• Kylian Mbappé seemingly hard-launched his relationship with actress Ester Expósito via Instagram Stories during the World Cup final on July 19.
  • He posted a photo of her wearing his soccer uniform before quickly deleting it.
  • Ester Expósito, known for playing Carla Rosón on Netflix's Élite, has been photographed with Mbappé multiple times since spring, including at a Paris bowling alley and various outings together.

Team France may not have made it to the World Cup finals, but Kylian Mbappé still won big. And, no, I’m not talking about the Golden Boot. The athlete seemingly hard-launched his rumored relationship with Ester Expósito on Instagram Stories during the finals on Sunday, July 19, but deleted it minutes later.

Luckily, I captured a screenshot in case you might have blinked and missed it. In the snap, Ester posed while wearing Kylian’s soccer uniform in a hotel room. Name a harder launch…I’ll wait.

Person posing in a blue France soccer jersey with the number 10 and a captain's armband, standing in a hotel room.
Kylian Mbappé//Instagram

Kylian’s sneaky Insta post comes after he and Ester were spotted watching and celebrating the World Cup final game between Argentina and Spain on a boat. They cozied up to each other over a fancy meal during the game, per footage posted on TikTok.

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Ester and Kylian first sparked dating rumors back in March, when she was photographed watching him play during a Real Madrid game. By April, Hola reported they had been on a date to a bowling alley in Paris, and the following month, they were photographed hanging out together on multiple occasions. (Including on a yacht in Sardinia, Italy…casual!)

And, in case you might be wondering who Ester is—and why she might look a little familiar—she’s an actor who played Carla Rosón Caleruega, one of the wealthiest students at Las Encinas, on three seasons of Netflix’s Elité.

Now, she’s starring in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming adaptation of Marfil by Mercedes Ron, and Cosmo actually caught up with her at Obsessed Fest in Los Angeles on June 29. Spoiler alert: she looked incredibly fab.

Person in a semi-sheer black dress with a blue sky background.
Zamar Velez

It’s unclear why Kylian seemingly deleted the post, but I’ll be keeping an eye out for these two and whether they’ll attempt a hard launch again sometime soon.