Karla Sofía Gascón issues an urgent statement after being removed by Netflix from the 'Emilia Pérez' campaign for the 2025 Oscars
The Karla Sofia Gascón by Oscar for Best Actress has been cut short in just one week. The controversial tweets of the protagonist of the film Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez They have plunged her into a wave of criticism that made her Delete your X profile y apologize publicly In an interview almost an hour long for the CNN.
Among other publications, Gascon He described it as “drogata scammer" to George floyd, the black man killed by US police in 2020, an episode that set in motion the movement Black Lives Matter; he referred to Moroccans as “fucking Moors” and wrote: “How many more times will history have to expel the Moors from Spain?”; considered a “bullshit” the promotional campaign for the film Barbie; criticized the covid-19 vaccines, the Islam or the Oscars itself: “The Oscars are increasingly resembling an independent and protest film awards ceremony. I didn't know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a demonstration. Black lives matter or 8M. Aside from an ugly, ugly gala. They forgot to give an award to my cousin's short film, which is lame.".
In a 2019 message, he noted: “Hitler He believed that his people were divine because they belonged to a superior race. They all wiped him out, now the swastika can't even reproduce itself. The church, Islam, etc., etc. have caused millions more deaths throughout humanity and they are still there. It makes you think.".
Some unconvincing explanations
The actress explained to the CNN no "recognized” some of his old messages. And he insisted, for example, that he never wrote a tweet, from 2022 and now gone, where he called Selena Gomez, with which she now shares the spotlight in Emilia Perez, from "rich rat pretending to be poor and unfortunate”. After the case broke out, the singer apologized in a statement, where she also stated that her words had been taken “of context” and added: “It is clear that there is something very dark behind”. In yesterday's interview, he added: “I have been tried, condemned, sacrificed, crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.”. He also stated: “As a member of a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am sorry for having caused pain. I have fought all my life for a better world. I believe that light will always triumph over darkness.".
Hours after the magazine Variety will publish X's posts, Gascon issued a statement apologizing "To all those who have felt bad«. «I have many things to learn in this world, forms are my main defect", he said in a text shared on his social networks, where he added: "Life has taught me something I never wanted to learn: it is clear to me that no matter how much your message is one, without using the right words, it becomes another.«.
Netflix cancellations
Now Netflix has taken action and removed Gascon of all promotional events leading up to the Oscars, not taking charge of their travel and trips to the events prior to the awards and even deleting it from promotional materials, as reported The Hollywood Reporter.
Among these events to which Netflix would not have paid for the transfer of Gascon for this Thursday, February 6th at the lunch of the AFI Awards, who have not confirmed their attendance, as well as those Critics Choice Awards on Friday, February 7, for which she is nominated.
«The two sides are said to be communicating solely through Gascón's agent, UTA's Jeremy Barber. Additionally, Netflix has little interest in providing the usual studio courtesies to an Oscar nominee, such as transportation and lodging, to facilitate her attendance at the remaining awards season meetings.", the American media reported.
Beyond the lack of financial support, Netflix would have wiped her out of her materials.Gascón has already been removed from mass emails and ads promoting the film for the awards.", they point out in The Hollywood Reporter, where they leave the door open for someone from their team to collect the award for her in the awards this weekend.
The full statement by Karla Sofia Gascon
«For years, I gave myself body and soul to the Emilia Pérez Family.
As always I do with everything I love and believe in.
Today, more than ever, I want to thank those who have recognized my work, the festivals that have celebrated our film, and every person who has been part of this journey. My team, my colleagues, the extraordinary Jacques Audiard, our production company, the incredible crew, the press and, above all, those who have supported and understood my process.
These past few days, I've been on a roller coaster of emotions.
I've been transparent because I have nothing to hide. During the time, I felt lost in my transition, seeking approval in the eyes of others. But today, I finally know who I am.
I only seek the freedom to exist without fear, to create art without barriers and to move forward with my new life.
They want to apply “cancel culture” to me.
I ask Hollywood experts, journalists who know me and have followed my career,
how to move forward?»
