Georgina Rodríguez's Netflix show criticized: advertising for Saudis

Shortly after its release, the third season of the reality show “I am Georgina” is in fourth place among the most popular Netflix series in Switzerland. The Spanish-Argentinian influencer Georgina Rodríguez wanted to show with the first season that she is more than just an appendage of soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo (39).

Her show quickly became a hit on Netflix. In the new season, the 30-year-old gives insights into her new life in Saudi Arabia, where her boyfriend has been playing football since last year for a salary of almost 200 million Swiss francs. In her old homeland of Spain, some people are bothered by the way she portrays her new home.

The most-read Spanish-language news platform “El País” criticizes the third season of “I am Georgina”: “It has lost touch with reality.” In Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, the influencer is completely isolated, and society seems to support her employees. In the two previous seasons, meeting friends and family had provided a touch of authenticity. But with the move, they have disappeared from the scene just like the Iberian ham that she snacked on in every third scene in the second season.

Above all, the latest episodes of the series are no longer a reality show, but a single advertising stunt for tourism in Saudi Arabia. The author criticizes the fact that in “I am Georgina” feet are massaged for five minutes and 33 seconds, but not a word is said about the violation of human rights or the discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in Saudi Arabia. Instead, she has said goodbye to a parallel world of pure luxury and only travels by private jet. “The third season is an ode to nothing, probably the most boring thing in the entire Netflix catalog.”

The last episode is 19 minutes long and shows Georgina preparing for the fashion show in Paris and practicing the catwalk with a coach. On the catwalk, she wears a red dress by the fashion label Vetements, which has its headquarters in Zurich. It looks like a football jersey and has Cristiano Ronaldo's number on the chest.

When Georgina tells her sweetheart that she almost tripped over the dress during the fitting, he tries to calm her down: “Relax, you're going to rock it.”

In the first two seasons, the soccer star was rarely seen with Georgina, which many of Cristiano Ronaldo resented. Now fans of the series are cheering on X: “Finally, you can see how much Cristiano loves her.” Some say they have changed their opinion of the 39-year-old after the new season. In several scenes, you can see him playing with the children and the couple kissing at sunset.

When “Cris” told her that the family would have to move from Manchester to Saudi Arabia because of his club change, Georgina was delighted. “I was so relieved because I was ready to leave Manchester,” she says in the series.

At the beginning, the couple lived with the children in a hotel, which was difficult for everyone.