Kylian Mbappé clarifies the correct pronunciation of his name

Kylian Mbappé (25 years old) explained on Thursday in the Envoyé Spécial program how to pronounce his last name correctly without stopping between M and B.

A small detail that is important. In the episode of the show Envoyé Special dedicated to him on Thursday evening on France 2, Kylian Mbappé (25 years old) explained how to pronounce his last name correctly. And despite his worldwide fame and his extraordinary sporting feats, mistakes are numerous. “I’ll have a lot of work to do if I want to improve everyone,” smiles the PSG striker.

“There are no apostrophes”

So how should it be pronounced? “It’s Kylian Mbappé,” he says, sticking M and B together. “Because there is no apostrophe (between the first two letters, editor’s note),” he explains. that. Documentaries dedicated to him addressed his social commitments, his positions, his life as a champion or his closeness to his family, including his mother and advisor Faiza Lamari, also interviewed in this issue by journalist Alice Lucet.

“It’s a fusion,” assures the French international. “I have a very special relationship with my mother, with both of my parents, but it’s a completely different relationship. Both are very strong but they’re not the same thing. With my mother, it’s very close, we’re each Talking about things. , we’re like cat and dog. We talk to each other a lot, but that’s my whole family. With my dad, it’s even worse.”

“With my mother, we have this really unfiltered relationship, I tell her everything, she knows everything,” he continues. “She came with me to Monaco, we lived together, it adds an extra bond because we lived together every day. With my father, I have a very special but completely different relationship. We share this passion for football since we were kids. He is the one who instilled this passion for football in me. If I win an important trophy, I will not call my father first. But when something comes up in my life, I will call my mother more.”