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Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla: Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla has issued a fiery open letter to Kylian Mbappe, demanding a public apology and threatening legal action over alleged "gender-based violence" after French football called the Paraguayan senator "despicable" and "unworthy of a position" for her "abhorrent and odious" racist remarks.

Celeste, who is from Paraguay's Liberal Radical Party, posted her comments on X after her country's defeat by France in the last 16 of the World Cup. In reponse, Mbappe said, "You are a despicable woman and unworthy of your position. You do not represent Paraguay, that country which has sweated passion and honour throughout the competition."

In her letter, she shared on social media, Senator Amarilla admitted to posting insults "in the heat of the moment" but stated she quickly deleted them upon realising she was "repeating behaviour she despises".