The owner of a cafe in Worcester has apologised after being heavily criticised for selling Ronaldo sex biscuits.
Local radio station BBC Hereford and Worcester initially covered the story on their breakfast show.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has denied assaulting Kathryn Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.
Our Taste of Portugal, located in The Hopmarket, faced anger after advertising their “famous Cristiano Ronaldo cookies” on Facebook.
The product name was then shortened to “Ronaldo cookies”, before the social media post was eventually taken down.
Jose Goncalves initially justified the sale of the biscuits, saying “everyone making the funny” about the allegations aimed at the Juventus player:
However, shoppers who spoke to the BBC Local Radio service for the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire provided a rather different opinion.
“It’s not a funny thing” was the first and general reply, plus one thought it was just “disgusting to sell pornographic biscuits”.
The cafe has also experienced a backlash online:
However they claim to have sold two batches on the first morning of sale.
Mr Goncalves has since denied wanting to cause offence and said that he may have misunderstood the English sense of humour, having been “surprised” at the reaction.
He issued an apology for selling the biscuits, saying they were a mistake:
It was not my intention or my business’s intention to make something feel really bad for everyone.
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