Cristiano Ronaldo.Photo: talk tv
Cristiano Ronaldo is speaking out about the pain he, his partner Georgina Rodríguez and their family endured afterone of their newborn twinsdied.
The soccer star, 37, is opening up in aninterview with Piers Morganabout the moment he told his older children that while the couple’s daughter Bella was born healthy, hertwin brother Angel died.
Ronaldo and Rodríguez also share a daughterAlana Martina, 5, together. He is also father to sonCristiano Jr., 12, and 5-year-old twins, daughterEvaand sonMateo.
Cristiano Ronaldo and family.Cristiano Ronaldo Instagram
Ronaldo says that Angel is talked about every day in his house. “The kids understand, we had shouts around the table and they say ‘Daddy I did this for Ángel’ and they point to the sky. Which I like the most because he’s part of their lives. I am not gonna lie to my kids, I say the truth, which was a difficult process.”
Ronaldo also opens up about how hard that time period was for him and his family in a preview clip of the interview.
“Piers, probably the worst moment that I passed through in my life, since my father died… It’s hard… we had quite difficult moments because we don’t understand why it happened to us.”
He says he struggled with having one twin live and one die. “I never felt to be happy and sad in the same moment,” he says sadly. “I never felt. It is hard to explain.”
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Ronaldo’s chat with Morgan also addresses the ongoing controversy between the soccer legend and his club, Manchester United.
source: people.com
