Irina Shayk says ex-boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo made her feel ‘ugly, insecure’

Irina Shayk and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid were together for five years. Source: Getty Images

SHE’S one of the most beautiful women in the world, but Irina Shayk says her ex-boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t make her feel that way.

The 29-year-old Russian model, who split from the Real Madrid footballer earlier this year after five years, says he wasn’t the right man for her in the end.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shakk on the cover of Vogue. Source: Supplied

Irina Shayk at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
“I thought I had once found the ideal man but it didn’t turn out that way. I think a woman feels ugly when she’s got the wrong man at her side. I’ve felt ugly and insecure,” she told Spanish magazine Hola.
The Sports Illustrated model says she is looking for more of a “gentleman” in her next partner.

Ronaldo and Irina Shayk with his son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. Source: Splash News Australia

Irina Shayk and Ronaldo in 2011. Source: Getty Images

“My ideal man is faithful, honest and a gentleman who knows how to treat women. I don’t believe in men who make us feel unhappy, because they’re boys not men.”
Ronaldo, 40, released a statement confirming their split in January saying: “I wish Irina the greatest happiness.”
Ronaldo has one son, four-and-a-half-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. He has never publicly revealed the identity of his son’s mother.

Real Madrid's Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo chats with then-girlfriend Irina Shayk in 2011. Source: AFP