Rafael Nadal appeared as the guest on the first episode of the 2024-2025 season of El Hormiguero on Monday. During the show, our champ took a moment to greet a disabled girl in the audience, who was enjoying the evening with her mother.
The heartfelt gesture quickly caught the attention of social media, prompting numerous reactions from viewers, as reported by lavanguardia.com.
Several users praised Rafa’s kindness: “The incredible gesture with the mother and the girl in the front row… he is truly one of a kind. The best we have on and off the court,” “He is just so sweet, what a gesture with that girl in the audience,” “Rafael Nadal seems like a super positive person who exudes the best energy. Besides, I believe Nadal is a man of values and principles.”
However, the incident also ignited some heated discussions: “It’s sad that after Rafa Nadal’s spontaneous gesture live, there are people who criticize him as a person just because they are unable to see life from a non-political perspective,” one user commented, while another replied, “Rafa actually views it from a much more political perspective than you think. But you’ve been convinced that politics is not life.”
Rafa has withdrawn from next week’s Laver Cup in a rather vague statement. No definitive reason given. Hoping all is well.
Not all Djokovic fans are nasty. It’s just that so many are! So stupid, really. Rafa and Roger are doing it the right way, showing respect for each other. If you want to build up your guy, praise his rival.
Lovely❤️
RAFA is SIMPLY ALL things WONDERFUL! Every Great and GOOD word that exists can be used to describe RAFA! He is all things wonderful! He Genuineness is in plain sight from day 1 when we all got to know this young and respectful, kind and shy young man who spoke with such wisdom at his tender young age. He had us in awe since then. Not only his athletic abilities and talents stunned us! But his IMMACULATE, INSPIRING CHARACTER just Blew us away and still does! He is 1 of 1 ! He is the GOAT! And to the comment of He is kind to that girl for politics or whatever. Those nasty ppl really. Rafa is know to LOVE children. Its been well documented since he was a teenager. SO many videos out there showing how he interacts with kids even in his own family.
RAFAEL NADAL IS….A MAN AMONGST MEN!
It’s really tiresome the way so many Djokovic fans post endless negative posts whenever there is a story about Rafa Nadal. Guess it’s that they realize that no matter what people will never love, respect or admire Djokovic the way they do Nadal! That’s a fact and they don’t like it!!
Exactly. Rafa fans know who he is. Its plain to see! Djokovic fans are exactly like the man they admire I believe and we see it in their nastiness. And Rafa fans are like the man we admire. Lovely ppl , not nasty and we see that in the comments too.
We always ignore those comments because that’s what hurts them the most. But no matter how hard we try to understand them, there is no way we would ever waste our time posting comments to someone we don’t like and aren’t a fan of.