French striker Kylian Mbappé has been giving ladies sleepless nights ever since the World Cup final in Qatar.
Nadia Mukami, Karen Nyamum Hamisa Mobetto are among a handful of female celebrities who publicly confessed they were crushing on Mbappé.
With all these female celebs crushing on Mbappé, we couldn’t help but wonder if the French striker was dating or not.
We embarked on a long journey to find out who Mbappé is dating and to our shock, we discovered he is dating a fellow man.
The media in Italy and France, in particular, have been following the story of Mbappé and Ines Rau, a 32-year-old model.
Rau was born a man and at 16 changed gender. She gradually earned a place in the modeling world until she made it to the cover of the men’s magazine in 2017, becoming the first openly transgender woman to do so.
A year later she published her autobiography “Woman,” in which she confirmed that at 16 she underwent gender reassignment surgery; when she revealed her sexuality at 24 she said it was the most liberating thing in her life.
Rau was also Playboy magazine’s ‘Playmate of the month’ for their November issue, making her the first openly transgender woman to be featured that way.
Although neither Mbappe nor Rau have made it official, in past months some photographs surfaced where they are seen very happy on a yacht, chatting very cheerful, while in another photograph the PSG player is seen carrying her in his arms.
On her Instagram account, Ines Rau has more than one million followers and several photographs in which she appears modeling.
Rau said in a previous interview for Playboy, via ETOnline: “I lived a long time without saying I was transgender.
“I dated a lot and almost forgot. I was scared of never finding a boyfriend and being seen as weird. Then I was like, ‘You know, you should just be who you are. It’s a salvation to speak the truth about yourself, whether it’s your gender, sexuality, whatever.
“The people who reject you aren’t worth it. It’s not about being loved by others; it’s about loving yourself.’”
She added: “When I was doing this shoot, I was thinking of all those hard days in my childhood.
“And now everything happening gives me so much joy and happiness. I thought, ‘Am I really going to be a Playmate — me?’ It’s the most beautiful compliment I’ve ever received. It’s like getting a giant bouquet of roses.”
