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Mbappe s mother: If the contract is not renewed for 22 years, it will affect the broadcast of Ligue 1/World Cup/Olympics

7:45pm, 10 September 2025【Football】

Hupu September 10th, Mbappe's mother Faiza Lamali was interviewed by the French Media Team.

(This is the second chapter of the Mbappe family series, extremely long...)

How do you define your role in Killian's sports choices?

We have known his goals since he was 15 years old. So, with his father, we just made sure he could go to Madrid. When he renews his contract with Paris Saint-Germain in 2022, we are trying to keep him.

That was also the only time we intervened. There was a lot of pressure at that time. We were told that if he left, he would have to lay off employees, and there was also the issue of television broadcasting rights, as well as Paris, as well as the new training center, the Olympics, the upcoming World Cup...and then, Paris is on the right path to winning the Champions League.

From now on, everything is going well. But I know that when Louis Campos arrives, everything will go well.

Can you meet?

not much, because the schedule is tight. When he has a rare three-day holiday, I won't go and say to him, "Come and see your mom."

Even if my dad and I are separated, we will try our best to spend four days together on Christmas. Then, in the summer, we will try our best to spend four or five days together.

Unless there is a Club World Cup. (She laughed.) The only moment of intimacy you can have during the season is to stay three or four hours like that…but you will never be truly alone. Yesterday I told him: "Go and take the driver's license test. At least let you stay in the car by yourself."

Due to safety and organizational reasons, he failed to take the driver's license test in Paris.

In Madrid, maybe even more... He said to me, "You are right, but these codes make me tired."

I insisted. "You will understand that having thirty minutes of free time, without a driver or a security guard, is good for you. You can drive your car and listen to the music you want to listen to..."

But yes, I don't have that many moments when I'm intimate with him. If you can bear it, bear it. Last year, he came to my home south for a few days, no one, no Wi-Fi. He was very disgusted, but in the end he still said to me: "It feels so good..."

As a result, you have also become a hot topic in the media.

I am not ready yet. I was so scared that I was feeling uncomfortable. From his first Champions League match against Manchester City (starting), I said to myself, "It's Justin Bieber!" From that game to the pressure of transferring to Paris Saint-Germain (six months later), I gained 22 kg.

Now, I have control over my life. I got peace and when things weren't going well, I had my own place to recharge myself.

But family members, regardless of closeness or alienation, will inevitably evolve with the success of their children, right?

Wilfried and I were lucky that we had two families and each was very close to the children. We were so happy that no one bothered them, and no one asked them for anything. Afterwards, we always tell Killian that it is not him that what changes, but other people’s opinions. I don't feel like I've changed. However, sometimes I get criticized for forgetting my origin. It's a little painful, but after that, you'll keep moving forward.

I can't save the world, but I know that few people of our level can do it.

Have you ever worried that Killian would fall into that bad situation, that kind of arrogance?

Yes, I'm scared. Of course he is sometimes arrogant, but parents just want to calm their children.

Take the press conference of the French national team a year ago for example. When he responded to the Blues' boring game level, he said, "What others think, I don't worry the least..." After opening the phone after taking a nap, I saw the chaos it caused, my first reaction was to blame him for not keeping his mouth...but I changed my mind.

He was in poor health at the time and he had the right to say so, but he never really did. You have the right to get drunk and prove that you are human, but this is misunderstood.

At the same time, people have asked him about everything since he was a very young age… When I heard that he had a communication mistake… Let’s go back to reality, he has no crisis communication master’s degree. Listen to what he said, he never speaks stiff language. It's just that people always think he's calculating.

Where does his smooth communication pattern come from?

His grandparents were Cameroonians, and their French proficiency was unmatched. Wilfried said his father was even able to participate in public speaking contests.

So Mbappe grew up in the adult world, with eleven uncles and aunts around him. It was a very cultural world, my sister was a teacher and her parents were also engaged in the sports world. All of this, coupled with his unique brain, creates the ones you see on the screen. When he was 5 years old, he memorized all the tracks of Aznavor... Not all children can do it. (She laughed.) Now, he is more skilled in the Tiakola dance.

Many people think he has a high IQ?

They wanted him to take the test, but he failed to complete it. In fact, the school helped him complete it because he couldn't sit still. This is still the case today. But because the other students were resting, he wanted to play football with them, but he failed the exam.

They decided to let him skip the level and get him to double level. When they arrived in CM2, they changed schools so that he could accept personalized and adaptable courses.

Apart from that, he is always bored and just makes trouble. In the sixth grade, one day the teacher asked him to tear down the door. He believed it and removed the door. I almost wanted to kill him. The only thing we haven't encountered any trouble is football, and he can control himself when playing football.

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