Karla Sofía Gascón might be on the Oscars in spite of everything, with Netflix masking her bills to attend the Dolby Theatre ceremony in Los Angeles on March 2nd, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
All Oscar nominees are afforded a ticket to the ceremony, so there was little motive to doubt that the Emilia Pérez star would present, to commemorate a historic nomination. The prospect had solely been forged into some doubt when Gascón grew to become embroiled in controversy in latest weeks, over resurfaced tweets from 2020 and 2021, which included offensive remarks about all the pieces from Muslim to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter motion.
With her Oscar nomination for her starring function in Jacques Audiard’s musical, Gascón grew to become the primary brazenly trans actor nominated for Best Actress. But within the wake of her social media scandal, backlash was swift, resulting in Netflix scrubbing Gascón from her movie’s promotional marketing campaign and stepping again from paying for the actress’s awards season appearances.
The movie’s inventive staff additionally distanced itself from the actress, with Audiard talking solely to Deadline about habits on Gascón’s half following the revelation of her tweets that he deemed “self-destructive.” Less than two weeks later, Audiard appeared to have softened by way of his place towards the actress, as he included her in his thank yous following a win on the BAFTAs.
Following public outcry, Gascón issued an apology for her tweets, 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. All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
The actress has stepped again from awards present appearances within the weeks for the reason that resurfacing of her feedback, together with at key stops just like the Critics Choice Awards, BAFTA Film Awards, and SAG Awards, the place she was nominated.
Details as to Gascón’s Oscars look — together with seating preparations and whether or not she’ll take interviews on the crimson carpet — are nonetheless being sorted, we’re instructed. Reps for Netflix and Gascón didn’t instantly return request for remark. The New York Post first was first to the inside track on the Oscars improvement.