How did Ester Expósito and Kylian Mbappé meet? The story that may have begun in Real Madrid's locker room
The first images of the actress and the footballer together sparked rumors in March, but several later reports suggest that their story began much earlier.
A picture is worth more than a thousand words; that of Ester and Kylian is worth a million, because there are stories that begin with a photograph, and in this case that was so. Their meeting in Paris was enough for their names to appear together and for the question to begin: When and where did they meet?
The answer, however, seems to be in Madrid. According to different versions published in Spain, the footballer had already taken an interest in the actress and is said to have asked about her within his close circle.
The photographs in the French capital suggested that this was where the story began; however, the chronology published later points in another direction.
According to information gathered by Spanish media, Expósito and Mbappé had already met in Madrid before traveling together to the City of Light. There was even talk of meetings prior to February 25, always under an attempt to maintain the utmost discretion. The reality is that both the actress and the player share the same residential area, and there is suspicion of previous and very discreet meetings.
Who set the story in motion?
One of the details that has generated the most curiosity since the rumors began is who made the first move. Some reports pointed to Mbappé as the one who started asking about her in the locker room.
The name that appears in the middle of that story is Vinícius Jr. 's. The Brazilian forward is a friend of the actress and, at the same time, Mbappé's teammate at Real Madrid . A connection far simpler than it might seem for two people with such exposed lives.
The published version about those first contacts suggests that social media also played an important role. Before meeting face to face, the two already knew each other indirectly.
A dinner, a bowling alley and a key image
In Paris , the first signs began to appear. Both were linked to a dinner and a bowling game, while reports also emerged about them coinciding at a hotel. Along the same lines, what definitively sparked the relationship was when Mbappé headed to the airport, Expósito appeared in the vehicle taking him there.
From that point on, the story stopped being a simple coincidence between two celebrities. Their next moves were followed much more closely.
Months later, the couple was seen together again during their vacation. Sardinia and Ibiza became some of the settings of their summer, and the photographs once again showed that the story that had begun far from the cameras had ended up being impossible to keep completely private.
The truth is that neither Ester nor Kylian has publicly shared exactly how they met. We do not know the exact day they saw each other for the first time, who made the first move, or what that first conversation was like. Nor is there an official version from either of them about when they began seeing each other.
