Ricky Martin’s anti-gay, alleged ex-boyfriend is running for president in Mexico

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott isn’t the only unmarried, middle aged man with long-shot presidential aspirations.

Ricky Martin‘s rumored ex-boyfriend, Eduardo Verástegui, has filed paperwork to run for president of Mexico as independent candidate in the country’s June 2024 elections, according to Newsweek.

Verástegui, who enjoyed a brief moment in the Hollywood spotlight starring in Jennifer Lopez‘s “Ain’t That Funny” video in 2001 and alongside Sofia Vergara in the 2003 rom-com Chasing Papi, has since become a right-wing troll who campaigns for MAGA loons and routinely spews anti-gay vitriol on social media.

Prior to getting red-pilled, the 49-year-old initially garnered fame in his homeland by starring in telenovelas and as a member of the ’90s boy band Kairo.

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