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Chinese sponsors cut ties with Kylian Mbappé after Mao meme backlash
27 Oct 2026, 08:54 UTC · 3 independent sources
🚨 CHINESE SPONSORS DROP MBAPPÉ
Chinese sponsors dropped French soccer star Kylian Mbappé after a video surfaced appearing to show him commenting on a meme.
Mbappé appears to say the funniest internet meme he’d seen was of his face imposed on that of “a Chinese dictator”.
Source: ABC Australia, Al Jazeera #KylianMbappé #Mao #memebacklash
Sources
- ABC Australia
Chinese sponsors cut ties with Kylian Mbappé after Mao meme backlash
- Al Jazeera
Kylian Mbappe loses Chinese sponsors for calling Mao ‘Chinese dictator’
- NBC News
Memes, Mao and Mbappé: Chinese brands drop soccer star in fury over ‘dictator’ joke
