Karla Sofía Gascón has stepped forward to address the controversy surrounding her resurfaced social media posts concerning the Muslim community and George Floyd protests.
The trailblazing performer—who made history as the first openly trans actress to receive Oscar and BAFTA nominations for her role in the Netflix production Emilia Pérez—released an official statement addressing the situation today (Friday, 31 January 2025).
“I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt,” the 52-year-old said.
“As someone in a marginalised 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.”
The controversial posts from Gascón’s X account, with some dating back to 2016, have been removed from the platform.
In 2020 she reportedly said: “Islam is marvelous, without any machismo. Women are respected, and when they are so respected they are left with a little squared hole on their faces for their eyes to be visible and their mouths, but only if she behaves. Although they dress this way for their own enjoyment. How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY [sic].”
Another tweet in 2020 said: “I’m sorry, is it just my impression or are there more Muslims in Spain? Every time I go to 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 [sic].”
In another, she said: “Until we ban religions that go against European values and violate human rights, such as Islam, under the protection of freedom of worship, we will not end part of the huge problem we face. Faith manipulates those who cling to faith [sic].”
During the worldwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations following George Floyd’s death at the hands of US law enforcement, Gascón said: “Honestly, I think that very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler, but his death has served to once again demonstrate that there are people who still consider Black people to be … without rights and consider policemen to be assassins. They’re all wrong.”
Emilia Pérez, featuring acclaimed stars Selena Gomez and Zoë Saldana, leads the upcoming Academy Awards race with an impressive 13 nominations, including the coveted Best Picture category.
Gascón has also addressed recent statements regarding fellow Academy Award contender Fernanda Torres.
Initially, in a conversation with Brazilian media, Gascón claimed that “there are people working with Fernanda Torres tearing me and Emilia Pérez down.” However, she later released a clarifying statement: “I am an enormous fan of Fernanda Torres and it has been wonderful getting to know her the past few months. In my recent comments, I was referencing the toxicity and violent hate speech on social media that I sadly continue to experience.
“Fernanda has been a wonderful ally, and no one directly associated with her has been anything but supportive and hugely generous.”
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