Cristiano Ronaldo broke down into tears after watching unseen emotional footage of his late father during a television interview with British TV host Piers Morgan.

Morgan played a clip of Dinis Aveiro – who was an alcoholic and died of liver failure aged 52 – expressing the pride he felt for his son.

The video took the Portugal legend by surprise, and he couldn’t suppress his emotions – he broke down in tears – sad that his father didn’t live long enough to see his historic football achievements.

He said: “To be the number one and he doesn’t see anything. He doesn’t see me receive awards..he didn’t see nothing.”

Elaborating on his rocky relationship with his dad, Ronaldo said that due to alcoholism, he never got an opportunity to fully know his father, as it was difficult to even hold a normal conversation with him.

The 34-year-old father of four also opened up that he feels embarrassed about the rape allegations that were recently made against him. He said: “You listen to your kids coming down the stairs and you change the channel because I was embarrassed, I feel embarrassed.”

The Juventus forward revealed that he plans to marry his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, as that will fulfill his mom’s dreams.

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