Alex Padilla Lamine Yamal TikTok Drama

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Alex Padilla Lamine Yamal TikTok Drama refers to memes and jokes about TikToker Alex Padilla and her rumored boyfriend Lamine Yamal, a footballer from Spain known for being the youngest-ever scorer in a Euro Cup game. A video of Padilla seemingly sitting on another boy's lap in a TikTok LIVE went viral online in late July 2024, leading to rumors and memes about Yamal unfollowing Padilla online and breaking up with her.

Background

Lamine Yamal is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia, Spain, known for playing for the La Liga club Barcelona and Spain's national football team. He made news in July 2024 after becoming the youngest player to score at the European Championship and the youngest to ever win the Euro Cup.

Soon after Yamal and his team's victory at the 2024 Euro Cup games, photos of him celebrating with his rumored girlfriend Alex Padilla began making the rounds online (seen below).

Alex Padilla is a Spanish student and TikToker whose fame grew exponentially after news about her dating Yamal spread. Her TikTok^[1] account, @alexpaadilla, has over 1.5 million followers as of late July 2024.

On July 27th, 2024, a clip from Padilla's friend's TikTok LIVE began making the rounds online, supposedly showing the TikToker sitting on a male friend's lap at a social gathering. The now-deleted TikTok account @user82748375837474 was the first to post the video, with a reupload by @yamallaminee gathering over 7 million likes in a day (seen below).^[2]

Online Reactions

Many internet users and football fans posted memes and reacted to the rumors that Yamal's girlfriend may have cheated on him, with some internet users sharing supposed evidence that the footballer unfollowed Padilla on Instagram as confirmation that the two have separated. The X^[3] account @gxldeadam posted one such screenshot on July 27th, 2024, gathering over 1,000 likes in two days (seen below, left).

X^[4] user @Abdismoo posted a tweet on July 28th, joking about Alex Padilla's father crying after quitting his job in the hopes of striking rich through her relationship with Yamal, gathering over 8,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Also on July 28th, 2024, X^[5] user @GoonzalezRM posted a tweet about the varying online reactions to Pedro Miguel's girlfriend cooking for him and Padilla's supposed infidelity, gathering over 58,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Some internet users criticized people's urge to comment on the dating life of a 17-year-old, as seen in a post by X^[6] user @isirspov that gathered over 120,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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