‘Emilia Pérez’: Karla Sofía Gascón Backlash Defined

• “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón has deactivated her X account following backlash over outdated tweets.
• Followers had highlighted detrimental tweets that seem to have been posted by Gascón as not too long ago as 2021.
• “I can now not enable this marketing campaign of hate and misinformation to have an effect on me and my household,” Gascón mentioned.

“Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón has deactivated her X account after coming below hearth for controversial previous social media posts.

The actor, who made historical past as the primary transgender performer to be nominated within the Oscars’ finest actress class, mentioned in an announcement shared with The Hollywood Reporter that she apologized for her “inaccurate” previous opinions and that she had deactivated her account as she might “now not enable this marketing campaign of hate and misinformation” to have an effect on her or her household.

“I’ve been threatened with dying, insulted, abused and harassed to the purpose of exhaustion,” she added. “I’ve an exquisite daughter to guard, whom I like madly and who helps me in every part.”

In a separate assertion by way of Netflix, the actor acknowledged the “dialog” round her previous posts, including: “As somebody in a marginalized group, I do know this struggling all too properly and I’m deeply sorry to these I’ve prompted ache.”

On Thursday, the Canadian journalist Sarah Hagi shared screenshots on X of posts that appeared to have been made by Gascón. Enterprise Insider could not confirm all of the screenshots, and a few posts appear to have been deleted.

The screenshots contained disparaging remarks about Muslims and Islam.

The posts have been written in Spanish however translated via Google by Hagi. This sparked extra social media customers to seek for and share screenshots of different posts that look like from Gascón.

Gascón wrote in different posts, seen by BI, that every one religions ought to be banned. In a submit from 2020, the actor referred to the COVID-19 vaccine as “the Chinese language vaccine” and mentioned it had a chip inside it.

Selection reported that in a submit shared in 2021, Gascón referred to the Oscars ceremony that 12 months as an “Afro-Korean competition” and “ugly, ugly gala.” That 12 months Daniel Kaluuya, a Black British actor, and Yuh-jung Youn, a South Korean actor, each gained Oscars.

Selection additionally highlighted one other deleted submit from 2020 that was shared days after George Floyd’s dying through which Gascón referred to him as “a drug addict and a hustler.”

Representatives for Netflix, Gascón, and the Academy didn’t reply to requests for remark from BI.

The controversy round Gascón has come after critics of “Emilia Pérez,” which gained 4 Golden Globes and obtained 13 Oscar nominations, voiced their opinions concerning the movie on social media, calling out its problematic portrayal of Mexico and transphobic stereotypes.

Gascón has been one of many movie’s major defenders.

On Tuesday, the Brazilian publication Folha de S.Paulo revealed a video interview through which Gascón criticized individuals who have been tearing her right down to help Fernanda Torres, one in all her opponents for one of the best actress Oscar.

In response, some sought to have Gascón disqualified from the Oscars, accusing her of breaking an Academy rule prohibiting these concerned with a movie from sharing public communication that casts a competing film in a “detrimental or derogatory mild.”

Selection reported on Wednesday that Gascón did not break the rule as a result of she did not touch upon Torres’ efficiency in “I am Nonetheless Right here.”