Ricky Martin is splitting up with his husband of six years, Jwan Yosef. The couple announced the news Thursday via a joint statement.

“We have decided to end our marriage with love, respect, and dignity for our children and honoring what we have experienced as a couple all these wonderful years,” the Puerto Rican superstar and the Syrian-Swedish artist tell People Magazine in a joint statement. “Our greatest desire now is to continue having a healthy family dynamic and a relationship centered on peace and friendship to continue the joint upbringing of our children, preserving the respect and love we have for each other.”

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The couple share two children together – a daughter Lucia, born in 2018, and a son Renn, born in 2019.

Who is Jwan Yosef?

Jwan Yosef is a Syrian-born Swedish painter. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England. He was two years old when his family immigrated to Sweden. He later studied painting in Pernby School of Painting in Stockholm. After that, he moved to Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm.

In 2013, he held two solo exhibitions in 2013 titled Painting about Sex, Flesh and Violence, lol at the DIVUS Gallery in London and High Notes, at the Galleri Anna Thulin, Stockholm. He is a founding member and studio holder at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation in Archway, North London.

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He met Martin on Instagram in 2015 and the pair began dating six months later after meeting in person for the first time in London. They went official with their romance on the red carpet at the 2016 amFAR Inspiration Gala. The very same year, they also announced their engagement. They got married in 2018.

During an interview with E! News in January 2018, the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer shared the news of his marriage. “I’m a husband, but we’re doing a heavy party in a couple of months,” he told the outlet. “We exchanged vows, and we’ve swear [sic] everything, and we’ve signed all the papers that we needed to sign, prenups and everything.”