Eugenio Derbez Apologizes to Selena Gomez After She Responds to His Comments About Her 'Emilia Perez' Performance

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Eugenio Derbez is now issuing an apology to Selena Gomez. If you missed it, the 63-year-old Acapulco star recently criticized the 32-year-old entertainer’s performance in her recent movie Emilia Pérez, along with her Spanish speaking in the film. “I feel like what happens is they don’t speak Spanish,” he said on the Hablando de Cine podcast. “If you watch a Russian film or a German film that is subtitled in Spanish and you see someone [speaking in the original language], you say, ‘Oh, look.

OK. How interesting.’” Selena then caught a clip of his comments on TikTok, where she commented that she understood where he was coming from, but did the best she could.

Now, Eugenio has formally apologized to Selena, calling his comments “careless” and “indefensible.” Keep reading to see what he said… “Dear Selena, I truly apologize for my careless comments—they are indefensible and go against everything I stand for,” he wrote in a TikTok post. “As Latinos, we should always support one another.

There’s no excuse. I was wrong, and I deeply admire your career and your kind heart. “Emilia Pérez deserves to be celebrated, not diminished by my thoughtless remarks.