Is It Right For A Child To Live Without A Mum? Jonathan Ross Asks Cristiano Ronaldo

Living the life of a single dad can be daunting to say the least if you are not prepared for it, but is it right for a child to live without a mum? That was the question posed to Cristiano Ronaldo on the Jonathan Ross show. He was put on the spot when Jonathan asked a couple of direct questions concerning his child's upbringing, his career, and his life outside football.-  He even had time to speak about his late father. Find out more after the cut.

On his father, who died of alcoholism in 2005

“I’m not complaining. It’s the life. Of course as I say in my movie, I wish to have a better dad in that way [but] it is what it is. I have to respect the decisions he made, the decisions I made in my life and I’m happy because it [taught] me many things, him and my mum and my brothers and I’m a happy man, you know, I just have him in my mind all the time but it's good that life is like that. And we have to respect and when I speak about him I feel so proud because he [taught] me many things and it’s great. I’m not unhappy, I’m so happy.”

On his son growing up with a famous dad

“It’s not easy, it’s not going to be easy but for me in my mind the way of thinking, it’s all about education. If you will give good education, he will be strong and he will now appreciate the things. I cannot avoid to show him a good car, good houses, a good quality of life. You cannot avoid you know… If you will be in my shoes what are you going to do? It’s all about education, you have to give good education and pass to him. [I tell him] to win this, Daddy works hard, to have this house, to have this car. I cannot do anything more and my mum helps him a lot, my brothers, the education of family is kind of similar and Cristiano is going to have the same education as me and after in the future, he’s going to be whatever he wants. I cannot control that.”

“I have to tell him the way I see the life, the proper life, not too much because he has to grow like a normal kid but a few things that I think are not correct, I have to tell him.”

On his son growing up without a mother

“For me it is not a problem. I will say in the world, many kids don't have mum, don’t have dads or dads die or mums die... Cristiano has a dad, an unbelievable dad. [He has] a grandmother, I have the support of my family, great of course. It will be like, ‘why don’t you [say?]’ Listen, some points in life it’s private and people have to respect the privacy of other people. When Cristiano is going to grow up, I am always always going to say the truth to him because he deserves, because he is my son but I am not going to say because people want me to say.”

On whether he will tell his son about his mother

"Yes."

On when he will tell his son

“I’m not worried about that, he’s going to understand his daddy, he is going understand I am sure 100%. 100% he is going to understand me. I’m going to say the time when I feel that the time, that is the right time. I don’t know 10, 11, 12? I don’t know let’s see.”

Source: Mirror