Pele, left, and Cristiano Ronaldo
There is a real soccer catfight going down in South America between two soccer legends, Pele of Brazil and Maradona of Argentina.
Pele, 68, recently claimed (and later backtracked) that two Brazilian stars, Ronaldo and Robinho, used drugs and that Maradona, 48, Argentina’s coach, is a bad role model because of his well-documented history of drug use. Maradona fired back in that tried-and-true way by claiming Pele has had sex with men (since we all know gay is worse than drug abuser in the eyes of many jocks). As Goal.com reports:
The Argentine coach was asked for his thoughts on these statements at a press conference
… and did not twist his words when responding.“What do you want me to say? He debuted (lost his virginity) with a lad (a man),” is what the coach is reported to have said by a host of sources, including Marca.
Brazil and Argentina are natural rivals in all things, especially soccer. and Pele and Maradona are said to hate each other. Maradona has angered Pele in the past with charges that he has sex with men.
It is not the first time the two players — regarded by many as the best of all time — have clashed publicly over Pele’s sexuality. In 2000 the Brazilian blamed Maradona for spreading worldwide rumors of an affair with a coach. In his autobiography Pele denied the story that he had confessed to a gay affair with a coach at his Brazilian club Santos.
I had not known that Pele has been a spokesman for Pfizer, makers of Viagra, in alerting men about erectile dysfunction. I am surprised Maradona didn’t make a crack about that.
on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:31 AM
This is just messy. Sounds very catty and the kind of gossipy slapshots that gays are accused of acting like (i.e. running your mouth like a bitch)
on Mar 30th, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Holy Hannah… I initially misread “Maradona” as “Madonna”. Wouldn’t THAT be rich if Ms. Ciccone were attempting to make Pele “justify his love”.
on Mar 30th, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I did too, Cubpaws. I kept thinking, “Why does Madonna care??”
on Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Not to stereotype but I will. Isn’t like 85% of men in South America bisexual or bi-friendly anyway? Seems weird.
on Apr 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 AM
I recently watched a docu about homosexuals/ity in Football (Soccer for you amaricans) in which it was claimed Pele talked about his gay experiences in his youth in an interview for the brazilian Playboy.
The Docu quotes:”When I was 14 or 15 I had several homosexual relationships. Even my first sexual experience was with a homosexual” (free translation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJuTrG1rtc
jump to 4:07
Greetings from Germany.
on Apr 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 PM
I know Pele better get his hands off my husband and baby daddy Cristiano Ronaldo!
on Apr 4th, 2009 at 9:13 PM
I was born in and lived in Venezuela for most of my life and South Americans arent very open about it, but they are quite tolerant to gay sex. They really aren’t against “tops” in fact they tend to overlook that if you are the macho or bugaron, but if you bottom they tend to look at you funny
Stupid I know. In the public, its different cause people will judge you, this is in South American or latin countries of course.
on Apr 4th, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Might be a carry over. The Romans considered a dude who was a top as a man and a bottom as a bitch so the historians say. What if a dude likes to flip? 1/2 a man?
on Apr 5th, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Might be, I dont know. If you did switch, they probably didn’t let anyone else kno so they would still be macho
. Also if you have a relationship like boyfriends or something openly, the people tend to not like that either. Boyhood or girlhood gay experience happen quite a bit although it does not occur often and parents really discourage you to do it. A couple of my friends in Venezuela are married with children, but they have told me that they did have gay sex when they were younger especially between like 16-18.
on Mar 19th, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Well Done! I Like it!
on Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Thank you for sharing this. Well done!
on Mar 19th, 2010 at 11:15 PM
You got a point there. I never thought about it that way.
on Jun 17th, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Pelé Debutó con un pibe!