Karla Sofía Gascón apologizes for the old tweets

New York (AP) – Karla Sofía GascónThe trans and star actor of the film nominated to the Oscars “Emilia Pérez”, apologizes for his former messages on social networks which denied Islam and who called George Floyd “a drug addict and a scammer”.

“As a person in a marginalized community, I know too well what suffers too well and I am deeply sorry for those I have caused to pain,” the actor said in a press release via Netflix, where his film can be broadcast. “All my life, I fought for a better world. I believe that light will always triumph over the darkness.

Gascón has entered history as a first transgender interpreter to be nominated for the Oscar for best actress, helping to make “Emilia Pérez” the most nominated film Enter the show next month. Netflix hopes that the controversy will not derail the chances of the film’s Oscars.

The old articles of the Gascon account on Twitter have resurfaced this week, some date back to 2016, which aimed at the dress, language and culture of Muslims in his native Spain. She also suggested that Islam is prohibited.

And less than a month later George FloydA black man, who was killed by a white minneapolis police officer in 2020, which prompted a national Given the police brutality And racism, Gascón offered his assessment of Floyd as a drug addict that “very few people cared”.

Gascón was a regular on Mexican telenovelas before the transition in 2018. In “Emilia Pérez”, she plays both an ankle or a woman of a threatening cartel and the woman who emerges after the king’s peloton made her own death, Emilia Pérez . Years later, Emilia contacted the lawyer who facilitated her transition (Zoe Saldaña) to help him find his wife (Selena Gomez) and their children.

The old tweets returned to haunt celebrities before, include James Gunn, Trevor Noah and Blake Shelton. All have rebounded, Gunn being rehired to direct the third film “Guardians of the Galaxy” for Marvel and the next restart of “Superman”; Noah is organizing the Grammy Awards this weekend and Shelton has been a coach on NBC “The Voice” for years.