"Two things; people criticise me a lot. I don't care about that. When your conscious is good and free, you don't have to worry about what people say. But one of the things I don't do? After my father died, I have never been to a cemetery again. When you know me and you know my reputation? Wherever I go, it is a circus. I don't go out because, if I go, the attention goes to me. I don't want this sort of attention."
"I don't like it when you go to a sensitive moment to do interviews, to speak about him, to speak about football. This shows how a circus is life, sometimes. I am not a part of that. If you want to be a part of this world, good luck, but I will be a part of another side. People can continue to criticise. I felt good with my decision."
Cristiano Ronaldo did not attend the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, who died in a car accident in July. Some club and international teammates attended the funeral in Portugal. Ronaldo avoided the funeral for two reasons: he stopped visiting cemeteries after his father's death, and he wanted to avoid turning a sensitive moment into a media circus that would shift attention onto him. Ronaldo expressed that he dislikes interviews at sensitive moments and that he prefers to stay away from public attention, feeling comfortable with his decision despite potential criticism.
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