Overview
- In a conversation with Piers Morgan, Cristiano Ronaldo said he stayed away to prevent attention shifting to him.
- He added he has not visited a cemetery since his father died roughly 20 years ago.
- He said he privately reached out to Diogo Jota’s family and also posted a tribute at the time.
- Photos of Ronaldo vacationing in Mallorca during the funeral drew criticism in Portugal.
- Jota and his brother André Silva died on July 3 in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, after a reported tyre blowout, and Ronaldo later attended a September memorial with the Portugal team and senior officials.