Overview
- Reports trace the relationship story to early 2026 sightings during Paris Fashion Week that led outlets to follow the pair through the spring and summer.
- News outlets say photographers captured a discreet March dinner in Paris and a joint private-jet arrival in Madrid, which intensified coverage of their link.
- Magazine images published this year showed the pair on Mediterranean vacations in Ibiza, Formentera and Sardinia and were presented by some outlets as confirmation.
- Neither Mbappé nor Expósito has publicly confirmed a romance, and coverage leans on social-media interactions such as likes and emoji comments alongside paparazzi photos.
- Interest spiked after Spain beat France in the World Cup semifinal on Tuesday when Mbappé spoke about the loss and Expósito remained publicly quiet, renewing fan and press scrutiny.