Twitter Reacts To ‘Horrifying’ Bronze Statue Of Cristiano Ronaldo At Madiera Airport
Cristiano Ronaldo is in a familiar place once again – the spotlight – and this time it’s for both good and well, ugly reasons.
The Real Madrid superstar reached another landmark yesterday, scoring his 71st international goal as Portugal went down 3-2 to Sweden on his return to his hometown of Madiera.
As its most illustrious son, the Island of Madeira decided to rename its airport after the 32-year-old, and as part of the ceremony a bust of the superstar was unveiled.
Being one of the easily recognisable sportsmen on the planet, it shouldn’t be hard to replicate Ronaldo’s face in sculpture form. But then, it turned out to be far less straightforward than it seemed as the bust unveiled looked somewhat different.
It will be recalled that the former Manchester United winger triggered controversy when he unveiled a ‘well-endowed’ statue of himself in his Island capital, Funchal 2014. And, barely a day after his homecoming was ruined by the shock friendly defeat by Sweden, the Portugal captain again finds himself the object of ridicule on social media as fans are having a field day dragging him for filth following his latest artwork.
Here are some of the best reactions on Twitter…
The new bust of Cristiano Ronaldo outside the airport in Madeira… Looks like something I would've made for GCSE art class, when I got a D. pic.twitter.com/JxYBzX8H5N
— John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) March 29, 2017
Bit weird of them to open the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport with a bronze head of Raoul Moat pic.twitter.com/mEcGGXFNXr
— GeorgeWeahsCousin (@WeahsCousin) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/TeamFA/status/847056003082452992
The worst bust of all time, to stand there for all future generations to see, that Cristiano Ronaldo looked like a ugly monster pic.twitter.com/Dx13nFquov
— André Noruega (@AndreOstgaard) March 29, 2017
it's spot on! pic.twitter.com/ILPX8QxqWQ
— Craig (@KeysInJelly) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheCRonaldoFan/status/847075308050268160
Iain 'pub scarecrow' Dowie pic.twitter.com/I2Si47dWsi
— Andy Gaskell (@andygaskell1875) March 29, 2017
New horror movie trope: Ronaldo's bronze face. pic.twitter.com/MKrumgHdLv
— Football Ramble (@FootballRamble) March 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/847062057526738945
Madeira Airport is now Cristiano Ronaldo Airport & they decided to celebrate with a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that looks nothing like him. pic.twitter.com/MnLXKfecxd
— Coral (@Coral) March 29, 2017
For a very handsome man, Ronaldo has had some appalling luck with statue-makers pic.twitter.com/M74YEDng4c
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) March 29, 2017
The Cristiano Ronaldo bust at the airport carrying his name. This is Art Attack… pic.twitter.com/tTVmQBMgms
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) March 29, 2017
At least Ronaldo sees the funny side after a statue of Wor Jackie is unveiled at the airport named after him. #ronaldo #nufc pic.twitter.com/PpgsLgDTyY
— Richard Gibson (@richardgibsonDM) March 29, 2017