{"id":362672,"date":"2026-07-08T00:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=362672"},"modified":"2026-07-08T00:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:57:52","slug":"kylian-mbappe-condemns-paraguayan-senator-over-racist-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/kylian-mbappe-condemns-paraguayan-senator-over-racist-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe condemns Paraguayan senator over racist remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill (12) throws the ball at France\u2019s Kylian Mbappe (10) at the tip of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo\/Martin Meissner)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

France star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 on Monday condemned a Paraguayan senator over racist remarks she made following Paraguay\u2019s loss to France within the round of 16 on the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Mbapp\u00e9 called Celeste Amarilla, a senator from Paraguay\u2019s Liberal Radical Party, a \u201cdespicable woman\u201d who was \u201cunworthy\u201d of serving in Paraguay\u2019s Congress.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThrough your recklessness and your brazen racism, the whole world has already forgotten the journey and the historic effort that your players achieved during this World Cup,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Amarilla posted a series of racist comments on X after Mbapp\u00e9 converted the winning penalty in France\u2019s victory over Paraguay on Saturday, mocking the French captain\u2019s origins, upbringing, education and appearance. France advanced to the quarterfinals, where it is going to face Morocco on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Late Monday, Amarilla issued an open letter in French and Spanish to Mbapp\u00e9 on social media, during which she said her problem was with the player, not the country of France. She wrote that she regretted mistreating Mbapp\u00e9 with \u201cthe identical insults\u201d she\u2019s received as a mixed-race person and that she had deleted her post.<\/p>\n

But she also demanded an apology from Mbapp\u00e9, accusing him of gender-based violence in his comments about her, and threatening legal motion if he didn\u2019t retract them.<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press emailed France\u2019s team media officers for comment on Amarilla\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n

The Paraguayan government released a press release Monday afternoon condemning Amarilla\u2019s remarks as \u201ccontrary to the values and principles that encourage peaceful coexistence and respect for human dignity that our country promotes.\u201d It added that the senator\u2019s comments don’t represent either the Paraguayan government or the Paraguayan people.<\/p>\n

The French Football Federation on Monday denounced Amarilla\u2019s comments as \u201cutterly abhorrent\u201d and \u201cunacceptable,\u201d adding that it could refer the matter to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

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France\u2019s president, Emmanuel Macron, and sports minister Marina Ferrari voiced support for the national team\u2019s captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy targeting Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, the senator is attacking the whole lot our captain embodies and the whole lot our country stands for: liberty, equality and fraternity,\u201d Ferrari wrote on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet one more goal for Kylian Mbapp\u00e9. This time against racism,\u201d Macron wrote on X, adding the captain had his \u201cfull support.\u201d<\/p>\n

France\u2019s assistant coach Guy St\u00e9phan also condemned the remarks on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn three words, it\u2019s indignant, abject, scandalous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Before Saturday\u2019s match, former Paraguay goalkeeper Jos\u00e9 Luis Chilavert referred to France as \u201ca squad from Africa.\u201d Philippe Diallo, president of the FFF, said Chilavert \u201cwas once an incredible goalkeeper\u201d who had now \u201cfallen into disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill (12) throws the ball at France\u2019s Kylian Mbappe (10) at the tip of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo\/Martin Meissner) France star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 on Monday condemned a Paraguayan senator over racist remarks she made following Paraguay\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[1697,8638,8639,53590,14261,11689,30867],"class_list":["post-362672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-condemns","tag-kylian","tag-mbappe","tag-paraguayan","tag-racist","tag-remarks","tag-senator"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t