Ester Expósito and Kylian Mbappé: the unexpected couple that stars in all the gossip magazines | People

After days of rumors on social networks, ambiguous photos and silence on their part, this Wednesday, March 11, Real Madrid footballer Kylian Mbappé (Paris, 27 years old) and (Madrid, 26 years old) are the undisputed protagonists of all gossip magazines, which show exclusive images of the athlete and the performer playing bowling or sharing dinners, private jet trips and affectionate glances. “The photos that confirm their romance,” headlines Week. “The surprise couple of the moment”, defines them Hello! in the report inside its pages.

The first clues about a possible romance between the striker and the actress Elite They date back to the weekend of March 7 and 8, when several witnesses claim to have seen them together in Paris, the footballer’s hometown. Indeed, Mbappé was in the French capital consulting specialists about . His absence was even commented on by Pep Guardiola. This Tuesday, at the press conference prior to the Champions League match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, the coach was asked about Mbappé and his trip to Paris. “Is my opinion important about him going to Paris? According to the information, it wasn’t just… It also happens in our club, I think it’s not disdain. But I’m no one to give my opinion on that,” Guardiola said.

Meanwhile, Expósito had been invited to a dinner at the Louvre, within the calendar of events for fashion week in the French capital. According to several publications on social networks that include photos and videos, they met and spent time together, in a very close attitude.

The fuse was lit by French blogger Aqababe, who had been seeing each other for a few weeks: “According to my exclusive information, Kylian Mbappé and Ester Expósito are dating at the moment. They were together on February 25 in Madrid and several girls saw them yesterday at the Pullman bar kissing all night,” he said in a tweet. The witnesses also placed them having dinner at an Italian restaurant with views of the Eiffel Tower and at the same time, although separately, at their accommodation to take a private plane back to Madrid.

Aqababe himself published the alleged photos of the affection between Mbappé and Expósito on the roof of the Pullman (which is also a hotel), to illustrate his exclusive:

Regarding the information about the meeting between the forward and the interpreter in Madrid on February 25, before their weekend in Paris, according to Vanitatis It should be added in the Spanish capital. The publication mentions that the Real Madrid forward could have paid “a few thousand euros” at an iconic Madrid night spot, whose name is not revealed, to be able to meet the actress in its reserved spaces.

In addition to the more or less blurry photos that show them together in various places in Paris and the video – this time clearer – leaving the same luxury hotel together to leave the French capital, there are images of both of them landing together at the Adolfo Suárez Barajas airport in Madrid on the footballer’s private jet. In the snapshots, which were published in a first batch, they are seen getting off the plane one after another; first her, with jeans, a beige jacket and cap and a mustard-colored handbag; and then the soccer player, with a white sweatshirt and dark pants and visor. According to the magazine, both would have traveled accompanied by some people from Expósito’s entourage.

It is not the first time that the actress Venus o Lost in the night She is related to a Real Madrid footballer. Before, in 2022, rumors arose about a possible relationship with Vinicius Jr. that she was quick to deny. The Brazilian athlete, a great follower of the series Elitehad interacted in some publications on the interpreter’s Instagram, to which were added images of the two from Miami—but not together—; although finally she modified hers and located them in Madrid. As soon as the rumors of a possible romance between the two started, Expósito published a message on his profile. stories in which the phrase “fake news” was read, making it clear that these were false.

Among the confirmed couples of the actress is , with whom she dated from 2017 to 2019; the Mexican actor Alejandro Speitzer, with whom he had a briefer relationship, which ended in a pandemic, and the also performer Nico Furtado. The Uruguayan actor, with whom she was in 2023, when she was 23 and he was 35 years old, was her last known relationship. , Expósito assured that it is difficult for him to discover when a person will become his friend or not: “You don’t know. It takes me a long time. In fact, I met one of my best friends, Sergio Momo, in Elite but we didn’t become friends until the series ended, months later. I’m not thinking about making friends. It has to happen naturally.” And about her past relationships, she said: “If you think about it, all my formal boyfriends have been actors because that’s the bubble in which I move. When I go out, obviously not everyone is an actor, but I’m not going to get to know each other either, unless a crush suddenly happens, which doesn’t usually happen. When I have fallen in love naturally it is because I have spent time with the person and the people I spend the most time with are actors.”

The French footballer’s love history, on the other hand, is more reserved. So much so that an official partner is not known to date, although in the past he has been linked to models such as the French Alicia Aylies and Ines Rau and the Belgian Stella Maxwell.