Whether or not you’re a soccer fan, I don’t doubt you’ve heard the name Cristiano Ronaldo. He’s regarded among the best soccer players in history and is one of the most globally famous people on the planet, currently ranking as the most followed person on Instagram by quite some margin.
And while Cristiano’s career is focused on the soccer field, there’s no shortage of interest in his personal life, too — not least, his love life. Though he’s been rumored to have had romances with a number of famous women over the years, his most notable relationships have been with supermodel Irina Shayk (whom he dated between 2010 and 2015) and his current girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez.
Georgina and Cristiano met in 2016 while she was working as a sales assistant at a Gucci store in Madrid, Spain. Since then, the pair have welcomed two children, 8-year-old Alana Martina and 2-year-old Bella, whom they raise alongside the soccer star’s other children: 14-year-old Cristiano Jr. and 7-year-old twins Eva Maria and Mateo.
With over 716 million Instagram followers between them, Cristiano and Georgina are an incredibly public couple. And, for many years, there’s been speculation as to whether the two will ever marry, particularly because they’re now based in Saudi Arabia, where it’s illegal to live together or have children before marriage. And now, a resurfaced video of Cristiano explaining why he’s held off on proposing is making the rounds online — and the discourse is a lot.
In case you didn’t know, Georgina has a popular Netflix show, I Am Georgina, which documents her lavish life as a mom and ultimate WAG. The first season, which came out in January 2022, details how she and Cristiano first met and, notably, includes the couple addressing speculation about why they aren’t married.
“They’re always joking about the wedding: ‘When is the wedding?!’” Georgina says in a confessional, translated into English. “Since Jennifer Lopez’s song ‘El Anillo’ came out, they started singing it to me, and well, it’s not up to me.” If you’re not familiar, J.Lo’s 2018 song “El Anillo” tells the story of someone impatiently waiting for their partner to propose, singing in the chorus, “I have it all, but where’s the ring?”
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Explaining his take on the situation in a separate confessional, Cristiano reassured that he’s “1000% sure” that he and Georgina will get married one day, but only when he feels a certain change in their relationship. “I always tell her: ‘When we get that click,’” he said, gesturing a click with his fingers. “Like everything with our life, and she knows what I’m talking about. It could be in a year, or it could be in six months, or it could be in a month.”
Well, it’s been three years, and that specific clip from I Am Georgina has resurfaced on X in a big way. As you’d expect, it’s left people very divided: On one side of the debate, people have taken issue with the whole “click” thing, finding it strange to suggest you’ve yet to “click” with someone you share a life and family with.
9 years together and 3 children, but he's still waiting for the “click”? God forbid. https://t.co/8tQCSMLIWi
— MEL🤍 (@ada3z3x) March 20, 2025