Transgender Best Actress Nominee Karla Sofía Gascón Apologizes for Tweets Criticizing Islam, George Floyd

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'Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón issues apology about past social media posts

"Emilia Pérez" star Karla Sofía Gascón issued an apology Thursday after online users resurfaced her past posts on social media in which she appears to comment on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars.

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Best Actress nominee faces backlash over unearthed social media posts about Islam, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars

Karla Sofía Gascón is facing backlash after social media users discovered a trove of controversial tweets about Islam, including one that compared the religion to “a hotbed of infection for inhumanity.” Gascón, who is nominated for best actress at the upcoming Academy Awards for her role in “Emilia Pérez,” is the first openly trans actor to earn an Oscar nomination.

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First Trans-Identifying Man Up For Best Actress Oscar Deletes Posts About George Floyd, Muslims

Actress Karla Sofía Gascón is facing backlash as old racist and Islamophobic posts resurface and go viral. “I really think that very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler, but his death has served to once again demonstrate that there are people who still consider black people to be monkeys without rights and consider policemen to be assassins,” a later post added, Variety noted.

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