Oscar nominee Karla Sofia Gascon is facing backlash on multiple fronts (Picture: AP) Karla Sofia Gascón, the Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez star, is facing backlash for resurfaced posts on X targeting Muslims, George Floyd and Oscar diversity. The 52-year-old actor, who made history as the first out trans person to be nominated for an Academy Award in the best actress category, is facing mounting criticism for historic – and recent – comments. The…

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Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón faces backlash after anti-Muslim tweets resurface, sparking outrage.

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Just a day after an interview in which she accuses Fernanda Torres’s close circle, one of her direct competitors to rise up with the Oscar to the best actress, of conspiring against her, Karla Sofía Gascón became news and not precisely because of her work. The name of the performer returned to the front pages of the major media in the United States after xenophobic and racist comments were viralized that the Spanish transsexual actress shared in…

Apenas un día después de que trascendiera una entrevista en la que acusa al círculo cercano de Fernanda Torres, una de sus competidoras directas a alzarse con el Oscar a la mejor actriz, de conspirar en su contra, Karla Sofía Gascón volvió a ser noticia y no precisamente por su trabajo. El nombre de la intérprete volvió a las portadas de los principales medios de los Estados Unidos luego de que se viralizaran comentarios xenófobos y racistas que…

Sigue el escándalo: salen a la luz mensajes racistas de Karla Sofía Gascón, la actriz transexual española candidata al Oscar por Emilia Pérez

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The scandal continues: racist messages come out of Karla Sofía Gascón, the Spanish transsexual actress candidate for Oscar for Emilia Pérez

The Oscars have this 2025 a star category, of high level and more competitive than ever before: that of best star actress. But this week the Spanish Karla Sofía Gascón (Alcobendas, 52 years old), protagonist of Emilia Pérez, has complicated the race with a series of comments and with the resurrection of old offensive tweets that can influence the final votes of the academics, which will take place at the end of February. Gascón has been campaign…

Los Oscar tienen este 2025 una categoría estrella, de alto nivel y más competida que nunca: la de mejor actriz protagonista. Pero esta semana la española Karla Sofía Gascón (Alcobendas, 52 años), protagonista de Emilia Pérez, se ha complicado la carrera con una serie de comentarios y con la resurrección de antiguos tuits ofensivos que pueden influir en las votaciones finales de los académicos, que tendrán lugar a finales de febrero. Gascón lleva…

La polémica azota a Karla Sofía Gascón: antiguos tuits racistas y ofensivos ponen en peligro su carrera al Oscar

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Controversy Hits Karla Sofía Gascón: Former racist and offensive tweets endanger her Oscar career

The first openly transgender actress nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress, Karla Sofía Gascón said she was “deeply sorry for those whom [she] caused pain”.

Première comédienne ouvertement transgenre nommée pour l’Oscar de la meilleure actrice, Karla Sofía Gascón s’est dite « profondément désolée pour ceux à qui [elle a] causé de la peine ».

Karla Sofia Gascon, l’actrice d’« Emilia Perez », présente ses excuses pour d’anciens tweets sur la communauté musulmane et la mort de George Floyd

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“Emilia Perez” actress Karla Sofia Gascon apologises for old tweets about the Muslim community and the death of George Floyd

Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, nominated for an Oscar for her role in Emilia Pérez, has apologized for her past social media posts, which included negative comments about Muslim migrants, Islam, and the black man George Floyd, who died while being arrested in 2020.

Španělská herečka Karla Sofía Gascónová, nominovaná na Oscara za roli ve snímku Emilia Pérez, se omluvila za své staré příspěvky na sociálních sítích. V nich se negativně vyjadřovala mimo jiné o muslimských migrantech, islámu či černochovi Georgi Floydovi, který zemřel při zatýkání v roce 2020.

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Oscar-nominated transgender actress apologizes for criticizing Islam

Hollywood and the entire cinéfila community have dawned this Friday with a statement by Karla Sofía Gascón. Emilia Pérez’s protagonist has apologized to her audience after old Twitter posts with racist and Islamophobic content were released, recovered by media like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading...

Hollywood y toda la comunidad cinéfila ha amanecido este viernes con un comunicado de Karla Sofía Gascón. La protagonista de Emilia Pérez se ha disculpado con su audiencia después de que salieran a la luz publicaciones antiguas en Twitter con contenido racista e islamófobo, recuperadas por medios como Variety y The Hollywood Reporter. Seguir leyendo...

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Karla Sofía Gascón apologizes for her racist tweets: "I have always fought for a better world"

Karla Sofía Gascón, the protagonist of the film Emilia Pérez and the first trans actress to be nominated for the Oscar, apologizes for her old messages on social media in which she denigrated Islam and in which she called George Floyd "drug addict and scammer.""As someone from a marginalized community, I know this suffering too well," the actress said in a statement through Netflix and argued that she deeply regrets what happened.In this way, th…

Karla Sofía Gascón, la protagonista de la película Emilia Pérez y primera actriz trans en ser nominada al Oscar, se disculpa por sus antiguos mensajes en las redes sociales en los que denigraba al Islam y en los que llamaba a George Floyd "drogadicto y estafador"."Como alguien de una comunidad marginada, conozco este sufrimiento demasiado bien", dijo la actriz en un comunicado a través de Netflix y defendió que lamenta profundamente lo ocurrido.…

Salen a la luz varios tuits racistas de Karla Sofía Gascón en el pasado: "La vacuna china viene con rollitos de primavera"

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Several racist tweets by Karla Sofia Gascón come out in the past: "The Chinese vaccine comes with spring rolls"

Oscar-nominated actress Karla Sofia Gascon has apologised for controversial social media posts about Islam, George Floyd, and Oscars diversity that resurfaced this week

Emilia Pérez star faces backlash with resurfaced tweets amid 'Oscar violation'

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