Georgina Rodríguez, the Spanish entrepreneur, model, and social media influencer engaged to football star Cristiano Ronaldo, has deleted a Hebrew caption on an Instagram post after being subjected to fan backlash.
Rodríguez posted a video of the couple’s family holiday Mallorca, captioned with the word Hebrew “beari” meaning “healthy”.
But the clip’s caption provoked online backlash for the use of the language, primarily from anti-Israel activists.
Rodríguez has since removed the Hebrew caption and replaced it with the Japanese phrase “Shinrin-yoku”, which translates as “forest bathing”.
Israeli activist and influencer Hen Mazzig responded to the backlash on social media by declaring: “They’re not angry at Israel. They’re angry that Hebrew exists. The Jewish language”.
Rodríguez previously attracted online attention back in October 2023 for a post she made about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On October 11, four days after the October 7 massacre, she shared an Instagram story featuring a picture of a Gazan girl.
Following sharp rebuke from pro-Israel fans, who claimed it erased Israeli suffering, she removed the story and replaced it with two photographs: one of an injured Israeli child, and a repost of the same picture of the Gazan girl alongside, accompanied by a message advocating for peace.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo has played for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr since 2023, and the couple are reported to have been residing in Riyadh since Ronaldo’s transfer to the Saudi Pro League team.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is staunchly anti-Israel, declared that Ronaldo was subject to a “political ban” by authorities at the 2022 Qatar Men’s Football World Cup due to his support for “the Palestinian cause”. However, no proof to confirm Erdoğan’s claim was ever provided.
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