{"id":147334,"date":"2025-01-31T22:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/karla-sofia-gascon-says-she-received-death-threats-over-muslim-george-floyd-related-tweets\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T22:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:03:37","slug":"karla-sofia-gascon-says-she-received-death-threats-over-muslim-george-floyd-related-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/karla-sofia-gascon-says-she-received-death-threats-over-muslim-george-floyd-related-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n Says She Received Death Threats Over Muslim, George Floyd-Related Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Karla Sofia Gasc\u00f3n should be in a celebratory mood these days, having recently become the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Emila Perez star has instead come under extreme fire of late for a number of social media messages that have been dug up over the past several days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518294 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193843097-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karla Sofia Gascon arrives for the media presentation of the film \u2018Emilia Perez\u2019 in Bogota on January 17, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For example\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In a message responding to the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, Gasc\u00f3n wrote in a translated post: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn\u2019t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted post from 2020, the actress allegedly wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it just my impression or are 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\u2019ll have to teach Arabic.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518296 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192681768-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karla Sof\u00c3\u00ada Gasc\u00c3\u00b3n attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n deleted her X account after garnering backlash for these opinions.<\/p>\n<p>The Emilia P\u00e9rez actress also issued an apology for the inflammatory Tweets\u2026 and has now told The Hollywood Reporter that the scrutiny has gone far beyond a few negative words about her online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry, but I can no longer allow this campaign of hate and misinformation to affect me and my family, so at their request I am closing my account on X,\u201d the 52-year old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/karla-sofia-gascon-statement-deactivating-x-account-1236123685\/#recipient_hashed=fd02bd8d6a1f88066ce877149ed7f5ed7c004c09a8d6405a72df635b0b72a9c3&amp;recipient_salt=8a8541796b6f9250815f1cf923857155082cf85977a93234b6e9f290c850721c&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&amp;utm_content=583258_01-31-2025&amp;utm_term=3208359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told this outlet in the statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been threatened with death, insulted, abused and harassed to the point of exhaustion. I have a wonderful daughter to protect, whom I love madly and who supports me in everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518299 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192472051-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karla Sof\u00c3\u00ada Gasc\u00c3\u00b3n arrives as Vanity Fair and Amazon MGM Studios celebrate Awards Season 2025 at Chateau Marmont\u2019s Bar Marmont on January 04, 2025 in Hollywood, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actress previously expressed remorse for any \u201cpain\u201d her previous message caused, and added her to The Hollywood Reporter:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have defended each and every one of the minorities in this world and supported any event against racism, freedom of religion or homophobia, in the same way that I have criticized the hypocrisy that underlies them, because the first thing I am self-critical of is myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concluded as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps my words are not correct, many times due to ignorance or pure mistake. I apologize again if anyone has ever felt offended or in the future. I am a human being who also made, makes and will make mistakes from which I will learn. I am not perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/karla-sofia-gascon-says-she-received-death-threats-over-muslim-george-floyd-related-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Karla Sofia Gasc\u00f3n should be in a celebratory mood these days, having recently become the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award. However, the Emila Perez star has instead come under extreme fire of late for a number of social media messages that have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-147334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}