Cristiano Ronaldo Happy to Discuss Women, Fashion and Haircuts but Not FIFA Scandal
Cristiano Ronaldo refused to answer questions on FIFA's struggle with corruption and walked out of an interview with CNN. The Portuguese star said he and his Real Madrid colleagues had better things to discuss in the dressing room.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who has received several accolades from the FIFA, said he "didn't care" about the corruption in the world body and had better things to discuss. Recently, the World Footballer of the Year walked out of a CNN Espanol interview when pressed for his reactions on the FIFA scandal.(Ronaldo Disguises Himself as Homeless Man)
"Do you want me to be honest? It doesn't worry me at all. I do my profession, my job, I give me all for my club...the rest doesn't matter to me. I don't care what happens on the outside," the Real Madrid star told his Spanish interviewer, Andres Oppenheimer.
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Ronaldo was in the US launching his new line of sporting headphones but questions on FIFA left him angry. The 30-year-old striker said FIFA's corruption was never discussed in the Real Madrid dressing room.
"(We talk about) About music, about women, about fashion, about shoes, about suitcases/bags, about jewelry, about haircuts...any more (you want me to list?)," Ronaldo said, indicating that he wanted to quit the interview because he was not being asked questions on the product he was endorsing.
"I can't speak like that. This is bulls**t. Speak about FIFA, I don't care about FIFA. And Qatar...I don't give a f**k," Ronaldo said as he stomped off the sets..
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In June, FIFA was thrown into turmoil two days ahead of its presidential election when more than a dozen officials and sports marketing executives were indicted by the United States on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges.
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Sepp Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term as FIFA president in Zurich on May 29 but announced he would lay down his mandate just four days later in the wake of the worst crisis in the soccer authority's history. A new president will be elected on February 26.