The first openly trans actress to be nominated for an Oscar is facing backlash for old social media posts that denigrate certain marginalized groups. She apologized for the posts through a statement.

Karla Sofia Gascon, of Oscar-nominated Emilia Perez, revealed receiving hate and death threats after her controversial posts re-surfaced on the internet.

Much as its cartel-boss-trying-to-go-good antiheroine does as she tears through her family and community, "Emilia Pérez" defines its environment. It has been tipped for Academy attention since Greta Gerwig's Cannes jury gave it two key prizes.

In response to the 'Emilia Pérez' star tweeting that the 2021 Oscars ceremony was an “Afro-Korean festival” and a “Black Lives Matter demonstration," Travon Free writes, "I was a complete unknown who was not only nominated for a short film called 'Two Distant Strangers' that was thematically aligned with Black Lives Matter sentiments,

Karla Sofía Gascón is turning out to be just as controversial as her highly-acclaimed, audience-panned movie musical, Emilia Pérez. Emilia Pérez, which beat Wicked for best musical comedy or musical at the Golden Globes and scored the most Oscar nominations of any film this year,