Zoe Saldaña Addresses Karla Sofía Gascón Controversy As She Campaigns For ‘Emilia Pérez’: “It Makes Me Really Sad”
deadline.comThe fallout from Emilia Pérez actor Karla Sofía Gascón’s past racist and Islamophobic tweets is ongoing, and Friday evening, one of her co-stars, Zoe Saldaña, coyly addressed the scandal for the first time during a Q&A session in London, though she didn’t directly mention Gascón or the controversial posts. “I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad,” Saldaña said on the panel when quizzed on Gascón’s posts.
The Oscar-nominated actor was sat next to Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard during the Q&A session hosted by journalist Edith Bowman.
Saldaña didn’t directly mention Gascón or the controversial posts in the comment, as pair are in London continuing their awards campaigning for the film despite the recent scandal.
She continued: “It makes me really sad because I don’t support and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group.
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