Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for remark about ‘Chinese dictator’
Chinese brands ended partnerships and state broadcaster CCTV halted LaLiga coverage after Mbappé’s meme remarks drew backlash over national sentiment.
- Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments about Mao Zedong that offended people in China and Chinese communities worldwide.
- Three Chinese companies ended their sponsorship deals with the soccer star following the controversy.
- The companies condemned his remarks, saying they opposed words or actions that hurt national sentiment.
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Chinese television no longer shows commercials with Kylian Mbappé. The footballer had said in a podcast that he laughed at a meme that compares him to a Chinese dictator.
French striker Kylian Mbappé loses advertising contracts in China after his remarks on former historical leader Mao Zedong.
Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'
BEIJING (AP) — Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments in which he apparently referred to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China, as a dictator, after facing backlash and losing brand deals with at least three different Chinese
The real madrid star is said to have violated the "feelings of the Chinese people."
Kylian Mbappé responded to a joke about him and Mao Zedong. Now he apologizes to the Chinese people. "My comment was indiscreet," the French footballer writes.
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