Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón issues statement over resurfaced tweets
Karla Sofia Gascón has apologised for her resurfaced social media posts, which featured controversial remarks on Muslims, George Floyd, diversity at the Academy Awards and more.
In a statement to Variety, the Spanish actress acknowledged the “conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt”. “As someone in a marginalised community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain,” she explained. “All my life I have fought for a better world.
I believe light will always triumph over darkness.” The tweets, which went viral on 30 January, were primarily posted between 2020 and 2021.
In one, Gascon lamented how there’s “more Muslims in Spain” and in another, referred to George Floyd as a “drug addict swindler”.
