Cristiano Ronaldo Furious About Vanity Fair Cover Photo: Report

Many readers were pleased when soccer superstar and Armani model Cristiano Ronaldo was displayed in minimal clothing on the cover of Vanity Fair earlier in the month. The muscular forward was shown shirtless and in tight underwear.

One person who was unhappy with the cover photo? Ronaldo himself. A source tells the New York Post that "Ronaldo is freaking out" about the sexy cover shot.

"There are whispers," the source continued, "that what really upset Ronaldo was that, having stripped off to his underpants for the shoot in Madrid, he didn't envisage sharing the cover with another player photographed in Milan."

Also pictured on the cover was Chelsea striker and TIME 100 honoree. He, too, displayed his muscular abs and was clad only in a skimpy undergarment.

In recent months, Ronaldo has been connected to Kim Kardashian -- and he is said to be interested in a curvy topless model from Britain.

Comments

[dennybop]

05:47 PM on 07/06/2010

At first I thought this was just a fit of arrogance. But it seems fair enough to know if a person's image is going to be photo-shopped into a collage. A person's image is part of their 'property rights' and a valuable resource for those who make a living off that image. I think Cristiano has a right to be upset. For that matter, so does Didier Drogba. Vanity Fair did something sleazy.

[CornetMustich]

03:28 PM on 07/06/2010

Nice cover...................Onward, Joe Mustich, JP, Washington, CT USA

And he supports marriage equality in Portugal too.

[CMarks]

02:38 PM on 07/06/2010

Oh good heavens - this is nothing but an ego driven hissy fit! If he wanted complete control of how the photo was going to be used then he should have had his agent get all those details in writing. You know that he covers all those bases in his endorsement deals.

[studioh!]

10:48 AM on 07/06/2010

It's VANITY Fair, not the Advocate! (or Vanity Fairy)

[Jackie Martin]

10:33 AM on 06/30/2010

He probably thought he'd be by himself on the cover. As a heterosexual woman... I don't find him attractive at all... I guess it is that arrogance that just makes him so... unappealing. I was cheering for Spain during the game. If my team (Argentina) doesn't win, I'm going all in for Spain.

[alphabet99]

07:17 PM on 07/06/2010

The plucked eyebrows and orange tan for me...

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

01:48 PM on 06/22/2010

He's arrogant, but he is one of the finest dudes on the planet.

[ChefLito]

03:06 PM on 06/16/2010

he posed near naked for Armani and he's mad with this cover photo for Vanity Fair? Huh? I know why! he probably was not paid for the Vanity Fair cover and got tons of moolah from Armani. what do you call people who strips for money?

[killmenow]

09:42 PM on 05/28/2010

He's gross.

[Sunflo]

05:28 AM on 05/28/2010

I'm a straight woman and those photos did nothing for me. Now if it had been John Hamm.... Are you listening Huffpo?

[nadiklak]

03:33 PM on 06/16/2010

haha you are also white right? that's why

[BCLance]

10:58 AM on 07/06/2010

That's presumptuous. I'm guessing it's more an aesthetic/stylistic thing. Ronaldo looks like a gay stripper, which is why his marketing deals have clearly targeted gay audiences. No one would accuse him of having a classical or distinguished look, and there are tons of Brazilian models who do.

[Antonia Anni]

07:03 PM on 05/27/2010

I never found this Ronaldo character remotely attractive, not even when he was playing for my beloved club. You rock Drogba!, even if i detest Chelsea :D

[facepalm12]

07:48 AM on 05/27/2010

I sense some deep-seated issues?

A confidently straight man who looks like that wouldn't give a damn about the world thinking he's gay.

[Build or Destroy]

07:36 AM on 05/27/2010

Poor Ronaldo, nothing is looking up for him these days..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6W2OtoQf3A

[SolarArray]

10:55 PM on 05/26/2010

Renaldo's a diver so he has no credibility any more. None, zilch, zero. Add to that all respect for his talent is gone. No respect forevermore.
Divers are the lowest of the low.

[foxfury]

10:26 PM on 05/26/2010

Ronaldo looks gooooooooood

[SweetLemonPie]

09:02 PM on 05/26/2010

Self-centered fool.