Cristiano Ronaldo Responds to Anti-Gay Slur on Field: ‘A Faggot, Yes, but a Rich One’

From: Towleroad

Cristiano Ronaldo butted heads with Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke during Real Madrid’s 3-0 win on Sunday after Koke allegedly called Ronaldo a “faggot.”

The Sun reports:

Television viewers even claimed that the Bernabeu icon threw a punch at the Atleti acein the incident.

And, according to Cadena Cope, the fuse was lit when Koke called Ronaldo a ‘faggot’.

To which the three-time Ballon d’Or winner allegedly replied: “A faggot, yes. But a rich one, bastard.”

The Spanish radio station claims to have heard the conversation Ronaldo, 31, had with team-mates in the visitor’s changing room after the game.

Other outlets translated the response as ‘A faggot with a lot of money, you bastard’.’

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Ronaldo was taunted by fans last April after rumors about an alleged relationship with Moroccan kickboxer Badr Hadri.

Morocco World News reported, “the crowd were heard chanting ‘Vete a Marruecos,’ or ‘Go to Morocco,’ in reference to the player’s regular visits to Morocco.”

Ronaldo was also targeted with chants of “maricon”, a Spanish anti-gay slur comparable to “faggot.”