J.R. Martinez, 'Dancing With the Stars' champ, to be a dad
JR Martinez is going to be a dad. Know for his recent victory on Dancing with the Stars, Martinez and his girlfriend, Diana Gonzalez-Jones are expecting a baby.
Several news outlets are reporting that J.R. Martinez is going to be a dad. The US Army veteran and actor on ABC’s All My Children made headlines earlier this year when he won Dancing With the Stars. It’s reported that now that J.R. Martinez and girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones are expecting a child next spring.
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Martinez broke the news in an interview with people.com:
The Iraq war vet and Gonzalez-Jones met when he landed a role on All My Children in 2008. At the time, she was working as an assistant to the soap’s executive producer. The two became close friends, but it wasn’t until last year that the pair decided to take their friendship to the next level.
“We were so good as friends that romantically, we just clicked right away. There was no adjustment period,” Gonzalez-Jones told PEOPLE earlier this year.
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JR Martinez was injured in Iraq serving as an Infantryman in the US Army when he received burns over 40 percent of his body.
