Brazil icon Ronaldo left popular streamer IShowSpeed in hysterics after he allowed the teenager to hold his Ballon d’Or trophy.
The American, who is a die-hard fan of Ronaldo’s namesake Cristiano, travelled to Brazil to collaborate with the legendary striker on a video.
IShowSpeed – whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr – joked with Ronaldo that he is the father of Al-Nassr star Cristiano, and told the Brazilian that Lionel Messi is ‘short and bad’.
A moment from their interaction has attracted a lot of attention on social media in which Ronaldo showed off his gaming room, only for Speed to notice the Brazilian’s Ballon d’Or trophy sitting on a shelf inside the room.
Pointing to the trophy, which Ronaldo won twice in 1997 and 2002, Speed expressed his awe at seeing the trophy as he said: ‘Oh bro that’s the Ballon d’Or! Look at that. Ballon d’or, pick it up, I don’t even want to touch it.’
Brazil legend Ronaldo left IShowSpeed in hysterics after letting the streamer hold his Ballon d’Or trophy
Speed immediately pointed out the award and pretended to cry as he held the trophy
Speed travelled to Brazil to film a video with the iconic striker who he joked was the father of Portuguese namesake Cristiano
Ronaldo though kindly offered him the chance to hold the famous trophy saying ‘be careful, it’s heavy’.
An excited Speed turned hysterical as he pretended to cry before pretending as though he had won the trophy.
‘I won the Ballon d’Or, bro. Damn! So this is what this feels like? Damn,’ he told Ronaldo.
The Brazilian then responded: ‘See Cristiano and Messi have much more than me, I have two of these.’
Speed, who famously rips into Messi because of his fandom of former Manchester United and Real Madrid star Ronaldo, responded: ‘No, Ronaldo has much more not Messi.’
This is despite Cristiano Ronaldo winning five Ballon d’Or gongs compared to Messi’s eight.
When quizzed by Ronaldo why he doesn’t like the Argentine superstar, Speed responded: ‘No, I don’t like Messi, bro. Because he’s short and he’s bad. He’s trash, bro. Ronaldo is better. Come on, bro. You know Cristiano Ronaldo is better.’
Speed then jokingly referred that Ronaldo Nazario should support his ‘son’ Cristiano, claiming: ‘Bro, you’re the dad of Ronaldo. That’s your son. You’ve got to support your son – Cristiano Ronaldo.’
Fans made light of the clip of Speed holding the Ballon d’Or trophy on social media
Speed is a well known Cristiano Ronaldo fan and told the Brazilian Ronaldo that rival Lionel Messi is ‘short and bad’
The streamer – real name, Darren Watkins – was a guest at last year’s Ballon d’Or awards where he witnessed Messi win the prize for a record-extending eighth time
Speed, a Manchester United fan, shared pictures of his trip to Brazil on his Instagram
Ronaldo though claimed that he loved both his namesake Cristiano and Messi.
Fans though were left in hysterics at Speed’s reaction to holding the Ballon d’Or.
One football fan wrote: ‘Speed touched a Ballon d’Or before Neymar and Mbappe.’
Another person commented: ‘Absolutely legendary moment, can’t believe he let him hold it.’
While one fan highlighted Ronaldo’s modesty after pointing out that Messi and Cristiano had ‘much more’ Ballon d’Or trophies than him.
They wrote: ‘Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo might have more Ballon d’Or but this Ronaldo has more World Cup wins than both of them combined.’
Speed famously attended the last Ballon d’Or ceremony back in October where he showed his disappointment in the crowd at Messi winning the prize for an eighth occasion.
