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'Drink water': Ronaldo removes Coca-Cola bottles in press conference

The Telegraph · 8.9M views · 2021-06-15 · 0:42

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A one-minute Telegraph news clip of Cristiano Ronaldo moving two Coca-Cola bottles aside at a Euro 2020 press conference and saying 'Drink water.' The moment went viral and drew praise from anti-obesity campaigners.

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Cited in threads about sugary drinks, alcohol and advertising as a famous example of a star publicly rejecting a sponsor's product.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2023–2026

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merely-unlikely · 2026-05 · Joke / meme

> you can drink Coke, too I drink water. Which means I'm just like Cristiano Ronaldo[1]. [1] [VIDEO]

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ANewFormation · 2025-01 · Reference

I don't understand why you think there would have been 0 evidence. The countless respiratory illnesses associated with smoking are readily obvious by taking even a small sample of longterm smokers - a decent chunk of them will sound like smokers, be occasionally hacking up a lung, and so on. People obviously knew smoking was unhealthy, but chose to do so anyhow. And companies naturally worked to trt to strengthen that cognitive dissonance. Same thing today, but it's slightly more subtle. For instance in a typical Coke ad you'll generally see people that look nothing like regular Coke drinkers - health, fitness, and good body weights abounds. Ronaldo's Coke/water moment gave me a vast amount of respect for him - [VIDEO] It's how the sort of people Coke gets to pose with their product actually feel about it.

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paganel · 2023-07 · Reference

For me good alternatives are good coffee and plain or sparkling water. About this latter choice I have to give an unironical shootout to /hydrohomies and to Cristiano Ronaldo [1] [1] [VIDEO]

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