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France soccer captain Kylian Mbappe apologised to China on ?Tuesday after a fierce backlash over his comments referring to late Chinese leader Mao ?Zedong ?as a dictator, underscoring how swiftly global celebrities can come unstuck. In a video on a French podcast that has since been taken down, Mbappe is heard discussing a funny meme where his face had been photoshopped on to that of “some guy — I think he’s a Chinese dictator”. “During a recent interview, I reacted to an image of myself,” Real Madrid forward Mbappe said in a statement. “My comment ?was ill-judged, and I now…
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