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Hat Trick International has sold the exclusive interview Cristiano Ronaldo Meets Piers Morgan (1 x 1 hour) to broadcasters worldwide.

The one-hour special, a Plum Pictures production for ITV1, is directed by Stuart Cabb (Killer Women with Piers Morgan) and produced by Lisa Keane (Death Row with Trevor McDonald, Killer Women with Piers Morgan). This is the first time Ronaldo has ever done a major sit-down interview of this kind, letting the world get to know who Cristiano Ronaldo really is, with an interviewer who never pulls his punches.

Hat Trick International has already placed the highly-anticipated interview to a raft of major international broadcasters, including: RTP1 (Portugal), #Vamos de Movistar+ (Spain), TV2 (Denmark), Channel 2 (Iceland), MTV (Finland), TV2 (Norway), TV4 (Sweden), Medialaan (Belgium), BNNVARA (Holland) and Virgin Media Television (Ireland).

Piers meets the biggest sports star in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, in Turin, Italy. Ronaldo has more than 180 million Instagram followers, plays for the Italian champions, Juventus, and is thought by many to be the greatest footballer of all time. However, his private life makes the front pages as often as his incredible talent makes the sports pages.
In this exclusive interview filmed in September 2019, Piers talks to Ronaldo about his life, from his most humble upbringing in Madeira, where we see him breaking down when he is shown an unseen clip of his deceased father. He discusses his notorious rivalry with Lionel Messi, his incredible drive and determination to still be the best at 34 years old, fatherhood and family, fame. He also talks about the rape allegation that made headline news across the world and reveals how the criminal charges have recently been dropped by US prosecutors. Piers asks what impact these allegations have had on him and his family.