Paraguayan Senator Renews Insults Against Mbappé in Congress

Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla has once again directed strong insults at French footballer Kylian Mbappé, this time during a session of the Paraguayan Congress. Amarilla's renewed criticism stems from Mbappé's alleged refusal to shake hands with Paraguayan goalkeeper Orlando Gill during a recent World Cup match.

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So what angered us? That when Orlando Gill, a child, who was stepping on a World Cup stage for the first time and surely for the first time in Europe (sic), playing before the world, and he offers his hand with all the humility of a Paraguayan... and this son of a bitch denies him his hand and shouts the goal in his face. That is not French, a Frenchman would never have done that.

Amarilla described the incident as offensive, stating that Gill, a young player on his first World Cup appearance, offered his hand with Paraguayan humility, only for Mbappé to allegedly deny it and shout the goal in his face. The senator questioned Mbappé's actions, suggesting they were un-French and implying his immigrant background influenced his behavior. She dismissed criticism from French individuals on social media, asserting her right to express her views.

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If it had been Mbappé, he would already be in therapy for all the harassment the French are giving me on social media. But keep going, go ahead, that's why I explained all this. It doesn't move me one bit what the French tell me.

This is not the first time Amarilla has made controversial statements about Mbappé. Previously, she referred to him as a "colonized Cameroonian" and made derogatory remarks comparing his upbringing to listening to chimpanzees. Despite facing backlash, Amarilla has defended her comments, attributing them to her upbringing in a different societal context where such language was more common. She also controversially stated that France is more than just Mbappé's land and urged French people to "stop crying like women what you didn't know how to defend as men."

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I refuse to think that France is just Mbappé's land. For me, it is much more, French people. Stop crying like women what you didn't know how to defend as men.