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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor An unexpected controversy has upended the Oscar race in an awards season defined by historical milestones. Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly trans woman nominated for best actress, is now facing intense scrutiny after resurfaced tweets exposed years-long patterns of Islamophobic and racist rhetoric. Freelance culture writer Sarah Hagi, a Canada-based journalist and co-host of the podcast “Scamfluencers,” uncovered the tweets and found herself at the center of the conversation.

Awards season might be done, but it’s clear that Karla Sofía Gascón still feels raw about her chances of Oscar glory being dashed by her historical social media rants.

In a lengthy new statement, Karla Sofía Gascón reflected on the bumpy ride that was her Academy Awards campaign, revealing that she “contemplated the unthinkable” and “will commit to continuing to learn and listen” in the aftermath.

Karla Sofía Gascón has entered the Dolby Theatre — and Conan O’Brien couldn’t wait to crack a joke at her expense. Despite the recent controversy, the “Emilia Pérez” star, 52, attended the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, in Los Angeles.The Oscars host poked fun at her almost career-ending saga in his monologue as she was sitting in the star-studded audience.“I loved ‘Anora.’ I really did,” O’Brien said of the Best Picture nominee.

Karla Sofía Gascón was thanked by Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard after the film won Best Film Not in the English Language at the BAFTA Awards.

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón is not expected among the attendees for the BAFTA Film Awards after her racially insensitive X/Twitter posts were uncovered.

J. Kim Murphy As Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón continues to weather criticism for her resurfaced history of racist internet posts, the “Emilia Pérez” star has issued another apology in which she says she is “hoping” that her “silence will allow the film to be appreciated for what it is, a beautiful ode to love and difference.” The new statement comes after Gascón’s director Jacques Audiard disavowed the best actress contender in an interview, saying that he “hasn’t spoken to her” and calling her “self-destructive.” “Following Jacques interview that I understand, I decided, for the film, for Jacques, for the cast, for the incredible crew who deserves it, for the beautiful adventure we all had together, to let the work talk for itself, hoping my silence will allow the film to be appreciated for what it is, a beautiful ode to love and difference,” Gascón wrote on Instagram Thursday evening.

Sarah Hagi earlier this month.In one 2020 tweet posted in Spanish and translated by USA Today, Gascón wrote: “Sorry, is it just me or are there more Muslims in Spain? Every time I pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Next year instead of English, we’ll have to teach Arabic.”The exposed posts come amid Gascón’s film “Emilia Pérez” being one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2024.“Emilia Pérez” led the Oscar race this year with 13 nominations, coming up only one nod shy of tying the record for most-ever nominations for a movie.

In the latest sign that Karla Sofía Gascón is taking a backseat on the Emilia Pérez awards tour, the transgender actress is set to skip the Goya Awards, per local reports in Spain.

“To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter.”

Oscar nomination, but now she’s under fire as her past social media comments have resurfaced. The Spanish star’s controversial posts on X, formerly Twitter, have since been deleted, but they were preserved in screenshots shared by journalist Sarah Hagi earlier this week.According to Variety, in a 2021 post reacting to that year’s Oscars, Gascón wrote, “More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón is under fire for a series of social media posts to her account on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which the actor appears to express controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars. The posts, many of which were deleted on Thursday after they were resurfaced by journalist Sarah Hagi, were largely posted between 2020 and 2021.

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