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Selena Gomez’s past with Justin Bieber has divided the Internet for quite some time now. While some are on her side, others are #TeamHaileyBieber. As it turns out, actress Karla Sofía Gascón might be on the latter team as well. She is the first openly-transgender actress to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, but her triumph has been clouded by a series of insensitive and hateful tweets that have recently resurfaced on the social media platform, X.
While fans of the industry are calling for the Academy to disqualify her from the awards, another alleged tweet has been unearthed in which Karla Sofía Gascón had apparently come for none other than herEmilia Pérezco-star, Selena Gomez.
Karla Sofía Gascón’s controversy deepens with alleged tweet on Selena Gomez
Journalist Sarah Hagi dug out tweets from Karla Sofía Gascón’s X account which were posted between 2020 and 2021. In those tweets, the actress had a lot to say about the George Floyd controversy, against China, Islam, and other religions.
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She put the followers of the religion on full blast andeven commented ontheir growing population in her native Spain. In fact, Gascón came for Christianity and Catholicism as well stating,“I am so sick of so much of this sht, of islam, of christianity, of catholicism and of all the fcking beliefs of morons that violate human rights.“
Take a look at the thread of screenshots posted by Hagi:
it’s so insane that karla sofía gascón still has these tweets up. straight up have never seen tweets this racist from someone actively campaigning to win an ACADEMY AWARD. there are more than a dozen…pic.twitter.com/1rcNzkJXuo
Now, a few people have apparently found another tweet made by Gascón in which she is attackingSelena Gomezfor being obsessed with her ex,Justin Bieber, and his wife,Hailey Bieber. It’s no secret that Gomez and the Biebers have had a history and their respective fandoms have been in a war against each other.
In the tweet reposted all over Reddit and X, Gascón has apparently called herEmilia Pérezco-star a“rich rat”who likes to play the“poor b*stard”even though she keeps on“bothering her ex-boyfriend and his wife.“
Karla Sofía Gascón seems to be shading her ‘Emilia Perez’ co-star, Selena Gomez, in new deleted tweet from her X/Twitter account.pic.twitter.com/4TdCXeTpnp
After her tweets resurfaced, Gason shut down her X account in an attempt to escape the hate comments coming her way.
What Karla Sofía Gascón has said about her past tweets
After deleting her X account, Gascón released a lengthy statement toThe Hollywood Reportertalking about why she took the step. In her words, she was tired of the“campaign of hate and misinformation”against her and how it was affecting her family.
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She went on to add that people were sending her death threats, abuses, insults, and harassing her“to the point of exhaustion.”Gascón took the step of deactivating her account to protect her daughter who she madly loves.
The actress continued to clarify her stance stating,
I have defended each and every one of the minorities in this world and supported any event against racism, freedom of religion or homophobia, in the same way that I have criticized the hypocrisy that underlies them, because the first thing I am self-critical of is myself.
She apologized“if anyone has ever felt offended”at her words and chalked it up to being a human being who has made mistakes in the past and continues to learn from them.
Her apology, which THR translated from Spanish, read,
Perhaps my words are not correct, many times due to ignorance or pure mistake. I apologize again if anyone has ever felt offended or in the future.I am a human being who also made, makes and will make mistakes from which I will learn. I am not perfect. Taking my words out of context or manipulating them to hurt me is something I am not responsible for.
Gascón added that while she is answerable for her actions, she isn’t responsible for how others interpret her. “The more you attempt to sink me, the stronger it will make me. The greater the victory will be,”was how she ended her statement, making it clear that she wasn’t going to let this controversy get to her.
Mishkaat Khan
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A connoisseur of all things horror, fantasy, and the occasional chick flick, Mishkaat has been penning pieces for FandomWire since 2022. She started off as an intern and has worked her way up to a Senior Writer with over 2000 articles to her name.Outside of entertainment, she has also written well-researched medical content as a freelance writer and has experience in social media management.When not writing, you can find her relaxing with a romance novel and a tall glass of iced coffee in her hand or watching re-runs of ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Office.’
