Karla Sofia Gascón to Attend the 2025 Oscars on Netflix’s Dime
“Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofia Gascón is apparently still planning on attending the 2025 Oscars — despite her controversial tweets going viral and the ensuing awards season fallout that followed. The New York Post first reported and IndieWire has confirmed, that Gascón who is nominated for Best Actress, will be in the audience for the March 2 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
In a statement to THR on Monday, Gascón said, “I’m not sure how I feel, but I’m grateful to be back. I’m grateful to all those who’ve believed in me — to Netflix, the production company, and my colleagues. We can close this beautiful and difficult path that began three years ago.”
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Gascón is the first openly trans actor to be nominated for a performance Oscar. She had posted numerous Islamophobic comments online, as well as false statements about George Floyd and COVID. Gascón further slammed both her “Emilia Pérez” co-star Selena Gomez and the Oscars ceremony itself in past tweets.
As the Post reported, details about Gascón’s plans for the Oscars are still being finalized, from whether or not she will walk the red carpet, stop for interviews, or sit with her “Emilia Pérez” ensemble, including Gomez, Zoe Salda?a, and director Jacques Audiard. Filmmaker Audiard recently said that he has not spoken to Gascón since the tweets were uncovered.
A source tells IndieWire Netflix will be footing the bill for Gascón’s travel expenses, which is customary among studios. The Oscars would be the first American awards show the actress has attended since her social media controversy began to unfold in January.
“Emilia Pérez” is the most-nominated film at the 2025 Oscars, and also made history with the most nominations for an international film ever. The French-Spanish musical has 13 nods.
Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria said during podcast “The Town with Matthew Belloni” that it is a “bummer” Gascón’s controversy has overshadowed the awards campaign. “You know what I think is really a bummer for a hundred very incredibly talented people who made an amazing movie, and if you look at the nominations, and all of these sort of awards love that it’s received, I think it’s such a bummer that it’s distracted from that,” Bajaria said. “It really has kind of taken the conversation in a different way, except for this incredible movie that Jacques Audiard, who’s an incredible director, has made. And so to me, it really is a bummer for a lot of the people who have, like Zoe and Selena, incredible performances.”
Gascón previously issued an apology for her comments. “I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt,” she said in a statement. “As someone in a marginalized 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.”
She later added on social media, “The first thing I’d like to do is ask for the most sincere forgiveness from those who feel bad about the way I’ve expressed myself at any stage of my life. I have many things to learn in this world, the forms [in which I learn] are my biggest defect. Life has taught me something I never wanted to learn: it’s clear to me that no matter how much my message is my message, without using the proper words, [the message] can convert into another. I have gone from living a normal life to a life at the top of my profession in just six months, now my responsibility is very great because my voice not only belongs to me but to many people who feel represented and hopeful by or with me. I’m not the same person I was 10 or 20 years ago, although I hadn’t committed any crimes I was not perfect either, I am not even perfect now. I just try to learn and be a better person every day.”
Gascón is also allegedly planning on attending the César Awards in Paris, which are deemed the French Oscars, on February 28.
Additional reporting by Brian Welk
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