The transgender star of Emilia Pérez, Karla Sofía Gascón, has come under fire over anti-Islam and anti-BLM social media posts that have resurfaced online. The Mail has more.
Gascón, 52, who is currently nominated for Best Actress [sic] at the Academy Awards for his starring role in the musical Emilia Pérez, has been slammed over the “hurtful” posts, which criticise Islam, the Oscars, and George Floyd.
The posts, which were dug up by Muslim writer Sarah Hagi and translated into English by Variety, have since been deleted from Gascón’s X account (formerly known as Twitter).
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 marvellous, 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.
In 2021 Gascón wrote that “Islam fails to comply with international rights”, and “I am so sick of so much of this s**t, of Islam, of Christianity, of Catholicism and of all the fucking beliefs of morons that violate human rights”.
He also posted about George Floyd, whose murder by Minneapolis police, as he protested “I can’t breathe”, sparked the Black Lives Matter movement 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 actor added: “Too many things to reflect on regarding the behaviour 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.”
Another diverse person who missed the intersectional memo – always one for the popcorn.
A particular highlight from 2021 is him slamming the Oscars for going all-in on diversity – when his own film this year is undeservedly nominated for 13 awards because it’s all about a transvestite:
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. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.
He’s now released a grovelling statement trying to limit the damage – though notably not actually retracting any of the statements, just apologising for the “pain”.
I want to acknowledge 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. All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.
Worth reading in full.
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