DUBAI: Argentinian model Georgina Rodriguez on Monday refuted media claims that her children are having a hard time in schools in Saudi Arabia.
“Our children study at a fantastic school, with wonderful professionals,” she said in a statement released on her Instagram Stories. “We really appreciate the amazing work they do for us as a family, as parents and on a personal level.”
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The model, who is based in Riyadh with her longtime partner Cristiano Ronaldo, spoke to US Spanish-language channel Telemundo earlier this week, saying: “At school there are times when they get hit and they don’t defend themselves and they sink. The other day one of my children who had been hit, I got him and he started crying.”
“And I thought he had caught a hand. I tell him what’s wrong with you, what’s wrong with you ‘A child hit me’, and I tell him: ‘Well, and you don’t know how to defend yourself with what you warm up at home?” she added.
Some international media outlets assumed the comments referenced her children’s time in Saudi Arabia, however the Netflix star is refuting those claims.
“Thankfully we have always had great experiences in each country and in every school,” she added in the statement. “We admire every one of them. We would appreciate a similar level of respect and admiration for all the professionals involved in the education of our children. Our children have found loving friends and are very happy in their new school.”
The couple have five children, with the eldest son born to another mother and twins born via surrogacy in addition to two children born to Rodriguez.