Karla Sofía Gascón is opening up about why she deactivated her X account and responding to the controversy surrounding her past social media posts. The best actress Oscar nominee shared a long statement exclusively with The Hollywood Reporter about why she chose to deactivate her account after critics surfaced inflammatory old tweets of hers weighing in on the 2020 murder of George Floyd, as well as decrying Muslim immigration in her native Spain and calling for a ban of, quote, "religions that go against European values."
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00:00Karla Sofia Gascón is opening up about why she deactivated her ex-account
00:04and responding to the controversy surrounding her past social media posts.
00:08The Best Actress Oscar nominee shared a long statement exclusively with The Hollywood Reporter
00:14about why she chose to deactivate her account after critics surfaced inflammatory old tweets of hers
00:19weighing in on the 2020 murder of George Floyd, as well as decrying Muslim immigration in her native Spain
00:24and calling for a ban of, quote, religions that go against European values.
00:29Gascón's statement begins,
00:49Gascón, the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for Best Actress,
00:54has faced abuse and death threats from anti-trans factions online.
00:57Her Oscar campaign has been framed in a progressive light,
01:00but the revelation of Gascón's incendiary past positions has thrown her campaign into disarray.
01:05In her statement, Gascón apologizes for her, quote,
01:13She went on to say,
01:21Gascón also suggested that the voices that have aligned against her
01:25could be part of a deliberate effort to scuttle her Oscar chances.
01:28She wrote,
01:39To read Gascón's full statement, go to THR.com.
01:42This is The Hollywood Reporter News.