Oscar-nominated actress Karla Sofía Gascón has issued an updated apology surrounding her controversial tweets in an Instagram post. The Instagram statement comes X days after she first apologised for her previous posts.
“The first thing I would like to do is to apologise to all those who have felt wrong by my way of expressing myself at any stage of my life,” Gascón wrote in a post translated from Spanish.
“Life has taught me something I never wanted to learn: it is clear to me that no matter how much your message is one [sic], without using the right words, it becomes another.
“I can’t repair my past acts, I can only say that today I’m not the same person I was 10 or 20 years ago, who even though I hadn’t committed any crime I wasn’t perfect either, I’m not even now.
Gascón’s Instagram Post apology. (Source: Instagram / @karsiagascon)
“Anyone who knows me knows I’m not racist (they’ll be surprised when they find out that one of the most important people in my current life and that I love most is Muslim) nor any of the things I’ve been judged and convicted for without judgment and no option to explain his true intention; I have always fought for a more just society and a world of freedom, peace and love,” she wrote.
Gascón earlier apologised for her past tweets on January 30 in a statement to Variety, stating “I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt.
“As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain.”
What did Karla Sofia Gascon post on X?
Gascón’s tweets — with some being posted as recent as 2022 — discussed her controversial opinions that have largely been labelled as racist, Islamophobic and misogynistic.
One of her past tweets references the COVID-19 vaccine, which Gascón describes as the “Chinese vaccine” and says that it features a “mandatory chip”.
Gascón’s tweet on the COVID-19 vaccine. (Source: X)
Another tweet, dated from 2022, sees Gascón refer to Selena Gomez, her costar in Emilia Pérez, as a “rich rat who plays the poor bastard whenever she can and will never stop bothering her ex-boyfriend and his wife”.
The tweet is in reference to Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber.
The tweet that refers to Gomez. (Source: X)
Another Emilia Pérez costar, Zoe Saldaña, chimed in on Gascón’s controversy, stating that she “doesn’t support it”.
During a Q+A in London, Saldaña said: “It makes me really sad because I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group.
“I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural and gender equity.
“It saddens me.”
Gascón has since deleted her X account.
The 97th Academy Awards, which has nominated Gascón as Best Actress for Emilia Perez, will air March 3 at 11:00AM AEDT.
