“Emilia Pérez” best actress Oscar nominated Karla Sofía Gascón apologized on Thursday for a series of resumed tweets she admitted “has caused injury.”
They then deleted tweets, which had been exposed on social media months ago but were excavated again in increasing numbers as the day went by, expressed anti -Islam and vaccination view, cut George Floyd as a “hustler” and complained about past Oscars ceremonies to be too awake.
“I want to admit the conversation about my previous posts on social media that have caused injury,” Gascón said through Netflix’s PR team. “As someone in a marginalized society, I know that this suffering too well and I am deeply sorry for the ones I have caused pain. All my life I have struggled for a better world. I think light will always win over darkness. “
The attention to her earlier tweets came after Gascón had come to fire for alleged in a Brazilian interview that people near Fernanda Torres, the Brazilian actress who was nominated for “I’m not there”, had confused her on social media. The academy said that her comments about Torres did not constitute a campaign violation, but Gascón issued a statement that supported her previous comments and said that “no one directly associated with (Torres) has been anything but supportive and extremely generous.”
After the academy confirmed that her statements were not a violation, the attention turned to old tweets that preceded the release of “Emilia Pérez.” The Muslim Council for public issues made a statement to lose and call their comments “harmful, offensive and shocking”, which led to the subsequent apology.
All season, “Emilia Perez” has been one of the most attacked by the Oscar Characters on Social Media, with critics who also pronounces French director Jacques Audiard’s decision to shoot the film in France and use a largely non-Mexican role, despite the fact that Despite the French director Jacques Audiard, the fact that the film about a transgender people drew Lord is located in Mexico and has largely Mexican characters.
Despite the widespread criticism on social media, “Emilia Pérez” leads all films in nominations for this year’s Oscars, and sets a new record for most nominations ever for a movie that is not in English.
Steve Pond contributed to this report.
