Gay soap star Alexander Torres has us binging on telenovelas and his rippling abs
heartthrobs on telenovelas like Relacionas Peligrosas, Dama y Obrero, Ruta 35 and Mariposa de Barrio.After graduating from Inter American University of Puerto Rico—Bayamon, Torres relocated to Miami and quickly gained success in the dynamic Spanish-language soap opera universe.His talents need no translation.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.A post shared by Alexander Torres (@alexandertorr3s)In 2017, Torres publicly came out as gay for the first time by revealing he and his husband, Ceferino Roman, had welcomed two children.While Torres had been in a relationship with Roman for years, he had never addressed his sexuality and was now also disclosing they had their children by donating sperm to their lesbian friends, Carla Meléndez and her wife Mariely Martínez.
Talk about a closet door bustdown!“It was artificial insemination at home. They are nurses and we studied how everything worked,” Torres explained to People en Español. “There was no physical contact.”The women gave birth one month apart and in the summer of 2017 daughter Marla Sabellah and son Matteo Alejandro arrived.That’s one gorgeous modern family!A post shared by Alexander Torres (@alexandertorr3s)Fatherhood also helped Torres face his own truth more fully.“They helped me accept myself as I am.
This helped me accept myself more for my children,” he added. “Today I am the father of both of them and Ceferino is the daddy of both of them.”Torres and his husband will celebrate 15 years together later this month.A post shared by Alexander Torres (@alexandertorr3s)In between acting roles, Torres has turned his love for fitness and working out into modeling gigs.
