‘Son of a b****’ – Paraguay senator launches another attack on France captain Kylian Mbappe
Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla has launched another scathing attack on France captain Kylian Mbappé, escalating a controversy that has sparked international condemnation and a criminal investigation in France.
Amarilla, who came under fire after making racist remarks about the French star following Paraguay’s 1-0 defeat to France in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 16, refused to back down in her latest comments, describing Mbappé with fresh insults while insisting she had done nothing wrong.
The senator’s latest outburst comes days after Mbappé publicly condemned her, accusing her of “brazen racism” and saying she had tarnished Paraguay’s image by overshadowing the national team’s historic World Cup campaign.
The South American side came under heavy criticism for their combative approach during the Round of 16 clash with France, with many accusing them of repeatedly crossing the line in an attempt to unsettle their opponents. They were widely condemned for persistent fouls, alleged simulation, and overly aggressive behaviour aimed at provoking Les Bleus throughout the encounter.
Mbappe, who scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot, was accused by Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill of refusing to shake his hand during the tempestuous contest, which sent Amarilla into a fury
‘When Orlando Gill, a young man who was probably setting foot in the World Cup for the first time, who was probably discovering Europe for the first time, was playing in front of the whole world and extended his hand with all the humility of a Paraguayan, this son of a bitch refused to shake his hand and shouted in his face,’ she declared in the Senate on Wednesday, according to RMC Sport.
‘That is not French. A Frenchman would never have done that. France is Jean-Jacques Rousseau, René Descartes, Montesquieu, Victor Hugo, Simone de Beauvoir, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
‘I refuse to reduce all of this immense France, as well as its immense cultural, artistic and democratic heritage, to Mbappe.’
In her vile post on social media platform X after the match, Amarilla wrote: ‘This brute hasn’t even learned to write’ before hurling racist insults at the superstar.
‘You should’ve shown him the finger, Orlando Gill; I do it in the senate and nothing happens!!!’
She also wrote in a separate post, that Mbappe was ‘pretending hard to be French, resentful, newly rich, arrogant, and ugly’.
Amarilla added: ‘He was nervous and scared to death the whole match, like his entire team; they couldn’t even score a goal, they won by a fluke.
‘The only thing many of us demanded of the Albirroja is not to have slapped him open-handed after the match ended. And that’s despite not being a soccer fan.’
Since Paraguay’s shameful World Cup exit, some fans of the national team have been filmed publicly burning effigies of the France star.
