Editor's note: Lianhe Zaobao retracted their story and issued an apology to Wong after she clarified that she was not the one who responded to their reporter, and that the social media account they contacted did not belong to her. Mothership has edited our article accordingly.

Former actress Wong Lilin has been criticised on TikTok, with users claiming that her actions made international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo "irritated" during his visit to Singapore.

On Jun. 2, Ronaldo made an appearance at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

The Portuguese footballer was in Singapore to support a series of youth scholarships founded by local philanthropist and entrepreneur, Peter Lim.

TikTok clips of the event showed him being accompanied by Wong, who was escorting him throughout the event.

Wong is the chief executive of Mint Media Sports which is owned by Lim and previously acquired Ronaldo's image rights in 2015.

What did the viral TikTok video say?

On Jun. 7, a TikTok video was uploaded by user khan_7yt, in which he noted that Ronaldo looked irritated at one point of his visit, in which he could be seen preparing to hold up a banner with students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), most of whom are recipients of the NParks-Peter Lim Scholarship.

The user added that he believed the reason for Ronaldo's irritation was because he was asking his security guards to move away.

However, the user also noted that a number of people had speculated if his irritation was due to Wong touching his arm.

@khan_7yt Replying to @Sakura why is CR7 irritated? #ronaldo #cr7 #sgtiktok #fyp #singapore ♬ original sound - Subscribe to Khan 7

The actress subsequently received several criticisms in the comment section of the user's video for her alleged lack of professionalism.

One commenter joked, however, "Wait this video is new? Seeing Wong Lilin made it look like it's from the 90s."

Top screenshots via khan_7yt TikTok