Zoe Saldaña Addresses Emilia Pérez’ Costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s Tweet Controversy: ‘I’m Sad’

All through a Q&A in London on Friday, per The Hollywood Reporter, the actress reacted to her costar’s controversial tweets, by which Gascón — who’s the first overtly transgender actor to be nominated for an Oscar — appeared to reveal bigoted and hateful views.

“I’m nonetheless processing all of the issues that has transpired inside the closing couple of days, and I’m sad,” talked about Saldaña, who was joined by Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard and songwriters-composers Camille and Clément Ducol. (THR experiences that Gascón was initially set to attend the Q&A as successfully.)

“It makes me really sad because of I don’t assist [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any unfavourable rhetoric in course of people of any group,” she continued. “I can solely attest to the experience that I had with each one who was a component, which may be a half, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural and gender equity. And it merely saddens me.”

“It saddens me that we’re having to face this setback correct now,” Saldaña added. “Nonetheless I’m snug that you simply simply’re all proper right here and that you simply simply’re all nonetheless exhibiting up for Emilia because of the message that this film has is so extremely efficient and the change that it might really convey forward to communities which will be marginalized day in and day out is critical. And all that I can attest is that every certainly one of us that bought right here collectively to tell this story, we bought right here collectively for love and for respect and curiosity, and we’ll proceed to unfold that message. That’s all we’ll say correct now. Thanks.”

Saldaña’s suggestions come after Gascón apologized for her earlier social media posts and subsequently deactivated her X account on Friday.

The Spanish actress’ earlier X posts, which resurfaced earlier this week, featured controversial remarks about George Floyd, Muslims, and selection on the Oscars.

Gascón apologized in an announcement, per TMZ, saying, “I want to acknowledge the dialog spherical my earlier social media posts which have caused harm. As someone in a marginalized neighborhood, I do know this struggling all too successfully and I’m deeply sorry to those I’ve caused ache. All my life I’ve fought for a better world. I contemplate delicate will on a regular basis overcome darkness.”

She went on to share a protracted assertion with The Hollywood Reporter, by which Gascón referred to the backlash as a “advertising and marketing marketing campaign of hate and misinformation,” whereas moreover apologizing for her “inaccurate” earlier opinions.

“I’m sorry, nonetheless I can’t allow this advertising and marketing marketing campaign of hate and misinformation to affect me and my family, so at their request I’m closing my account on X,” she wrote partly. “I’ve been threatened with demise, insulted, abused and harassed to the aim of exhaustion. I’ve an beautiful daughter to protect, whom I like madly and who helps me in all of the issues.”

“As part of this society, I’ve expressed my disagreement or settlement with all the related factors which have touched me and of which I’ve had an opinion, often inaccurate, which has modified all by my very personal experience,” Gascón continued, together with that she has “defended each certainly one of many minorities on this world and supported freedom of religion and any movement in direction of racism and homophobia within the an identical technique that I’ve criticized the hypocrisy that underlies them, because of the very very first thing I’m important of is myself.”

See her full assertion, proper right here.

The controversy comes amid awards season, all through which Emilia Pérez has obtained fairly a number of accolades no matter moreover being met with widespread criticism.

The Netflix film is up for a whopping 13 Oscars for the upcoming 2025 ceremony subsequent month — most likely essentially the most out of any film this 12 months. Gascón and Saldaña are every nominated for Most interesting Actress and Most interesting Supporting Actress, respectively, whereas Emilia Pérez was moreover acknowledged in numerous most important lessons, along with Most interesting Picture, Most interesting Director for Audiard, Most interesting Worldwide Film and further.