Kylian Mbappé is currently in the United States with the French team to compete in the 2026 World Cup. And while the Blues won Tuesday evening against Senegal at the MetLife Stadium, another Kylian Mbappé is quietly leading his life in France… This Friday, June 19 2026, the show Yours revealed the interview of a young man of 18 who is also called… Kylian Mbappé. Imagine declining your identity and being systematically taken for a joker or a liar? This is the daily life of this 18-year-old young man who showed his identity card in front of the camera, before opening up about the negative aspect of being the namesake of a planetary superstar. “At the beginning it was rather tiring, it became heavy.â€he first confided in the show, the extract of which was re-shared on Instagram.
Young Kylian notably remembered a stressful mishap at Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris. Having forgotten his Navigo card, he was intercepted by civil service agents who, obviously, had difficulty believing in his identity: “They ask me my first and last name. I had nothing to prove to them, so I told them my name was Kylian Mbappé and they really got angry with me, they didn’t believe me. They told me: ‘we don’t have time for your nonsense’. I spent a lot of time with them waiting, they were convinced it was a joke.”
Kilian Mbappé’s namesake, also a footballer, dreams of meeting him
Beyond civil status, the 18-year-old young man also shares the passion for football with the captain of the Blues. And the story does not end there since the Paris Saint-Germain club could have had two players with the same first and last name in its team. “I have also been playing football since I was little, since the age of six. I was doing pretty well. I was approached by Paris Saint-Germain. It was a crazy coincidence because I also tried out for PSG.”confided the young man in It’s over to you. Unfortunately, unlike the Real Madrid striker in a relationship with Ester Exposito, the detection “N’a pas endi”. Today, his ultimate dream would be to be able to meet the player to share this extraordinary experience: “I would really like to meet him, talk with him, ask him if he saw that my name was like him, everything that’s going on around him, ask him for some advice.”
The funny daily life of the namesakes of French celebrities
Bearing the surname of a huge celebrity is not easy. In a survey published by the daily Provence in 2013, several residents of the Aix-en-Provence region have broken the silence on the funny and sometimes annoying situations that their namesake has generated on a daily basis. “When you reserve a table at a restaurant, people start by asking if it’s you… This creates a climate of sympathy very quickly”explained Marcel Cerdan, proud to be the namesake of the boxer with a tragic destiny. “One day, I sent an email to the writer to tell him that he had a namesake who also wrote books…”said Marc Levy, engineer and author of scientific books. Unfortunately, homonymy also reserves unpleasant surprises, particularly administrative ones. An Aix resident named Jacques Martin deplored serious tax misunderstandings: “I have received so many letters from the taxman asking me for money for fines… So each time, you have to show who you are.” Finally, for Catherine Larra with two Rs, “Most often, I don’t give my first name when I introduce myself… I’m Mrs. Larra. HAS” Names that are not always easy to bear!
