Cristiano Ronaldo faces ire after 'disrespectful' Lord Buddha post
Cristiano Ronaldo posted a photo on Instagram and Facebook with his right foot resting on the base of a Lord Buddha statue.
In Short
- Ronaldo posted a photo on social media with his foot resting on base of Lord Buddha statue.
- Fans blast him for hurting religious sentiments.
- Ronaldo is yet to apologise for his recent social media post.
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo has once again found himself in the middle of a controversy on social media following a photo post. (Latest Football stories)
Ronaldo posted a photo on Instagram and Facebook with his right foot resting on the base of a Lord Buddha statue. And, this clearly did not go down too well with his fans on either social media platforms with many calling Ronaldo 'stupid' and hurting religious sentiments of Buddhists around the world.
"Cristiano Ronaldo I am your fan. But you should respect our Buddha. However you're Christian or Islam or Hindu. You have a lot of fan from these religion. You're famous football player. I apologize you. Please don't do like that. This photo hit our (Buddhisms) heart. Only religions can understand me," wrote fan Waz Tniym Gnian Hkt on Ronaldo's Facebook feed.
"This is disrespectful... How can he put his leg on Gautam Buddha... I was not expecting this stupidity from Ronaldo... Sir today u lost one of ur fan this is very bad," Shubham Pandey commented.
Ronaldo was also blasted on Instagram, "I desire you to broken your leg," sanjuladeshan wrote.
However, the star footballer is yet to remove the photo or apologise for his recent social media post.