ricky martin is the guest. book is "me." you do a lot of philanthropic work. the ricky martin foundationafficking. what got you into that? >> many years ago i was invited by my colleague, someone that was building an orphanage in calcutta, india, and he said, come on, check it out." i hopped in a plane and went to calcutta to see what was going on there and he said come on, let's go out on the street and rescue girls and i'm like okay, let's rescue girls. and then we brought girls that were from the ages of 4 to 7, and he told me, you see girls like them could become preys for human trafficking. and i'm like, what does that mean, literally? he goes, you know, children are being forced into prostitution and i'm like what are you talking about? she's 4 years old. 7 and 9. yes. men pay for their virginity. i went crazy, larry. i -- i went back home and i started doing research about human trafficking, and i had no idea about the magnitude. i said now i know about this. i can't be silent about this because it would be like allowing it to happen, and i went to washington, d.c., and i started

ricky martin. as one of cnn heroes blue ribbon panelists, i had the honor of helping choose this year's top ten. as the founder of the ricky martin foundationted to being an advocate for the well being of children around the world and now i am thrilled to help cnn introduce one of this year's top ten honorees. now, more than ever, the world needs heroes. >> i never expected my life to change in this way. my brother and i were having a pint in our local pub. we'd seen a news report about a refugee camp in bosnia and we began saying wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just do one small thing to help. i'm magnus mcfarlane-barrow. i sold my house to help the people in bosnia. out of that has grown the organization that feeds around 112,000 children every day in 18 different countries. we buy the food locally and then we ask the local community to take responsibility for the daily cooking and the serving of the food. ♪ we began working in haiti in 2006, in addition to feeding children we've been feeding the elderly. since the earthquake we've been involved in health care, helping with rebuilding of the schools. and every small act of kindness d

>> ricky martin foundation.icking and trying to work against this horrible crime. and i think listening to the temperatures of these children and the capacity of healing that they have even after going through so many horrible experiences, it just got me closer. one day, when i was in thailand after the tsunami, i was holding the youngest survivor. his name was baby wave. they called him baby wave. and i said, oh, my god. can i adopt you? i thought of adoption. i thought of bringing him home. but in thailand, as a single father, you can't adopt. options and suri gas si was a very beautiful one and i'm so happy. my kids are my miracles. >> and your mother helps you take care of them? >> my mother is on cloud nine. >> grandma! >> how do they deal with the fact that you came out? how did your parents deal with it? >> my mother asked me if i was in love one day. i was in love and heartbroken. she asked me, my son, are you in love? and i said, yes, mom, i'm in love. is it with a man? >> she said that? >> and i said,