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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay –

Julio Iglesias has a reputation as a famous lover, but he told a concert audience he abandoned his prolific sex life 15 years.

During a performance in Punta del Este, Uruguay, he said that when he first performed there at age 24, he was "like a rabbit."

The singer added that he had a "superstition, a quirk or whatever, that I couldn't go onstage to sing if I didn't make love first."

But the 66-year-old singer says "I gave that up completely 15 years ago."

In 1971, Iglesias married Filipina journalist and model, Isabel Preysler and had three children, Chabeli Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr. and Enrique Iglesias. Their marriage was annulled in 1979.

Iglesias is now married to former Dutch model, Miranda Rijnsburger, with whom he has two sons and twin daughters.

According to Associated Press, Iglesias' comments were reported Friday by Uruguayan newspaper El Pais. Iglesias publicist Paula Montoli didn't comment on whether Iglesias was celibate, but told AP his comments were intended to be lighthearted and "ironic."