All the Celebrities Who Attended the 2026 FIFA World Cup Opening Game in Mexico City
From performers like Shakira and Tyla, to soccer stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, and actors including Diego Boneta
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening game in Mexico City wasn't just a sports event — it was a full-scale celebrity convergence, and the fashion that walked through those stadium gates deserved its own broadcast. According to Harper's Bazaar, the guest list read like the most eclectic dinner party ever assembled: Shakira, Salma Hayek, Tyla, Burna Boy, Cristiano Ronaldo, and a who's-who of Mexican entertainment royalty including Belinda Peregrin, Renata Notni, Diego Boneta, Karla Souza, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Juan Pablo Medina — plus football legends Carles Puyol and Luís Figo there to remind everyone this was, technically, about the sport.
Shakira alone justified the press pit. The Colombian icon has never met a stadium she couldn't own, and showing up to the World Cup opener on home-adjacent turf felt less like a cameo and more like a coronation. Salma Hayek, meanwhile, proved that Mexican pride and effortless glamour aren't mutually exclusive — they're basically synonymous.
The New Faces Making Noise
Tyla and Burna Boy brought the global south energy that this particular World Cup — spanning the US, Canada, and Mexico — was practically designed to celebrate. Their presence wasn't incidental; it signaled exactly where culture's center of gravity has shifted. And Belinda Peregrin, a fixture of Mexican pop for two decades, showed up as a reminder that local icons don't need a Hollywood co-sign to command a room.
On the acting side, Karla Souza, Diego Boneta, and Luis Gerardo Méndez represented a Mexican film and TV industry that has spent the last several years quietly becoming one of the most compelling in the world. Renata Notni and Juan Pablo Medina rounded out a contingent that felt less like celebrity seating filler and more like a deliberate statement about whose stories — and whose style — matter on the world stage right now.
Cristiano Ronaldo in the stands rather than on the pitch is still Cristiano Ronaldo — which means even retired-adjacent, he remains the most watched person in any room. Puyol and Figo added the elder statesmen gravitas that every great event needs, the kind of presence that contextualizes the spectacle without dampening it.
When the opening game of a World Cup doubles as a fashion and cultural moment this dense, it's a sign that the beautiful game has officially merged with the attention economy — and the celebrities who showed up dressed accordingly.
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