Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo came
face to face with a scantily clad life-size double
on Wednesday when Japanese scientists unveiled
a “cyber clone” of the Portuguese pin-up. The
30-year-old, who was in Tokyo to promote an
electric muscle stimulator for sculpting a
washboard stomach, gave the thumbs-up to the
doppelganger with moving facial features,
created after a 3D scan of his body using 110
micro cameras.
“It’s perfect,” smiled Ronaldo as he checked out
the clone with fluttering eyelids and roving eyes.
“I love it.” The silicon dummy, made with the
help of a Hollywood studio, was naked but for a
black pair of Ronaldo‘s own brand of underwear
and the pulsing “Six-Pad” device attached to its
torso.
“I have to say he looks just like me,” added
Ronaldo. “I would be a liar if I said it doesn’t.”
Ronaldo, the reigning world footballer of the
year, has legions of fans who swoon over his
chiselled looks and muscular physique, which he
regularly shows off by removing his shirt to
celebrate goals.
There was a similar reaction when Ronaldo was
wheeled out for Japanese television as studio
guests giddily prodded and poked his stomach. A
detailed graphic also revealed his “eight-pack” —
not the standard six that gym-goers aspire to.
Celebrities on Fuji TV’s “Viking” show cooed
“Oh, your face is so small” — a traditional
Japanese compliment for good-looking
foreigners — as Ronaldo appeared in jeans, a
tight T-shirt and diamond ear studs. Ronaldo,
who earns an estimated $43 million a year in
salary and endorsements, laughed when the male
presenter asked about reports the player does
3,000 sit-ups daily.
“No, that’s not true,” he said. “I hit the gym
after training every day, sure. But I do about 300
sit-ups a day.” Asked to show off his belly,
Ronaldo duly obliged to approving gasps, while
studio guests lifted their own shirts to reveal
flabby tummies, one wag shouting “I’ve got a
one-pack!” to Ronaldo‘s amusement.
Ronaldo visited Japan last year to push a face-
stretching gadget designed to enhance the user’s
smile, although he refused to put it in his mouth
as intended, perhaps fearful of a backlash on
social media. Japan is a common destination for
European or American stars who are paid big
money to sell products that never see the light of
day back home.
Many insist on confidentiality clauses,
preventing commercials from being shown in
their home countries, although the spread of the
Internet has now complicated the process.
(AFP)
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