Karla Sofá Gascón: "Emilia Pérez" star attends Oscars after tweet scandal

Following a controversy over previous racist and Islamophobic tweets, "Emilia Pérez" star Karla Sofía Gascón (52) has stayed away from all award ceremonies in recent weeks. As reported by "Variety" among others , the actress is now scheduled to attend the Oscars on March 2nd, where she is nominated for Best Actress.

However, it is still unclear whether she will walk the red carpet or give interviews. It is also not known whether she will sit next to her co-stars Zoë Saldaña (46) and Selena Gomez (32) or director Jacques Audiard (72) during the awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

Netflix should pay for participation

Particularly controversial: Netflix is ​​said to be covering the costs of her participation in the travel awards ceremony. The streaming service removed Gascón from its advertising campaign for the Oscars in early February because of the tweet controversy. It was also said that she would not attend any upcoming official events for the film. "Emilia Pérez" was produced for Netflix and is nominated in a total of 13 categories at the Oscars. The Spanish-language film is the most non-English-language film of all time at the Oscars and Gascón is the first trans woman to be nominated for an Oscar for best actress.

"Emilia Pérez" director has "not spoken to her" since controversy

The background to the controversy is previous statements by Gascón on social media that have led to her being accused of racism. In them, she described Islam as a "hotbed of infection for humanity" and mocked the anti-racist movement following the death of black US citizen George Floyd at the hands of police violence.

"Emilia Pérez" director Jacques Audiard then spoke out. He said in an interview with "Deadline" that it was difficult for him to think back to working with his leading actress. "What Karla Sofía said is inexcusable." He has not spoken to her since then and "does not want to."

After the tweets became known, Gascón initially denied having written the words, closed her X account and then apologized in a statement to "The Hollywood Reporter" . She denounced that a "hate campaign" was being waged against her, which was leading to her and her family being harassed.

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