Mbappé Accidentally Posted Ester Expósito to the Whole World, Then Deleted It Seconds Later

Kylian Mbappé appears to have accidentally shared a private photo of his girlfriend to his entire following on Instagram — and though he deleted it within seconds, fans were already too quick for him.

Before the France captain could hit delete, fans had already saved the image: Spanish actress Ester Expósito standing barefoot at a hotel mirror, wearing his black zig-zag No. 10 away kit, shorts, and captain’s armband.

The photo went up right after France’s 4-6 bronze-medal loss to England at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, where Mbappé had just taken the tournament’s Golden Boot with 10 goals and passed Miroslav Klose to become the all-time World Cup top scorer with 22. It vanished seconds later, the kind of slip that reads like a Close Friends story that escaped to the main grid.

Expósito, 26, is the Spanish actress who broke out as Carla in Netflix’s Élite. She’s famously guarded about her personal life and has said she knows “nothing about football.” She flew in from Los Angeles for the match, her first France game of this World Cup after months spent working stateside.

Mbappé, 27, has never once confirmed a girlfriend in his career. The two have never called themselves a couple, though the paper trail runs long: first sightings in Paris in March, a kiss photographed in a car in Madrid in April, yacht trips to Sardinia and Ibiza in May.

Asked about him at a Real Madrid derby back in March, Expósito gave the whole thing its unofficial motto: “I’m not going to say anything, but I’m doing great.”

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