'I believe it's jealousy': Ronaldo 'doesn't understand' why he's being criticised

"It's easy to point out when you want to cover other things to point at Cristiano Ronaldo," said the 37-year-old in his tell-all interview with Piers Morgan.

"The press want to put me on the front page. I'm used to living like that because, you know, I was 37, I know and I learned many things.

"When you are at the bottom of the wave and when you are at the top of the wave, you don't realise and you don't see things that you don't see before…

"Which is, I appreciate to have bad moments, to see which people are on your side, who will criticise you more. Because they're looking for that. They don't like to see successful people."

The Man United forward continued: "The people only try to bring negativity. And I felt the last four or five months that, not only for me, but even for my family as well, for Georgina, especially around the world, the press criticise me even more... sometimes I don't understand why. Even the Portguese press criticise me a lot and I don't understand.

"But I still believe that jealousy is part of that. They want to cover many things that helps to shine other things.

"But listen, Piers, I know I'm 21 years at the top of the game, so I know all the takes, so for me it's not a problem. It's hard when you are a little bit down to listen to this criticism.

"I don't like to read, they all lie, the press are garbage, not all of them but a lot of them. They lie, they constantly all me and my family. Why am I going to read when they are trying to make me and my family feel bad.

"I care for the people who like me. I'm not wasting time, for the people who don't like me. I think it's a waste of time, these people are not interesting in my life."

Source: Piers Morgan Uncensored