Wait…Ricky Martin’s still alive?!?

Ricky Martin is having fantasies about how he used to be famous. During one recent interview, Martin explained how he refuses to let his private life dominate the tabloids, out of fear those closest to him (*cough*hisboyfriend*cough*) will suffer:

He explains, “My mother always said, ‘Protect your own. Son, in this life you can do anything, but do it well. Don’t be compulsive or obsessive, and protect your own.’ I might be in the spotlight but I don’t want that to affect the people I’m with. They are my people and I keep them for myself. Protecting my privacy is something instinctive with me.”

Ricky Martin is worrying about the spotlight. Ricky Martin is worrying about the spotlight. Sorry, I had to write that twice to really emphasize how ridiculous that is. Umm, this is 2006 and not 1999, right? The only thing missing from this article is Ricky’s opinion on this year’s Grammys. Personally I like Lauryn Hill for “Best New Artist” although Natalie Imbruglia has been getting a lot of airtime lately.

Ricky worrying about the pressures of stardom is like me worrying where I’m going to store my collection of gold-plated Ferraris over the winter. Oh, that’s right, I don’t have any.