It was 5:30 in the morning in Miami. France had just lost to England in the third-place match, and Kylian Mbappé, still reeling from the defeat, posted something to his Instagram stories that he shouldn’t have. 🚨
A photo of Ester Expósito, wearing the full French national team kit: the number 10, the same one he wears, and the captain’s armband. The image was online for only a few seconds before Mbappé deleted it, but that was enough time for several users to capture it and make it go viral. “He meant to post it to close friends”, people commented on social media 🤣📲
The Spanish actress had gone to watch Mbappé play for the first time in the entire tournament, and she was in the stands at Hard Rock Stadium supporting him on his worst night. Neither he nor she has said an official word about their relationship. But as journalist Javi Hoyos, who broke the story, says: sometimes “mistakes” speak louder than any statement. 👀❤️