Real Madrid fans turn on Mbappe's girlfriend over smoking fears

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Real Madrid fans have started to turn on his girlfriend, Ester Exposito, on social media.

According to reports from numerous tabloids, the pair have been an item since the beginning of this year and have been photographed together on a number of occasions by paparazzi.

They have only publicly recognised their relationship via things like emojis on Instagram. Neither has posted a picture of the other on their social media accounts as of yet.

Los Blancos fans don't want any distractions from football for Mbappe, though, and have targeted Exposito for trivial reasons.

Marca reports that many have questioned why Mbappe would want to date someone who smokes cigarettes after the actress was spotted doing so in a video that circulated online.

Some Madridistas believe she is a bad influence on their superstar forward.

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According to Le Parisien, Exposito has been he subject of abuse from football fans online, many of whom have spread rumours about the actress's unproved and alleged racist and alocholic past.

The pair also received abuse from Real Madrid fans back in February after they were spotted together on holiday in Sardinia at a period when Los Blancos were going through a period of turmoil. Even though Mbappe was recovering from an injury at the time, he was chastised for not being among his team-mates ahead of a crunch La Liga fixture versus Espanyol.

Exposito was previously critical of the abuse she receives online and alluded to her relationship with Mbappe on an Instagram post.

"In recent months, and more particularly in recent days, false information and defamatory remarks about my private life have circulated on social networks," she wrote.

"They do not correspond in any way to reality or to the person I am. Absurd rumours, created for the sole purpose of dirtying a story between two people and violating my dignity. Not everything is allowed. This time, I am forced to set a limit and take legal action against the responsible persons!"

Mbappe has had a mixed start to the new campaign in Spain as last week he bagged a hat-trick against Real Sociedad but on Friday, missed a late penalty as Real Madrid fell to a 1-0 defeat versus Real Betis.