Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Spanish bullfigther Francisco Rivera attends the 55th Gran Seiko Premium Collection anniversary at Seiko Preciados boutique on June 18, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Famous Spanish bullfighter, Francisco Rivera Ordóñez, has been criticized on social media after he posted a picture of him training with a bull while holding his baby daughter. He caption the image, "history repeats itself. The best legacy alive, feeling, purity and honor," in the photo you can see how the animal appears to have blood dripping down its side.

He explained on another post: "Carmen’s debut. This is the fifth generation of bullfighters in our family,” adding, “my grandfather used to bullfight with me and my father like this. My father also used to bullfight like this with me, and I have done it with my daughter Cayetana and now Carmen, "using the hashtag #orgullodesangre, meaning "blood pride.” Ordóñez was left in serious conditions in August after being gored during a bullfight in Huesca, also, his father, Paquirri, a legendary matador himself, tragically died in the ring back in 1984.

The controversial snapshots certainly caused people to react, read some of the comments and opinions below.

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