The international controversy surrounding Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla has escalated because of the criticism she received after her racist remarks about Kylian Mbappé. “He is a colonized Cameroonian, pretending hard to be French, resentful, newly rich, arrogant, and ugly. He was nervous and scared to death the whole match, like his entire team, they couldn’t score a single goal, they won by sheer luck. The only thing many of us hold against La Albirroja is not having slapped him across the face with an open hand after the match ended. And I’m not even a soccer fan”, she said after Paraguay’s loss to France in the World Cup.
The forward responded with reproaches: “You are a despicable woman and unworthy of your office”. Far from retracting, the lawmaker doubled down:
“Mbappé, read my letter, if you even know how to read… I would tell you to be careful. Don’t mess with Paraguay, we jailed Ronaldinho here. Don’t mess with me. And don’t underestimate me, Mbappé. I can report you for gender violence, political violence against women. That is serious, he should apologize to me”, the controversial senator concluded.
