Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón has deactivated her Twitter account after apologizing for previous tweets containing racist and Islamophobic views. For the reason that apology, much more posts have resurfaced, together with one wherein she says Hitler “merely had his opinion of the Jews.”
On Thursday, the primary overtly trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar addressed the resurfaced tweets in a press release to Selection, saying: “I need to acknowledge the dialog round my previous social media posts which have prompted damage. 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. All my life I’ve fought for a greater world. I imagine mild will all the time overcome darkness.”
Most of the tweets (translated from Gascón’s native language of Spanish) have been first resurfaced by journalist Sarah Hagi. The posts handle range on the Oscars, the George Floyd taking pictures, and Muslims.
In a single significantly topical tweet, she criticized the 2021 Academy Awards for making an effort at range: “Increasingly the #Oscars are trying like a ceremony for impartial and protest movies, I didn’t know if I used to be watching an Afro-Korean competition, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Other than that, an unsightly, ugly gala.”
In one other, Gascón addressed the 2020 killing of George Floyd by the hands of Minnesota police: “I actually suppose that only a few individuals ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler, however his demise has served to as soon as once more show that there are individuals who nonetheless think about Black individuals to be monkeys With out rights and think about policemen to be assassins. They’re all fallacious.”
There have been additionally a number of posts containing Islamophobic views. “Islam is turning into a hotbed of an infection for humanity that urgently must be cured,” Gascón wrote in 2016.
“Till we ban religions that go in opposition to European values and violate human rights, comparable to Islam, beneath the safety of freedom of worship, we is not going to finish a part of the massive downside we face,” she added in 2020. “Religion manipulates those that cling to religion.”
After the apology, extra posts resurfaced, together with the aforementioned protection of Hitler. “This is identical previous story, ‘black slaves and ladies within the kitchen,’” it reads. “However it’s my opinion and it have to be revered. I don’t perceive a lot world struggle in opposition to Hitler, he merely had his opinion of the Jews. Nicely, that’s how the world goes.”
Previous to turning into the primary overtly trans actor to obtain an Oscar nomination, Gascón obtained the identical distinction on the Golden Globes and gained one of the best actress award on the Cannes Movie Pageant alongside co-stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz.
it’s so insane that karla sofía gascón nonetheless has these tweets up. straight up have by no means seen tweets this racist from somebody actively campaigning to win an ACADEMY AWARD. there are greater than a dozen… pic.twitter.com/1rcNzkJXuo
— sarah hagi (@KindaHagi) January 30, 2025
i’m not exaggerating when i say there so many tweets. spanning years!! it’s actually one thing else pic.twitter.com/h70hGajBxu
— sarah hagi (@KindaHagi) January 30, 2025
Karla Sofía Gascón has now deactivated her account after much more offensive posts resurfaced, together with one defending Hitler. pic.twitter.com/46J9StfUmL
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 31, 2025