Cristiano Ronaldo and girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez have recalled how they stopped speaking in their early dating days due to a heartbreaking family emergency. Georgina’s brand new Netflix series, I Am Georgina, dropped on the streaming service on Thursday, and opens with an introduction to her relationship with the Manchester United footballer.
In the episode titled The Day That Changed My Life, the couple share their individual memories of their first meeting at Gucci in Madrid, where Georgina worked as a saleswoman as Cristiano stopped by for a shopping spree with his eldest son Junior. ‘That’s when she got stuck in my head.
That’s the honest truth,’ the footballer said. He revealed: ‘Little by little, we started talking more, and things were progressing naturally, it wasn’t quick, because it took us about two months, and during that time we didn’t really see each other.’ Georgina explained the reason for their brief separation, adding: ‘He had a lot of games, the national team.
Then, what happened with my father I was away for a bit, I was sad.’ Her father, Jorge, suffered a stroke in 2016 and died three years later due to ongoing complications. ‘Then one day we met at another event.
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