The Paraguayan senator who racially abused Kylian Mbappé online has now demanded an apology from the French superstar in a bizarre open letter.
France beat Paraguay 1–0 in Philadelphia in the World Cup round of 16, with little love lost between the sides during a hard-fought and, at times, bitter encounter.
Mbappé celebrated wildly at the final whistle and told reporters after the game: “We knew what kind of match we were going to have. We can also get our hands dirty, we know how to do it. We know how to play ugly football. Guess they were thinking we were going to show up in tuxedos, but we were ready.”
Following the match, Senator Celeste Amarilla took to Instagram to call Mbappé as “dumb”, “ugly” and “arrogant”, while using clearly racist language against the forward in a since-deleted post.
Mbappé promptly reacted to the hate speech with a firm message on social media, describing Amarilla as “a despicable woman and unworthy of your position”.
Meanwhile, Paraguay’s government released a statement “deploring and rejecting” Amarilla’s comments, reaffirming “its commitment to to fight against racism, xenophobia, intolerance, and any manifestation of hate or discrimination.”
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