One interview. One favorite meme. CCTV pulled La Liga off the air. Sponsors walked away.
The meme lives on-chain.
$MAOPPE is live on @pumpdotfun 🇨🇳⚽️
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Two Chinese consumer brands cut ties with French soccer star Kylian Mbappé over comments deemed insulting to founding father Mao Zedong.
The controversy erupted after Mbappé was asked in a video which internet meme featuring himself had made him laugh the most. Full story: https://t.co/vUwVc0IRvT
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🇨🇳 Confirmado: Mbappé va a ser CANCELADO en China por referirse a Mao Zedong como «dictador».
Dongqiudi (懂球帝), una de las plataformas deportivas más famosas de China, acaba de publicar un comunicado en el que afirman que Mbappé ha herido el sentimiento de los chinos y que ni se van a dignar a traducir lo que dijo.
🚨 ÚLTIMA HORA | La televisión estatal China suspende las emisiones de @LaLiga tras la polémica con Mbappé
⚽️ El delantero del Real Madrid calificó de "dictador" al líder chino Mao Zedong al bromear sobre un meme
📻 #PartidazoCOPE
Where it all started in France. Asked about his favorite meme, he laughed and said it was the one with his face on a Chinese dictator. 🇨🇳
The internet heard it. So did Beijing. $MAOPPE
🚨 Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 : « Mon meme préféré sur ma personne ? ?
Celui où ils mettent mon visage sur un dictateur chinois (Mao Zedong). 🇨🇳
Ça me fait vraiment rire, je l’utilise tout le temps avec mes amis. » 😭😭
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Where it all started. Asked about his favorite meme, he laughed and said it was the one with his face on a Chinese dictator. 🇨🇳
The internet heard it. So did Beijing. $MAOPPE
Kylian Mbappé faces backlash in China after referring to a Mao Zedong meme as depicting a Chinese dictator.
3 Chinese companies end their partnerships with him, while Chinese state TV suspends La Liga broadcasts.