Karla Sofía Gascón, known for her role in “Emilia Pérez” and as an Oscar nominee, has apologized after old social media posts with controversial opinions about Muslims, George Floyd, and diversity at the Oscars came to light this week.
“I want to recognize the discussion about my previous social media posts that have caused pain,” she said in a statement to Variety. “As a person from a marginalized community, I understand this pain very well, and I sincerely apologize to anyone I have hurt.” I have spent my whole life working for a better world. I believe that light will always win over evil.
A 2020 post, translated by Variety, features a picture of a Muslim family in a restaurant with a woman in a burka. The post says, “Islam is wonderful, without any male dominance.” Women deserve respect, and when they are respected, they may sometimes be seen in a way that limits their expression, showing only their eyes and mouths, but only if they act appropriately. They dress this way because they enjoy it. “How truly disgusting humanity can be.”
In another post from 2021, Gascón wrote, “I am so sick of so much of this shit, of islam, of christianity, of catholicism and of all the fucking beliefs of morons that violate human rights.”
In a post from 2020, shortly after George Floyd was killed by a police officer and caused nationwide protests, she expressed her belief that not many people truly cared about George Floyd, whom she described as a drug user and a con artist. She stated that his death showed that some people still view Black individuals in a degrading way and see police officers as killers. “Everyone else is mistaken.”
In one of her posts about the 2021 Oscars, she said, “The Oscars seem more and more like a ceremony for independent and protest films. I couldn’t tell if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter protest, or an 8M event.” Besides that, it was a really bad event.
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Last week, Gascón became the first publicly transgender actor to be nominated for an Oscar. She was the first transgender woman to win the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, sharing the honor with her co-stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz. She was also the first trans woman nominated for acting at the Golden Globes. She is managed by UTA.
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