Oscar nominated Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon has issued an apology through Netflix for the caustic social media missives she posted half a decade ago, which have imperiled her awards season chances.
“I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt. As someone in a marginalized community,” she said, “I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain. All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
How quickly the fortunes of Oscar turn when old social media posts are not done away with. Earlier this week, it seemed like Karla Sofia Gascon had a good shot at becoming the first transgender actress to win the Best Actress Oscar, this after she won the Golden Globe and became the first transgender actress to get the Oscar nomination.
Now, Netflix is scrambling to stop the damage caused by years old highly insensitive and possibly racist social media posts on hot button topics like the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers now behind bars, and equally caustic comments about Islam and its worshippers in Spain. You’ve read the unearthed missives posted at a time when Gascon was acting in local TV series. Reports said that she came out as transgender in 2016 and began her transition in 2018.
Old social media missives was nearly a career ender for James Gunn, who now co-runs DC for Warner Bros. and is finishing a new Superman film. He got a second chance. The disappointing part of Gascon assailing a murder victim like George Floyd — whose killing sparked
