Overview

Karla Sofía Gascón Offensive Tweets, also known as Karla Sofía Gascón Racist Tweets, refers to a series of tweets from Emilia Pérez star and Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón, between 2016 and 2021, in which she allegedly expressed controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd, Adele, and diversity at the Oscars. The posts started to surface in late January 2025, after Gascón accused the social media team of the Brazilian actress, and also Oscar nominee, Fernanda Torres of attempting to undermine her work. Online, Karla's tweets spawned debates and criticism, while also instigating more memes regarding the already fairly negative audience reviews for the Emilia Pérez film.

Background

On January 30th, 2025, X^[1] user @KindaHagi^[1] posted an X Thread with several screenshots showing some offensive tweets written by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, claiming she "straight up have never seen tweets this racist from someone actively campaigning to win an ACADEMY AWARD. there are more than a dozen." The posts (seen below) amassed over 3 million views and 25,000 likes in a day.

The screenshots above feature several Islamophobic remarks written by Gascón, as well as a long thread about George Floyd just days after he was killed by a police officer, as Variety^[2] shared part of her tweet in an article, writing "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,” she posted.

On the same day, X^[3] page @ThePopTingz posted Gascón's comment on George Floyd's murder (seen below), which amassed over 9 million views and 99,000 likes in a day.

The offensive tweets surfaced a day after an interview of Karla Sofía Gascón for the Brazilian news outlet Folha de São Paulo, gained significant attention online, as the actress accused fellow Oscar nominee's team, the Brazilian Fernanda Torres, "of spreading hate against her and Emilia Perez's cast."^[4]

Developments

Karla Sofía Gascón's Response

Following the backlash for the controversial tweets, Karla Sofía issued an apology writing that she "wants to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt." She continued, "I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain." The Hollywood Reporter^[5] posted the actress's statement (seen below) on January 30th, 2025, amassing roughly 520,000 views and 242 likes in a day.

Online Reactions

The controversial tweets quickly gained viral attention on social media, inspiring netizens to dig up some other offensive comments posted on X. For instance, on January 31st, 2025, X^[6] user @solo_bec posted a GIF of people raising their hands, captioned "Raise your hand if you’ve been victimized by Karla Sofía Gascón." The tweet (seen below), amassed over 55,000 views and 2,000 likes in a few hours.

On January 30th, 2025, X^[7] page @21metgala posted a Karla Sofía Gascón tweet dated back to May 6th, 2020, in which made a comment considered fatphobic about the singer Adele, writing "COVID passed, and she went overboard with the sleeves, or she went under the knife and they didn’t remove the skin from her arms.” The tweet (seen below) gained roughly 301,000 views and 6,300 likes in a day.

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