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Claim: Ronaldo is getting married on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, according to a Facebook user.
Verdict: Insufficient evidence. Georgina Rodriguez, Ronaldo’s girlfriend and mother of his children, has only teased that she could get married in May. However, she did not mention the name of the football star she was about to get married to.
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In 2022, former Manchester United star and five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo hinted he is open to marriage to his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, but has sidestepped the reality of his intention by stating it was not in his immediate plans.
A Facebook user, Simplesports, recently posted that Ms Rodriguez, who has been with the Portuguese international since his stint at Real Madrid, has announced a wedding date.
Simplesports wrote, “Cristiano Ronaldo is getting married today.”
Along with the caption is a wedding invitation indicating that an anonymous individual, represented by a love emoji, will marry Ms Rodriguez.
The ceremony is purported to occur in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, May 5, 2024, by 7:00 PM.
The post has already earned over 34,000 likes and 572 comments and has been shared 1,200 times as of Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
DUBAWA surveyed the comments that followed the post and realised that while some believed the assertion, others did not.
“Congratulations, they (would) both make a beautiful couple. Viva Amor,” Marilyn Marmol commented.
“Although I have been waiting forever for this, I think this is fake,” Ute Kokomma Okoh commented.
Due to the virality of the post, DUBAWA decided to verify it.
Verification
DUBAWA looked at the invitation details and noticed that despite the mention of a rendezvous for the wedding, there was no mention of the groom’s name. Formal wedding invitation cards typically contain the name of the groom and bride, who is about to wed, but this did not. This is important because it not only reveals their identity but that of the families to be joined in holy matrimony.
Moreover, sports news outlets, such as Essentially Sports and Sports Brief, have largely dismissed the announcement as a speculation, without any certainty.
DUBAWA also viewed Mr Ronaldo’s Instagram page, where he is an active user with about 627 million followers, but nothing of the wedding details is linked to any of his posts.
Besides Ms Rodriguez’s teasing announcement on her Instagram story, none of the parties involved has been reported to have said anything further about the speculated development.
Conclusion
No sufficient evidence validates or counters the claim that Mr Ronaldo is getting married to his girlfriend, Ms Rodriquez. The wedding invitation does not mention the groom’s name, and no report from any parties involved says anything about the event.
