Karla Sofía Gascóns Tweets About Muslims, George Floyd ignites backlash

“Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón is under fire for a number of social media posts to her account on X, formerly known as Twitter, where the actor seems to express controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and Diversity on Oscars.

The posts, many of which were deleted Thursday after they were resurrected By journalist Sarah Hagi, was largely published between 2020 and 2021. An example dated November 22, 2020: “I’m sorry, is it just my impression, or are there more Muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Next year instead of English we will have to teach Arabic. ”((Black have independently translated Tweets.)

Another post from September 2, 2020, associated with the photo of a Muslim family in a restaurant, including a woman in a burka, reads: “Islam is fantastic without any machismo. Women are respected, and when they are so respected, they are left with a small square hole on their faces for their eyes to be visible and their mouths, but only if she behaves. Although they dress in this way for their own joy. How deeply disgusting to humanity. ”

In a post from January 29, 2021, Gascón’s account says “Islam does not comply with international rights” and that the religions “must be banned as long as it does not comply with DDHH” – using an abbreviation for human rights in Spanish law.

The comment appears to include other religions as well. In a post from August 16, 2021, Gascón writes, “I am so tired of so much of this shit, of Islam, of Christianity, Catholisism and of all the fucking belief from morons that violate human rights.”

Together with his posts on Islam, Gascón released a long thread about George Floyd just days after he was killed by a police officer, inspiring protests across the United States “I really think very few people were ever interested in George Floyd, a drug addict But his death has served again to demonstrate that there are people who still consider black people as monkeys without rights and consider policemen as murderers, ”she published. “They all have wrong.”

In a follow -up post, Gascón added, “Too many things to reflect on with regard to the behavior of our species every time an event occurs. It may no longer be a matter of racism, but about social classes that feel threatened by each other. Maybe that’s the only real difference. ”

Gascón, the first open transactor to be nominated for an Oscar award, is also weighed into the Oscar ceremony of 2021, the first to be held after the Covid Pandemic, where “Nomadland” won the best picture.

“More and more, #oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest movies, I didn’t know if I saw an Afro-Korean festival, a demonstration of Black Lives Matter or 8m,” Gascón wrote. “Except for that, an ugly, ugly gala.”

ONE Tweet from August 2020Under the Covid-19 pandemic, reads: “The Chinese vaccine, except for the mandatory chip, comes with two spring rolls, a cat moving its hand, 2 plastic flowers, a pop-up lantern, 3 telephone lines and a euro for your first controlled purchase. ” Another tweet From February 2020, in the same way, China, reading, ”so many scientists in the world make bombs, so many scholars constructing items for space, so many medical factories, and no one can come up with this Chinese Shit. (shoulder emoji) Eventually, it was a huge show for a new variant of the flu, avian or coronavirus. “

Netflix and the Academy had no comments. Gascón spokeswomes did not respond to requests for comment.

Gascón’s old social positions emerged after a separate controversy in which the actor, in an interview with a Brazilian newspaper on January 21, criticized campaigns online that she thought the attack her and “Emilia Pérez,” and seemed to appoint the team working with the best Actress nominated, “I’m still here” star Fernanda Torres.

“What I don’t like is social media teams – people who work with these people – trying to reduce our work, like me and my film because it doesn’t lead anywhere,” Gascón said. “You don’t have to tear down someone’s work to highlight someone else’s. I have never at any time said anything bad about Fernanda Torres or her film. However, there are people working with Fernanda Torres who tear down me and ‘Emilia Pérez’. It talks more about their film than mine. “

Video of the interview began to circulate online, which led to the wrong speculation that Gascón’s interview had violated Oscar guidelines. On January 29, Gascón released a statement to Black clarification of her attitude.

“I’m a huge fan of Fernanda Torres, and it’s been wonderful to get to know her for the past few months,” said gas. “In my recent comments, I referred to the toxicity and violent hate opinion on social media, which I unfortunately continue to experience. Fernanda has been a wonderful ally, and no one directly connected to her has been anything but supportive and hugely generous. “

Thania Garcia contributed to this post.