Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, CR7, world famous player and super star of social networks, who in addition to Euro football and press conference, waved his hand aside two bottles of Coca-Cola, to prefer a bottle of water…
This sequence turns in a loop and the rumor swells.
This gesture would have resulted, according to rumor, in a loss of 4 billion dollars for the multinational. Multinational which is one of the main sponsors of Euro 2021. But what is it really? This week, Clémence returns to this case for OMF Oh my Fake.
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