"I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0.. including the fingers to show the number. So from 10 fingers held up to one.
When we got to 1 I turned finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera."
We don't have the context, but she thought he was making fun of her or making obscene gestures and the fact that his friends laughed didn't help him, something tells me they know each other.
"I assure you that my daughter did not mean to insult Cristiano Ronaldo because she knows nothing about football," she continued.
"She was just repeating what she heard around her. She is nine years old and she just wanted to express her joy, but unfortunately she was a victim of social media."
"I apologize to all Cristiano Ronaldo fans for what happened, she is dealing with her mental health," she said.
"Please consider her as if she were your little sister and forgive her."
