Netizens Dig Up Old Coca Cola Advert Starring Cristiano Ronaldo, Label Him A 'Hypocrite' For His Stunt
While some fitness enthusiasts have celebrated the move claiming that the Portuguese footballer is encouraging healthy living, others have dug out an old advert of Ronaldo endorsing Coca Cola in the past.
Recently, Cristiano Ronaldo dissed the beverage company Coca Cola by replacing the soft drink's bottles with water during a press conference. This led to the multinational company losing shares worth $4 billion in the market.
So, while some fitness enthusiasts have celebrated the move claiming saying that the Portuguese footballer is encouraging healthy living, others have dug out an old advert of Ronaldo endorsing Coca Cola in the past.
His press conference stunt did not sit well with netizens who have called out the captain of the Portugal football team for 'hypocrisy' and took to the microblogging website Twitter to express their disappointment.
Hey google , what's does a HYPOCRITE mean ? #Ronaldo #CocaCola pic.twitter.com/KSNCDGAci5
¡ª Yeshwanth? (@yesh2181) June 16, 2021
I wonder how much he got paid to advertise coke in Asia!! https://t.co/FipxfUx1kA
¡ª Shane R (@ShaneRooD15) June 16, 2021
They used to be friends ? #Ronaldo #CocaCola https://t.co/WsxvjfFftm
¡ª RJ Festejo (@RJFestejo) June 15, 2021
They even hating with ads. Didn't ronaldo do a coca cola ad? pic.twitter.com/6awVIgaQHc
¡ª SpeakFax (@SpeakFax3) June 15, 2021
Let¡¯s not forget that Ronaldo had once done an advert for Coca-cola.
¡ª Your Online Vet (@danielaremson) June 16, 2021
So much for his supposedly hate for soda. https://t.co/B0qBBh4b31
Ronaldo has done ads for Coca Cola, so what are you saying? I think he did this as a self serving stunt!
¡ª Dr. Betsomarch (@albertmachinda) June 16, 2021
Money?https://t.co/dmOgzlfrle
¡ª Marc Martin (@marc_crc) June 16, 2021
I see @CocaCola are getting slated today... in the interests of balance, here's one of their old adverts, starring #CristianoRonaldo... #cocacola #coke #Ronaldo https://t.co/kzdjfDPfYi
¡ª Goggle Dave (@rockgod1970) June 15, 2021
Water is better but Coca Cola are the tournament sponsors whose money helps to pay for the event he is appearing in. Also Ronaldo used to endorse Cola in TV adverts. When that contract ran out he moved on to appearing in ads for KFC.
¡ª Keith Bond (@eastrover1) June 16, 2021
And yet he loved doing those ads years ago in China .. https://t.co/GrPpxXzQeH
¡ª Andres Kiger (@AKigerV) June 15, 2021
Without giving it a second thought, the Portuguese footballer picked up two bottles of Coca-Cola placed in front of him at a press conference and switched them with a bottle of water. In the viral video of the press conference, he appeared to be muttering the beverage company's name that lost $4 billion worth of shares in the market.
Do you think Cristiano Ronaldo is a hypocrite or what he did was justified? Let us know in the comments.
