"Nothing will stop me": Ronaldo and the offensive greeting card for Valentine's Day

Against the backdrop of the rape case returning from the past to the headlines, an unrefined sexual allusion alongside the picture of the Manchester United star has caused a storm in England

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09/02/2022

Wednesday, 09 February 2022, 13:03

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Next week will mark Valentine's Day around the world, which is mostly the big day of the flower, chocolate and greeting card business.

Precisely in the run-up to the annual celebration, an English company due to "Moonpig" managed to complicate itself especially, and on the way also Cristiano Ronaldo, whose name went against his will into an embarrassing affair.

One of the special greeting cards prepared by the company in honor of February 14 pasted a picture of the Manchester United star against the caption "Nothing will stop me from conquering on this Valentine's Day."

The not-so-subtle allusion to sexual conquest immediately drew a slew of angry reactions, and the company that realized the magnitude of the mistake quickly removed the blessing from its website.

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Cristiano Ronaldo's offensive greeting card in honor of Valentine's Day (Photo: Official Website, from Twitter)

The shock of surfers who managed to be exposed to the wording of the greeting before it was removed stems, of course, from the affair in which Ronaldo was accused of raping former model Catherine Mayorga in Las Vegas in 2009.

The case is already closed, but this week it made headlines following the New York Times' intention to publish new evidence on the subject, and Ronaldo's opposition to it.

The apology issued by the company immediately read: "We never intended to hurt anyone. We are proud of our ability to make our customers happy, and when concerns arose about this specific card we removed it at that moment."

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