Oscar-nominated Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascón has come under fire after old tweets have resurfaced showing Gascón making derogatory comments about Muslims, George Floyd, the COVID-19 vaccine, and Oscars diversity.
The old social media posts are threatening to upend Netflix’s Oscar campaign for Gascón — who has been riding a way of positive publicity for being the first openly transgender performer to ever receive an Academy Award nomination. Major Hollywood trade publications are running with the story as Oscar voters prepare to cast their final ballots starting in February.
While Gascón appears to have deleted the old tweets, screenshots verified by Variety are currently circulating online. The posts appears to have been first dug up by an independent journalist named Sarah Hagi.
In one tweet from November 2020, the actor wrote: “I’m Sorry, Is it just…
