Netflix has distanced itself from the groundbreaking actor after a series of controversies. But Less than two weeks later, Gascón’s Academy Award campaign is in tatters as Netflix distances itself from the star of the movie musical. Netflix, the film’s distributor, has reportedly removed Gascón from promotional emails and plans to edit the film’s posters to give co-star Zoe Saldaña, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, more prominence.

That came after a string of controversies, as Gascón took aim at the publicity campaign of a rival film and she faced accusations of racism and Islamophobia when old social media posts resurfaced. Here’s a timeline of how Gascón’s Oscar chances have taken a hit:. January 23, 2025 - Karla Sofía Gascón nominated for Best Actress at the 2025 Oscars. Not everyone was impressed, however. The Independent film critic Clarisse Loughrey argued that: “Emilia Pérez’s Oscar nomination haul is regression masquerading as progress.”.

January 30 - Gascón clarifies comments about fellow contender's team “tearing her down”. In an interview with the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S Paulo, Gascón suggested that publicists working for her Oscar award rival Fernanda Torres had spoken negatively about her and Emilia Perez. “You don’t need to tear down someone’s work to highlight another’s,” she complained. “I have never, at any point, said anything bad about Fernanda Torres or her movie. However, there are people working with Fernanda Torres tearing me and Emilia Perez down. That speaks more about their movie than mine.”.

After her comments sparked an uproar, Gascón issued a new statement claiming that what she said did not extend to those “directly associated” with Torres, but instead was aimed toward “toxicity and violent hate speech on social media.”. “I am an enormous fan of Fernanda Torres and it has been wonderful getting to know her the past few months,” she noted. “In my recent comments, I was referencing the toxicity and violent hate speech on social media that I sadly continue to experience. Fernanda has been a wonderful ally, and no one directly associated with her has been anything but supportive and hugely generous.”.

January 30 - Gascón receives backlash over resurfaced tweets. Outrage then erupted against Gascón online after journalist Sarah Hagi drew attention to a series of tweets from Gascón’s account between 2020 and 2021. One from September 2020 read: “Islam is marvelous, without any machismo. Women are respected, and when they are so respected they are left with a little squared hole on their faces for their eyes to be visible and their mouths, but only if she behaves ... How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY.”.

Another from November 22, 2020 stated: “I’m Sorry, Is it just my impression or [are] there more muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Next year instead of English we’ll have to teach Arabic.”. Gascón also posted a string of tweets about George Floyd in the days after he was killed by a police officer in which she described him as “a drug addict” and a “swindler.”.

After the Oscars in 2021, Gascón complained in a post: “More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M [Women’s March]. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.”. January 31 - Gascón apologizes “to those I have caused pain”. After deleting the controversial tweets, Gascón said in a statement to The Independent: “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.”.

January 31 - Gascón deletes X account and says she has been “threatened with death”. “I have been threatened with death, insulted, abused and harassed to the point of exhaustion. I have a wonderful daughter to protect, whom I love madly and who supports me in everything.”. February 1 - Zoe Saldaña breaks silence over scandal. Gascón’s Emilia Perez co-star Zoe Saldaña responded to the growing controversy during a question-and-answer appearance in London, saying: “I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad.”.

She added: “It makes me really sad because I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric toward 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. And it just saddens me,” Saldaña added.