Lamine Yamal has broken his silence on the controversy surrounding his 18th birthday party in July.

The Barcelona star was accused of exploiting people with dwarfism and hiring women to attend based on their measurements.

Yamal threw a lavish bash to celebrate the milestone birthday which saw 200 people attend including family, friends and his Barcelona teammates.

Widespread condemnation

However, reports later emerged that people with Achondroplasia had been hired to work as waiters at the party.

That led to widespread disapproval from various activist groups as well as the General Director of Disability Jesus Martin in the Spanish government.

There was further controversy after Spanish model Claudia Calvo claimed Yamal had paid for 12 women with a 'certain breast size' to attend

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