great that she was with us,” he adds.
“While everyone was going crazy, I decided to finish my album and it helped a lot that she was there,” he told People.
In turn, she explained that her husband had taken the photos for the album “Pause” and that her children helped choose them.
“My children helped me choose the photos. They were very honest about the images they loved and the images they hated, ”he adds.
Finally, she revealed that she has been living in her home in Puerto Rico for the past few months, where her children have been able to spend even more time with their grandmother.
“I can’t complain. This (Puerto Rico) is beautiful. I’m with my family. I’ve been here for quite some time after doing the quarantine and all the tests for everyone (…) I’m very happy to be here ”He concluded.