‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Karla Sofía Gascón
Deletes X Account
In Wake of Racist Posts
Revealed January 31, 2025 10:20 AM PST
“Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón’s award-season glory has rapidly fizzled after massively offensive previous X posts have come to gentle — and with the backlash intensifying, she’s now deleted her account.
Gascón’s X account @karsiagascon was deactivated Friday after individuals dug up a bunch of posts from 2016 when the embattled first trans Oscar nominee ranted about Muslims, George Floyd, and, sarcastically, range on the Oscars — regardless of being a part of a minority neighborhood herself.
In a deeper breakdown of her feedback … she got here for a Muslim household eating at a restaurant, mocking the way in which ladies gown in Islamic tradition and even suggesting the faith ought to be banned.
As for George Floyd, she labeled him “a drug addict and a hustler,” including that “only a few individuals ever cared” … regardless of his demise sparking nationwide protests and fueling the Black Lives Matter motion.
Hollywood’s range efforts additionally didn’t sit effectively together with her, writing, “I didn’t know if I used to be watching an Afro-Korean pageant, a Black Lives Matter demonstration, or the 8M. Aside from that, an unsightly, ugly gala.”
Gascón has since apologized by way of a Netflix assertion obtained by TMZ, saying … “I need to acknowledge the dialog round my previous social media posts which have brought on harm. As somebody in a marginalized neighborhood, I do know this struggling all too effectively and I’m deeply sorry to these I’ve brought on ache. All my life I’ve fought for a greater world. I imagine gentle will all the time conquer darkness.” She additionally launched a prolonged assertion to The Hollywood Reporter.
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It stays to be seen if there can be severe penalties to the controversy or if the Academy finally ends up pulling her historic nomination.
We have reached out to the Academy … up to now, no phrase again.
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