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Netflix drops Emilia Pérez star from Oscars campaign over tweets

Karla Sofía Gascón said she would not give up her best actress nomination despite the discovery of social media posts attacking Muslims and George Floyd

The 52-year-old Emilia Pérez star, once celebrated as the first openly transgender woman nominated for the Academy Award for best actress, is facing significant criticism after a Canadian journalist unearthed old posts from her X account. In the posts, the Spanish actress made Islamophobic remarks, criticised past Oscars ceremonies and referred to George Floyd, who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, as “a drug addict and a hustler”. The magazine reported that Gascón would not be flying into Los Angeles this week from her home in Spain for the customary run of promotional appearances and campaigning that marks the run-up to the Oscars ceremony, which will be held on March 2.

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