Kylian Mbappe has been called a "colonized Cameroonian, desperately pretending to be French" who "sucked on coconuts" instead of breast milk and "the most educated creatures he ever listened to were chimpanzees", by a Paraguayan senator, Celeste Amarilla. Presumably she was mad after Paraguay lost to France.
In a post on Instagram on Saturday night with two pictures of Mbappe attached, Amarilla called the 27-year-old a ?colonised Cameroonian, desperately trying to pass himself off as French? as well as labelling him ?resentful, arrogant and ugly.?
?He was nervous and scared stiff for the whole match,? she continued. ?Just like the rest of his team. They couldn?t score a single goal, and they won by the skin of their teeth.?
?The only thing many of us hold against the Albirroja is that they didn?t give him a good open-handed slap after the match was over. And I?m not even a football fan.?
She had previously criticized Mbappe on X earlier on Saturday evening, quoting a post of the forward celebrating in front of Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill: ?That brute never even learnt to write. Instead of breast milk, he sucked on coconuts, and the most educated creatures he ever listened to were chimpanzees.
?You should have given him the finger, Orlando Gill.?
Amarilla has served in the Honorable Senate of the Republic of Paraguay since 2023 and has worked in politics in the South American nation since 1982.
Mbappe responded with the following:
Mbappe responded to Amarilla?s comments via a statement that was posted to X on Monday, in which he said: ?Ms Celeste Amarilla, you are a despicable woman, unworthy of your position.
?You do not represent Paraguay, a country that has shown such passion and honour throughout the tournament. Because of your thoughtlessness and your blatant racism, the whole world has already forgotten the historic journey and effort your players made during this World Cup. It is now overshadowed by an incompetent woman who is presenting the worst possible image of her country.
?I will never allow people like her the freedom to spread their hatred and racism across the world.?
The French Football Federation also issued a statement defending their captain.
?The racist remarks made by Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla targeting Kylian Mbappe are utterly despicable and unacceptable,? it said. ?How can anyone make such comments? These remarks are criminal and reprehensible. They must be prosecuted here as elsewhere. The FFF is reporting the matter to the public prosecutor?s office with a view to legal proceedings.
?The Federation offers its full support to its captain, its players and, more broadly, to all victims of such abhorrent remarks. Now more than ever, the FFF is committed to combating racism and all forms of discrimination. These remarks bring shame upon those who make them and those who disseminate them. The players of the French national team represent France; it is our country that is being insulted.?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7426135/2026/07/06/kylian-mbappe-france-paraguay-racism-amarilla/
Certainly not to say that South America has a racism problem, but there's a bit too much smoke coming out when it comes to these types of things - Enzo Fernandez and the Argentinian team
singing that racist song about French players that had the chant "?They play for France, but their parents are from Angola. Their mother is from Cameroon, while their father is from Nigeria. But their passport says French.?
Then their former keeper Jose Luis Chilavert
posted on social media responding to a French statement from former French striker Christophe Dugarry that the French would beat Paraguay, saying" "?Christophe, you?re right. In 1998 we faced the French and now PY will face a squad from Africa,?
What's ironic is that while they make all these racist comments about black players, most white supremacists, including here in the US, don't even consider them to be white Caucasians anyway.
