Cristiano Ronaldo is a father & he has exclusive guardianship of his son

Well, this is strange news. Over the weekend, Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Facebook that he was a father – and that he wasn’t going to announce the baby-mama’s name. And that he has “exclusive guardianship” of his newborn son. What the hell? This is beyond Jude Lawesque shenanigans. People Magazine is now reporting the story, so although there were concerns that Ronaldo’s page had been hacked and the story was false (his Facebook page was suspended it seems, after the announcement), it’s looking more and more like it’s the truth:

It’s a boyyyyyyyyy!

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Saturday that he is a proud new papa.

“It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become father to a baby boy,” the Team Portugal player writes on his Facebook page.

The identity of the baby’s mother has not been revealed, and Ronaldo, 25 – who once linked with Kim Kardashian and counts nearly 6.5 million fans on the social networking site – says that he will he will raise the boy on his own.

“As agreed with the baby’s mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential,” he writes, “my son will be under my exclusive guardianship.”

No further information was provided. 35,623 of his Facebook fans “liked” this announcement.

[From People]

The Daily Mail reports that Portugese sources claim that the baby-mama is American, that she gave birth a month ago, and that Ronaldo’s family are still mid-way through formally bringing the kid to Portugal.

The first thought is that this is some kind of Ricky Martin thing, right? That Ronaldo is a gay man who wanted to become a father, so he contracted his “essence” out to an American girl for her to carry the baby? Except that I do think Ronaldo is straight. Isn’t he some kind of massive womanizer? So maybe the baby is a product of a one-night stand or something, and the woman just didn’t want to deal with the baby? I have no idea.

UPDATE: The Daily Mail reports that Ronaldo’s sister claims that the child was conceived with a surrogate. So it’s more Ricky Martin than Jude Law.

Header: Ronaldo on June 25, 2010. Credit: WENN.

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