Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón is facing more backlash as a fresh wave of controversial texts resurfaces, this time featuring hurtful comments about her Emilia Pérez costar Selena Gomez. In a 2022 tweet, Gascón — who made history as the first transgender star nominated for Best Actress — criticized Gomez, commenting on a now-iconic photo of Selena and Hailey Bieber posing together, despite ongoing rumors about a feud due to Hailey's marriage to Selena's ex Justin Bieber, as reported by The Latin Times.

'She's a rich rat who plays the poor bastard whenever she can and will never stop bothering her ex-boyfriend and his wife,' Gascón, 52, wrote. The backlash grew when an X user pointed out that just months before sharing the comment, Gascón had reposted news about Emilia Pérez, where her name appeared alongside Gomez and Zoe Saldaña as potential cast members. The timing raised questions about whether Gascón knew she might work with Gomez when making these harsh remarks.

This resurfaced post comes after Gascón faced criticism for resurfaced anti-Islam posts on her social media, leading her to issue an apology for 'causing pain' before deactivating her X account. Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón is facing more backlash as a fresh wave of controversial tweets resurfaces, this time featuring hurtful comments about her Emilia Pérez costar Selena Gomez; Gomez is seen in January.

In a 2022 tweet, Gascón criticized Gomez, commenting on a now-iconic photo of Selena and Hailey Bieber posing together, despite ongoing rumors about a feud due to Hailey's marriage to Selena's ex Justin Bieber, as reported by The Latin Times; Gomez and Gascon seen in November. But even with her apology, the internet continues to dig up past posts, keeping the controversy going. In another post from May 2020, Gascón body shamed Adele, speculating about loose skin on the singer’s arms after her weight-loss transformation.

She also took aim at Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro in yet another controversial post. Fans are now calling for the Academy to 'cancel her nomination,' with one commenting: 'And that’s why Adele won it and YOU are going to lose it.'. The Islamophobic posts were dug up by Muslim writer Sarah Hagi and translated into English by Variety. One post, from November 2020, read: 'I’m sorry. Is it just my impression or is 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.'.

Another post from September 2020 featured a photo of a Muslim family dining in a restaurant in traditional Islamic attire, which included the wife covered from head-to-toe in a black burqa. '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. Although they dress this way for their own enjoyment. How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY,' Gascón wrote.

The iconic photo of Hailey and Selena, which Karla Sofía Gascón commented on, is shown above. 'She's a rich rat who plays the poor bastard whenever she can and will never stop bothering her ex-boyfriend and his wife,' Gascón wrote. Gascón has been slammed over other 'hurtful' posts, which criticize Islam, the Oscars and George Floyd. Responding to the controversy in a statement to DailyMail.com, Gascón said, 'I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt'; seen in January in Beverly Hills.

In 2021, Gascón wrote that 'Islam fails to comply with international rights,' and 'I am so sick of so much of this s***, of islam, of christianity, of catholicism and of all the fucking beliefs of morons that violate human rights.'. She also posted about George Floyd, whose murder by Minneapolis police, as he protested 'I can't breathe,' sparked widespread Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Gascón wrote: '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. They are both wrong.'.

The actress added: 'Too many things to reflect on regarding the behavior of our species every time an event occurs. Perhaps it is no longer a question of racism, but of social classes that feel threatened by each other. Maybe that’s the only real difference.'. Gascón, who is the first transgender actress to be nominated for an Oscar, also slammed the Hollywood ceremony in a scathing post from 2021.