After old posts about George Floyd and Muslims resurface, Karla Sofía Gascón apologizes and deletes her X account, formerly Twitter.
X users uncovered a series of offensive posts about George Floyd and Muslims on Karla Sofía Gascón’s, 52, profile. The “Emilia Pérez” actress apologized before deleting her account.
In a statement to Variety magazine, Gascón acknowledged that her posts “caused pain.”
“As someone from a marginalized community, I know this pain all too well, and I deeply regret hurting others,” the actress wrote.
“Throughout my life, I have fought for a better world. I believe that light will always prevail over darkness,” Karla stated.
The “Emilia Pérez” star wrote in June 2020 that George Floyd was a “con artist and drug addict.” Floyd was suffocated and killed by police for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill.
In September 2020, she mocked a photo of a Muslim family. “Even if they choose to dress like that voluntarily. What a profound disgust for humanity,” she said about Muslim women.
Karla Sofía Gascón is the first transgender actress to be nominated in the Best Actress category at the Oscars. She even criticized the award’s diversity in a post.
“Every year, the Oscars ceremony increasingly resembles an independent film festival and protest. I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration, or 8M. Besides, it was an ugly, ugly gala,” she wrote.
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