The star of “Emilia Pérez”, Karla Sofía Gascón, issued an apology on Thursday after online users resurfaced their previous publications on social networks in which it seems to comment on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity in the Oscars.
“I want to recognize the conversation about my previous social media publications that have caused injuries,” said Gascó, who became the first openly trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar, he said in a statement issued through Netflix.
“Like someone in a marginalized community, I know that this suffers very well and I deeply regretted those that I have caused pain. All my life I have fought for a better world. I think the light will always triumph over the dark,” he added. .
Criticisms of Gascón began on Thursday after writer Sarah Hagi shared screenshots of the alleged past publications of Gascón in X, which have been translated by Google. Publications have been eliminated since then.
NBC News did not independently review the publications of previous social networks of Gascón before being eliminated. The screenshots that circulate online suggest that the publications, which were written in Spanish, were made in 2020 and 2021.
“All this is from the star of a movie that is campaigning in its progressive values, you really have to laugh,” Hagi, who was the first to share screenshots, wrote in X. “Things like this are not marked because You can say what you want from the Muslims, it is never considered racist.
The “Emilia Pérez de Netflix, a show of Netflix songs and dance about a head of the Mexican drug cartel that undergoes surgery that affirms the genre, was nominated for 13 Oscar, leading the pack of contenders in the career of this anus.
The film, by Jacques Audiard, scored noddings in categories that include support actress, original score, director, international feature film and better image.
The film has generated buzzing since it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last year. He has already won the Big This Awards awards season, after having taken four awards at the Golden Globes, including the best film: musical or comedy.
But some people have expressed their disappointment for the representation of trans people film. In a blog post published in November, Glaad said the film is a “step back for trans representation.”
Gascón previously spoke with NBC News about how he helped Audiard shape the transgender story of the film.
“I am one of the few people in the Spanish team, and I was one of the first to join, so I could really see the development of this project and get involved in it,” he said. “I added anything that I could make it a little more realistic and a little more aligned with what I was trying to do.”
