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Cristiano Ronaldo recalls the heartbreaking moment he told his children that their baby brother died
"The kids started saying 'Mummy, where's the other baby...'" the Manchester United striker said in a new interview
November 15, 2022 8:44pm
Updated: November 16, 2022 9:12pm
Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken about the grief he, his wife Georgina Rodriguez, and their family endured after the death of one of their newborn twins.
The 37-year-old soccer star told Piers Morgan in an interview about the moment he told their older children that while one of their newborn twins, Bella, was born healthy, her twin brother Angel died.
Ronaldo and Rodriguez have a daughter, Alana Martina, 5. The soccer player is also the father of son Cristiano Jr., 12, and 5-year-old twins, daughter Eva, and son Mateo.
"Gio came home and the kids start saying where's the other baby, where's the other baby?" Ronaldo said in the interview airing Wednesday and Thursday on TalkTV.
"The kids start saying 'Mummy, where's the other baby...'," the Manchester United striker continued. "After a week I say, 'Let's be frank, and let's be honest with the kids, let's say, Angel, that's his name, is going to Heaven.' "
Ronaldo says Angel is talked about every day in his home. "The kids understand, when we have shouting around the table and they say 'Dad I did this for Angel' and point to the sky. Which I like more because it's part of their lives. I'm not going to lie to my kids, I tell the truth, that it was a difficult process."
Ronaldo also talks about how difficult that time was for him and his family in a preview clip of the interview.
"Piers, probably the worst time I've had in my life since my father died... It's hard... we had some pretty tough times because we don't understand why it happened to us."
He says he had trouble having one living and one dead twin. "I never felt like I was happy and sad in the same moment," she says sadly. "I never felt. It's hard to explain."
On April 18, the couple made the heartbreaking announcement that one of their newborn twins, a baby boy, had died.
"It is with our deepest sadness that we have to announce that our baby passed away. It is the greatest pain that any parent can feel," Ronaldo wrote on Instagram. "Only the birth of our baby girl gives us the strength to live this moment with some hope and happiness."
