They interviewed him about his favorite meme was (in this day an age I would expect such a question but I still felt cringe when they asked him that) and Mbappe said that he liked the meme of Mao Zedong with Mbappe's face photoshopped on it. He also referred Mao as a "dictator". After he said that statement, a bunch of Chinese brands stopped sponsoring him in reaction. But he did apologize a few days later.