Global heartthrob and elite athlete Cristiano Ronaldo has opened up to his fans about why he hasn’t tied the knot with his partner of nine years, Georgina Rodríguez, even though the couple share three of his six children. The 40-year-old Portuguese football icon, celebrated for his meticulous approach to life both on and off the pitch, explained that he’s waiting for a particular “click” before he makes it official with the 31-year-old Spanish model.
Since they started their relationship in 2016, Ronaldo and Rodríguez have built a life together that includes daughters Alana, seven, and Bella, who is two. Rodríguez also endured the heartbreak of losing Bella’s twin brother during childbirth in April 2022. She acts as the stepmother to Ronaldo’s other children, including three born through surrogacy before he met her.
Despite what appears to be a flawless family life, the topic of marriage continues to follow the pair after nearly a decade together, especially as Ronaldo sometimes refers to Rodríguez as his “wife” in public appearances.
“I always tell her, ‘when we get that click.’ Like everything with our life, and she knows what I’m talking about,” Ronaldo disclosed during a guest appearance on Rodríguez’s Netflix reality series “I Am Georgina.” The Saudi Pro League star added, “It could be in a year, or it could be in six months, or it could be in a month. I’m 1000% sure that it’ll happen.”
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This measured tactic toward marriage fits Ronaldo’s overall, highly structured life decisions, including his choice to become a single father through surrogacy in 2010, long before meeting Rodríguez.
Back then, he announced on Facebook, “It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become father to a baby boy.”
He specified that he would have “exclusive guardianship” of his son, adding that “As agreed with the baby’s mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship.”
According to ABC News, the unnamed American mother reportedly received payment to act as a surrogate. She gave birth to Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. on June 17, 2010. Ronaldo subsequently used the same arrangement for two more children, Eva Maria and Mateo Ronaldo, now seven, underscoring his deliberate approach to fatherhood even without a partner.
The revelation about waiting for the right moment has sparked heated online commentary. “It’s crazy he hasn’t get [the] ‘click’ yet,” one user wrote after the interview clip circulated on X.
Another noted, “See Ronaldo still waiting for the click after all those kids and money,” while a more skeptical voice asked, “Are men good at anything aside from cheating and wasting women’s time?”
Some male commenters offered alternative takes, with one suggesting, “There is something he sees in her that no one knows about, when you live with a lady you will understand better. From the outside it may look all cozy, but we men are always observant and we don’t drop our guard.”
Others speculated about financial factors behind the delay. One commenter wrote, “The guy is simply taking his time to secure his finances first, not wanting to leave loopholes in case of a divorce, then he’ll go ahead with marriage. The ‘click’ is probably just a disguise, a show of wealth both on and off the field.”
Meanwhile, Rodríguez has managed the situation with notable poise.
During the interview, when friends tease her by singing Jennifer Lopez’s “The Ring Or When,” she simply answers, “This is not up to me.”
Despite the ambiguity surrounding their marital status, the couple exhibits signs of long-term commitment. In recent clips, Ronaldo seems to wear wedding bands, and he frequently refers to Rodríguez as his spouse on social media.
For a man valued at roughly $800 million, who has painstakingly charted every detail of his career and personal life, including choosing fatherhood before partnership, this premeditated approach to marriage seems emblematic of him.
Whether the “click” Ronaldo awaits is emotional, practical, or financial remains a private matter between them.
As they continue shaping their lives together — with Ronaldo excelling at Al-Nassr and Rodríguez thriving as a model and influencer — fans will keep wondering when this soccer dynasty will formally become a married couple. For now, as one commenter observed, “Cannot fault Ronaldo after seeing what happened with Pep Guardiola. I mean, contemporary marriage is full of loopholes.”
