Karla Sofia Gascon Shares Thoughts on Controversy During Awards Season, Says She 'Contemplated the Unthinkable'

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Karla Sofia Gascon opened up about the controversy that consumed the end of awards season for her. The 52-year-old Emilia Perez actress was viewed as a favorite to win Best Actress at the 2025 Oscars after landing a historic nomination as the first openly trans actress to receive a nod in the category.

However, her campaign was thrown off the tracks after controversial social media posts resurfaced. She skipped multiple events after the posts went viral but was present for the Oscars where her situation was joked about during the opening monologue.

Now that awards season is over, Karla opened up about her experience in a lengthy statement, saying that there were times when she “contemplated the unthinkable.” Keep reading to find out more… Karla told The Hollywood Reporter that she “loved the [Oscars] ceremony” and “found it very enjoyable.” What did she have to say about awards season? “I would have liked to experience it more normally, from the happiness of being nominated, of celebrating, as I am now, full of love, a person who puts her soul and her being into her work and who gives herself to others,” she told the outlet. “I am very grateful to return and for how my colleagues and the professionals of the Hollywood industry received me.

I am grateful to the academy, to Netflix and to the production.” Karla issued another apology for her posts, saying that the controversial posts were a result of “fear, from my own ignorance, from my own pain.” She described the experience as an “unexpected, devastating storm and that “the pain has been so overwhelming that I contemplated the unthinkable” at times. “I harbored darker thoughts than those I considered in some of my previous, no less intimate and personal struggles,”