How Rio Ferdinand made Cristiano Ronaldo the interviewee on his on YouTube channel

How Rio Ferdinand made Cristiano Ronaldo the interviewee on his on YouTube channel

Eric Munene 14:30 - 30.08.2024

Rio Ferdinand owned the show with Cristiano Ronaldo but it was not entirely wrong

Cristiano Ronaldo earlier this month launched a YouTube channel, UR. Cristiano that has sky rocketed to millions of subscribers in an almost effortless manner.

On 29 August, he released a new episode featuring Rio Ferdinand entitled, 'My thoughts on my 2023/24 season and the truth about my future. Talk with my friend Rio (PART 1)'.

It is obvious to say that Rio Ferdinand is the guest on Cristiano Ronaldo's show and at first glance when you look at the thumbnail, you wouldn't have a second thought who would play the roles of interviewee and interviewer.

Normally the guest is the interviewee in the show and the host, in this case Ronaldo is the interviewer. When you watch the 24 minute long video you will notice that these roles were switched and a minor law in journalism was broken. But it was not entirely wrong.

In the video, Ronaldo was the one answering Rio's questions and at no point did he pose any question to Rio, but it was his own show.

How is it not wrong you ask? When you look at the title, "My thoughts on my 2023/24 season and the truth about my future. Talk with my friend Rio", you would say the content of the video is a talk between Cristiano Ronaldo and his friend Rio Ferdinand, about his thoughts on the 2023/24 season and the truth about his future.

The title is premise. This means, the title is the foundational idea that will express the plot of the story. The content of the video matches the title.

In the episode, Ronaldo does talk about both his previous season in Saudi Arabia and this years' Euros fulfilling the premise set by the title.

When you look at it this way, Ronaldo was not wrong for allowing Rio Ferdinand to own the show.

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