Georgina Rodríguez hits back at body critics with Ronaldo's support: 'Who decides what the right body is?'

The trigger

Georgina Rodríguez spent part of the summer with Cristiano Ronaldo and their six children aboard a yacht in Palma de Mallorca. Paparazzi photographs of her in a bikini circulated on social media, and a segment of users began commenting that she looked heavier. The scrutiny, she noted, follows a pattern: 'Curiously, this happens every summer. Every year my body is news again.'

Her public response

On Tuesday, 4 August, Rodríguez published a lengthy Instagram post alongside several bikini photographs. She opened by stating that bodily change is ordinary. 'My body will change, as every woman's does. And I hope it keeps changing for many years, because that will mean I'm still alive.' The post framed her fitness routine as a source of happiness rather than a battle to lose weight. 'I train because it makes me happy. Because I'm passionate about it. That hour in the gym is one of the best moments of my day. It gives me health, peace of mind, discipline, energy and well-being.'

The conversation with Ronaldo

Rodríguez disclosed that she had spoken to her fiancé about the comments. She told him, 'I'm worried that they're now calling me fat, because I live off my image.' His reply, which she quoted in full, became the emotional centre of the post.

You don't live off your image. You live off what you are. A perfect woman. Beautiful, with an incredible body, a mother, a good person, successful and living life with love. What more do you want? It's normal that they envy you.

Rodríguez added that the exchange reminded her that 'sometimes we all need someone to remind us what really matters.'

The message to her daughters

Much of the post was directed at the values she and Ronaldo want to pass to their children, especially their three daughters. 'I am the mother of six wonderful children; three are girls who will one day be great women. And if there is something I want to teach them, together with Cris, of whom I am deeply proud for the values he transmits as a father and as a man, it is that a person's worth can never depend on their appearance or on the opinion of strangers.' She described this as 'that small dose of positive psychology that I try to give them every day.'

Questioning the standard

Rodríguez challenged the premise behind the criticism with a series of questions: 'Where is the standard? Who decides what the "right" body is? Do we really still think happiness has a size?' She rejected the idea that success means fitting into a mould 'that nobody knows who invented.' Instead, she defined it as 'living in peace, surrounding myself with the people I love, enjoying my family and friends, taking care of my health, laughing, learning, living.'

I love my curves. I love the freedom of living in the body I choose. In the body that sustains me, that has allowed me to embrace, create life, fall and get back up.

Rodríguez, who recently launched her own sportswear brand Mimoa, acknowledged that constant public exposure creates a sense that people can opine on everything, including her physique. The post closed with a declaration that she would not trade her life 'for any imposed ideal.'