The Most Important Questions Of Our Time - George Mack - #1124

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Speaking of football, do you know who Cristiano Ronaldo was named after?

**George Mack** (0:04)
Go on.

**Chris Williamson** (0:05)
You're a big fan of football. How do you know? One of the most famous, maybe the most famous player on the planet. Who do you think Cristiano Ronaldo was named after?

**George Mack** (0:11)
Well, it wouldn't be the Brazilian Ronaldo, because he was almost overlapped in terms of careers. Oh, is it Ronald Reagan?

**Chris Williamson** (0:19)
Yes.

**George Mack** (0:19)
Yes.

**Chris Williamson** (0:20)
Yes. Wow. My parents named me after Ronald Reagan, because they both liked this name and thought it sounded very strong, Ronaldo, whose full name is Cristiano Ronaldo. Dos Santos Aviero said in a GQ cover story, I know that my father admired him. Ronaldo was born February 5th, 1985, while Reagan was still president of the United States. But according to Ronaldo, his dad was a fan long before then, told Riley that Reagan was his dad's favorite actor.
That said, he wasn't too sure how the Republican leader would have felt about Ronaldo's outfit in the GQ cover that accompanied the article. Let's just say it's not very conservative. We've got an image of the outfit that Ronaldo had.

**George Mack** (1:01)
Oh, wow.

**Chris Williamson** (1:02)
Ronald Reagan.

**George Mack** (1:04)
I mean, identical, right? That's very much nominative determinism right there.

**Chris Williamson** (1:09)
I forgot because I was not being in America too young for it as well. I forgot the fact that Reagan was an actor.
He was an actor beforehand. Was he in big movies and stuff?

**George Mack** (1:22)
I believe so.
It's the prequel to Trump in a lot of way. There's also, if you like footballers names, there's a South American player called Osama Vin Laden, whose brother is I believe called Saddam Hussein.

**Chris Williamson** (1:35)
Can you search ChatGPT and is it VIN?

**George Mack** (1:38)
I think it's Vin Laden and Saddam Hussein, two brothers in South America.

**Chris Williamson** (1:41)
This does sound too good to be true, and you've been gazumped by it.

**George Mack** (1:45)
Well, it's interesting, particularly Brazilian names. They often decide their own names. You've got Ronaldinho, Fred, Hulk, great name.

**Chris Williamson** (1:58)
Pepe?

**George Mack** (1:58)
Pepe, well Pepe is Portuguese, but they often just, unlike us, they don't often go with their own name.

**Chris Williamson** (2:04)
Yes, there was a Peruvian footballer named Osama Bin Laden, Jimenez Lopez, often written simply as Osama Bin Laden, very good. He attracted international attention because it sounds almost identical to Osama Bin Laden. Actually, in Spanish, it's even closer because V and B are pronounced the same.
Some unusual details have been widely reported. He said he was named after Osama Bin Laden. His brother is named Saddam Hussein, a Spanish spelling of Saddam Hussein. To avoid controversy, his jersey typically displays only Osama rather than his full surname.
I want to meet his parents. I want to know what they've been reading.

**George Mack** (2:54)
You can just do things, clearly.

**Chris Williamson** (2:55)
You can just name your kid after the most famous terrorist of the 21st century.
Oh, fucking hell, yes. Shit, that was done one year.

**George Mack** (3:06)
So really hopping on the bandwagon post.

**Chris Williamson** (3:10)
That's buying Bitcoin while it's on a rep, isn't it?

**George Mack** (3:12)
Jesus Christ.

**Chris Williamson** (3:13)
What's that story of Rory McDonald's walkout music?

**George Mack** (3:17)
Oh, Rory McDonald, UFC fighter, used to walk out to some of the strangest songs.
And people would kind of laugh as he was walking out. Like, why does he have such a weird niche in music? And it was, when it came out, it was interviewed, like, why are you playing out some of these super strange songs? It would mix from like classical music. It would also have, Jared, look it up, like the different Rory McDonald songs. And when they interviewed him, he was like, it's not me who's picking the songs, it's the UFC. Then they go to the UFC and say, Rory's saying you're picking the songs. And it's like, no, we text him before every single UFC. And when it actually got into it, they were texting his old phone number, which had been given to somebody. If you go on the, yeah, go on Reddit. So here's the song. So he has a violin orchestra. Well, by George A. Quintero.
One More Road to Cross by DMX, personal favorite, Can't Touch This by MC Hammer, UFC 133

**Chris Williamson** (4:20)
Grew up a screw up by Ludacris.

**George Mack** (4:23)
So you've got to think, he goes from Lightwork, Lupe Fiasco.