Actor Karla Sofia Gascon, best known for her role in the Oscar-nominated film ' ' issued an apology for offensive posts against the Academy Awards in the past. She also deactivated her X account after receiving backlash. Gascon faced the wrath of netizens when they discovered tweets from 2020 and 2021 that had controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd, and diversity at the Oscars.
Karla Sofia Gascon's apology Gascon, an openly transgender star apologised in a statement to Variety, saying, "I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt. As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain. All my life I have fought for a better world.
I believe light will always triumph over darkness." What Gascon wrote about the Oscars Among her several resurfaced tweets, Gascon critiqued the diversity of the 2021 Oscars ceremony. "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.
Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala," she wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). She also called George Floyd a "drug addict swindler" after he was killed by a police officer in 2020 and inspired protests around the U.S.
Emilia Perez nominated at the Oscars Gascon's apology comes as the actress has been making waves in Hollywood with her groundbreaking .