Cristiano Ronaldo is the most famous soccer player in the entire world alongside Lionel Messi. He’s considered one of the best players in the world. He’s adored by millions of women. He’s also considered to be one of the most handsome athletes in existence. So the idea of him having a statue somewhere in the world isn’t surprising in the least. What’s surprising is the statue that was in fact done of the superstar.
A bust of Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been slammed as “questionable” and “horrifying” after it was unveiled at the Aeroporto da Madeira. Per The Telegraph‘s Sean Gibson, the airport has been renamed the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport to honor the island’s most famous citizen, but the new statue unveiled to mark the occasion bears little resemblance to the four-time Ballon d’Or winner.
The guy has an entire airport named after him and they couldn’t splurge a little extra for a better artist? Did Ronaldo get a peek of this thing before it was unveiled? It’s nice to see Cristiano be a sport about this but he must have been like “Qué?
The internet wasn’t so gracious. Here are a few photographic responses from people about the statue.
