As Ricky’s career kept rising, interest in his personal life did too. In August 2008, he became a dad to twin boys – Matteo and Valentino – via surrogacy. Two years later, he came out as gay through a statement to his website.
Ricky said: “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.” When he opened up about becoming a father as a gay man, he told Out magazine: “Many years I dreamt of being a father, and many, many, many times I went through this grieving process of ‘I am gay, I am a closeted gay man, and I’m not going to be able to be a daddy.'”
While navigating the early years of his sons’ lives, Ricky started dating Puerto Rican economist Carlos González Abella. The two were together for four years, breaking up in 2014.
In 2016, Ricky started dating Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yosef. The two married in 2018, the same year they welcomed their daughter Lucia. At the time, Ricky posted to Instagram, writing: “Both her brothers and Jwan and I are completely in love with our baby and grateful to be able to start this 2019 with the best gift we could receive, the gift of life.”
Nine months later, Ricky’s fourth child, Renn, was born via surrogacy. In 2023, after six years of marriage, Jwan and Ricky divorced.
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