Emilia Perez's Karla Sofia Gascon Deactivates X Account, Issues Statement Explaining Why

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Karla Sofia Gascon is stepping back from social media. On Friday (January 31), the 52-year-old Oscar-nominated Emilia Perez actress deactivated her account on X (formerly Twitter).

The move comes after she issued an apology for past offensive tweets that resurfaced. She explained her decision in a statement. Keep reading to find out more… Karla issued another apology for her past tweets in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter.

The outlet noted that it was translated from Spanish and was reportedly written “through tears.” “I’m sorry, but I can no longer allow this campaign of hate and misinformation to affect neither my family nor me anymore, so at their request I am closing my account on X,” Karla wrote. “I have been threatened with death, insulted, abused and harassed to the point of exhaustion.” Karla said that her presence on social media has “expressed my disagreement or agreement with all the related issues that have touched me and of which I have had an opinion, often erroneous, which has changed throughout my own experience.” “I have defended each and every one of the minorities in this world and supported freedom of religion and any action against racism and homophobia in the same way that I have criticized the hypocrisy that underlies them, because the first thing I am critical of is myself,” she wrote. “You will never hear me support a war, an injustice, extremism or applaud anyone who oppresses other human beings.” The resurfaced tweets came after Karla sparked controversy over comments that she made about fellow Best Actress nominee Fernanda Torres and her experience on social media.

There was some false speculation that her words could disqualify her from the Oscars. Read Karla Sofia Gascon’s