Celebrity Life

Derrick Monasterio gets a 'follow' from Ricky Martin on Instagram

By Ron Lim

What do Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Colton Haynes, Antoni Porowski, and Derrick Monasterio have in common? Aside from being hot guys, they are all being followed by Ricky Martin on Instagram.

A check on the Latin pop star's following list on the social media site shows that Derrick is one of the celebrities that he follows. Other celebrities and personalities on Ricky Martin's following list include Harry Styles, Mexican actress Dana Paola, and Olympian Pita Taufatofua.

Ricky Martin currently only follows 1,612 people on Instagram, compared to his following of 16.1 million people. Derrick is followed by more than 900,000 people and he only follows 1,457 people.

Photo source: @ricky_martin

Ricky Martin first rose to fame as a member of the boyband Menudo and then found further success as a solo artist with songs like “Livin' La Vida Loca, “Shake Your Bon-Bon,” and “She Bangs.”

He has been living as an out gay man since 2010. He is currently married to painter Jwan Yosef, with whom he has two children, Lucia Martin-Yosef and Renn Martin-Yosef.

Derrick, on the other hand, was last seen on Legal Wives as Edgar delos Reyes, the childhood friend of Bianca Umali's character Farrah Valeandong.

Derrick's Instagram account is replete with photos of him working out and showing off the changes it has made to his body. Check out his journey towards becoming a weightlifting king in the gallery below.