JAKARTA - Karla Sofia Gascon has returned to controversy after several tweets on her personal X account began to circulate. The lead actor in the film Emilia Perez was seen making tweets about Muslims, racism against George Floyd, and diversity in the Oscar event.
Some of these tweets have been deleted from X's account since it was revealed by a journalist, but many netizens have shared screenshots of Gascon's tweets on social media.
One of the tweets written by Gascon in Spanish on November 22, 2020 reads, "Sorry, is it just my job or is there a lot of Muslims in Spain? Every time I pick up his son from school, there are a lot of women with closed hair and their skirts long to rights shoes. Last year, compared to (teaching) English, we have to teach Arabic."
Another tweet shared on September 2, 2020, featured a photo of a Muslim family in a restaurant with a woman wearing a burka. Gascon wrote, "Islam is extraordinary, without death. Women are respected and they are highly respected. When they are respected, they are left with a small square hole on their faces so that their eyes and mouths are visible but if the women behave well. Even though they dress it for their own pleasure, how disgusting humanity is."
Gascon returned to discussing Islam in his tweet in 2021. He wrote, 'I'm so fed up with this, Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, and all stupid beliefs that violate human rights.'
In addition to a tweet about religion, Gascon's tweet about George Floyd also circulated. He made the tweet a few days after Floyd was killed by police which triggered a demonstration in the United States.
"I think a few people who care about George Floyd, a drug addict but his death is proof that many people think black people are monkeys without rights and think police are killers. They are wrong," wrote Karla Sofia Gascon.
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Too many things are echoed towards the attitude of our species every time it happens. Maybe this is not a question of racism, but a social class that feels threatened with each other. Maybe that's the difference," he continued.
Gascon also vilified an Oscar event held in the midst of a pandemic in COVID. It is known this year that Karla Sofia Gascon received her first Oscar nomination thanks to the film Emilia Perez.
"The more and more #Oscar looks like a ceremony for independent demonstrations and films, I don't know if I'm watching the Afro-Korean festival, the Black Lives Matter demonstration. In addition, bad events," Gascon wrote.
Friday, January 31st, Karla Sofia Gascon tweeted an apology for all the tweets she made in the past.
I want to talk about conversations related to social media posts that make people sick. As someone in the marginal community, I know this suffering and I am very sorry to those who are hurt. My whole life, I'm betting on a better world, "wrote Karla Sofia Gascon.
"I believe the light will always win from the darkness," he said.
The Academy has yet to respond to controversy regarding one of their nominees this year.
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