Diego Maradona continued his recent streak of headline-grabbing incidents by going live on a television show to criticise his nephew, Walter Christian Machuca.
The 57-year-old called the Canal9 show 'Confrontados' after Machuca, who is the son of Maradona's sister Rita, spoke about the alleged marriage between his uncle and 29-year-old Rocio Oliva.
Maradona went live on air to hit back at Machuca with a string of comments and defended his relationship with Oliva.
"I'm watching the number one coward, this nephew that I have," said the 1986 World Cup winner.
"I'm laughing at how you put together a show with this false thing, with him.