{"id":24161,"date":"2026-02-25T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/chicharito-herndez-breaks-down-in-tears-while-talking-about-punch-monkey-the-baby-monkey-that-has-become-a-hot-topic-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:39:25","slug":"chicharito-herndez-breaks-down-in-tears-while-talking-about-punch-monkey-the-baby-monkey-that-has-become-a-hot-topic-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/chicharito-herndez-breaks-down-in-tears-while-talking-about-punch-monkey-the-baby-monkey-that-has-become-a-hot-topic-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicharito Herndez breaks down in tears while talking about Punch Monkey, the baby monkey that has become a hot topic around the world."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mexican soccer player Chicharito Hernandez, who played for Real Madrid and Sevilla, shed tears as he commented on the worldwide trending story of the baby monkey &#8220;Punch Monkey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;Punch Monkey touches us because he&#8217;s strong and genuine. He tries to protect himself without really knowing how, but we&#8217;ve all done it at one time or another. There&#8217;s no malice in him, just emotion, innocence and a desire to exist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Chicharito Herndez<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Punch Monkey touched us because he&#8217;s strong and genuine. He really tries to protect himself without knowing how, and we&#8217;ve all done that at one time or another. There&#8217;s no malice in him, just emotion, innocence and a desire to exist.&#8221; said the former Guadalajara, Manchester United, Real Madrid (2014-2015), Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham United, Sevilla (2019-2020) and Los Angeles Galaxy player.<span\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/objetos-xlk.estaticos-marca.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/25\/699ea79c44b1c.png\" alt=\"Chicharito Khan\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 37-year-old Mexican soccer player told his more than 6.3 million followers on Instagram: &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to live in frustration to feel deeply. You can accept rejection without being a victim. You can protect without being closed off. 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The story of an abandoned monkey who became a hot topic in search of a stuffed animal.<\/h2>\n<p>Punch is a small Japanese macaque at Ichikawa Zoo in Japan that went viral on social networks in February 2026.<span\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/objetos-xlk.estaticos-marca.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/25\/699ea7b596046.png\" alt=\"Chicharito Khan\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After being rejected by his mother soon after he was born in July 2025, Punch Monkey took refuge in a stuffed orangutan given to him by a zookeeper in search of affection.<span\/><\/p>\n<p>After adopting an IKEA stuffed animal as his mother, little Punch undergoes a difficult integration process to integrate socially with the zoo&#8217;s other monkeys.<\/p>\n<p>This heartwarming story has become a global trend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/2026\/02\/25\/699eee90e2704e25568b45be.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican soccer player Chicharito Hernandez, who played for Real Madrid and Sevilla, shed tears as he commented on the worldwide trending story of the baby monkey &#8220;Punch Monkey.&#8221; &#8220;Punch Monkey touches us because he&#8217;s strong and genuine. 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