Mbappé Racism Clash
Mbappé rebukes a Paraguayan senator over racist remarks after a France match.
July 6, 2026 · Updated Jul 6, 6:14pm ET
Al Jazeera‘Despicable woman’: Mbappe hits back at Paraguayan senator over racist tirade
Associated PressMbappé condemns Paraguayan senator over racist remarks after World Cup match
FOX NewsKylian Mbappe blasts 'despicable' Paraguayan senator over vile 'colonized Cameroonian' slur
The Guardian‘A despicable woman’: Kylian Mbappé hits out at Paraguayan senator over racist attack
MEDIAite‘Despicable Woman’: Soccer Star Kylian Mbappe Fires Back at Paraguayan Official for Racist Remarks
MS NOWMbappé calls out Paraguayan senator’s racist remarks after France’s win
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What happened
Kylian Mbappé
Kylian MbappéFrench footballer (born 1998) and the French Football Federation condemned Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla
Celeste AmarillaParaguayan politician after she called the France forward a “colonized Cameroonian” following France’s 1-0 World Cup round-of-16 win over Paraguay. Mbappé scored the match’s only goal on a 70th-minute penalty in Philadelphia on July 4, eliminating Paraguay and sending France to the quarter-finals. Amarilla, a Liberal Radical PartyPartido Liberal Intercontinental del Paraguay (PLIP)Modern liberal political party in Paraguay senator, posted the comments on X and also questioned Mbappé’s Frenchness. Mbappé responded by calling Amarilla a “despicable woman.”
