It was 5:30 in the morning in Miami. France had just been eliminated from the 2026 World Cup by England, and while half the country was processing the defeat, Kylian Mbappé opened Instagram and posted something he shouldn’t have.
A photo of Ester Expósito, the Spanish actress who weeks earlier had avoided setting foot in the tournament’s stadiums, wearing the French national team jersey. It stayed on his profile for barely a minute before he deleted it, but that was enough for screenshots to circulate everywhere.
What was striking is that same night, Expósito was in the stands at Hard Rock Stadium, breaking her own habit of staying away from the cameras. An accidental slip-up or a way of confirming without words what everyone already suspected? 👀
