Johnny Lopez, Jenni Rivera's Son, Openly Talks About Gay Rumors [VIDEO]

Johnny Angel López, Jenni Rivera's youngest son, has confirmed he's in a gay relationship, after pictures of himself and his boyfriend went viral on social media. "The Riveras" star shared a video online where he publicly addresses the rumors alongside his sister Chiquis Rivera. The 16-year-old was brave and spoke so elloquently about his feelings that left us in tears. "There’s been a lot said about me in the past few weeks," he said. "Things didn’t come out the way I wanted them to. It was a little bit of a mistake on my part, I wanted to make this video first and for everyone to understand me."

"My boyfriend, as you guys know, Joaquín… we both got a little too excited and he posted a few pictures of us and I retweeted them and they went viral and people started noticing that we were together. I am in a gay relationship right now and I am in love with this person," he added.

Chiquis' youngest brother revealed that he has been dealing with his sexuality for a long time now. "I’ve been dealing with this part of myself for a long time now. Me and Joaquín -tomorrow is actually our 2 year anniversary- we’ve been back together for about 5 months now. We were split for about a year and a half and in that time I did experiment with girls and I tried different things here and there and I still don’t know my preference personally but I do know that I love this person a lot. Ive been in love with him for about two years now and I’m happy, I’m really happy, and it’s the happiest I’ve ever been."

Comments on social media attacked the fact that his mother, Jenni Rivera, was not accepting of the gay lifestyle within her family. "Some of you guys know about how Chiquis at one point had a girlfriend and also Jacquie, and how my mom made them end their relationships," López continued. "Me personally, knowing my mom, she never got to see the love side of this. She had so many friends and family members that were gay and lived very promiscuos lifestyles and not only that, she saw how difficult it was for them to be gay in this world, especially in the Latin community and that’s the part she didn’t want for her kids. She wasn’t homophobic at all, she loved all her fans, and all her gay fans and all her family members but I think for us, she didn’t want that lifestyle because she never exactly got to see the love side of it and she didn’t want things to be hard for us. People have been antagonizing her and making her seem like a bad mother but the truth is she just had her own reasons for that."

Chiquis Rivera chimed in and said: "This is one of the reasons that I think mom was afraid or just didn’t want that lifestyle for her children was because unfortunately Ive seen that since this news has come out, there have been really mean people that say really mean things and I want to tell those people that I’m going to pray for you."

"One of the things I’ve heard is, 'Oh my gosh, you’re Christian and he’s going to go to hell and Chiquis you’re going to go to hell with him and everyone is going to hell because he’s in a gay relationship' and I don’t think that that’s fair, I don’t think that’s anyone’s place. I’m very proud of him and just hearing you speak, I’m so proud of you because not a lot of people can come out and really tell their truth and so many people are afraid to accept who they truly are and they hide. I’m here to support him and to love him and I’m always going to do that."

Johnny also revealed that he never felt like he was hiding his sexuality, it was just something he was coming to termins with. "I never felt like I was hiding, because I wasn’t sure and for so long I wanted to be completely straight or completely gay because I honestly didn’t know where I am," he revealed. "I guess in a way, I’m bisexual but honestly I know there are some people that don’t believe in that. All I know is that I love this person right now and I don’t necessarily have a preference I just love who I love."

"Regardless of her opinion, everyone knows how much I love my mom, she’s the center of my universe and I do everything I do to try and make her proud. She’s one of the reasons I’ve stayed alive because I want to make her proud. I can’t help this side of myself, this is something that’s been in me since I was little and I can’t live my life by her standards forever. I just want to be happy and honestly I am happy, for the first time since I was 8, I’m the happiest I’ve been. My mom isn’t a horrible person and I don’t want people to make her seem like such a bad person just because she had this opinion on something she didn’t exactly understand."