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Netflix’s Emilia Perez star Karla Gascon apologises after resurfaced Islamophobic, racist tweets
01 Feb 2025 12:29 GMT
Karla Sofia Gascon, the transgender actress and history-making Oscar nominee for the musical film Emilia Perez, has apologised after old social media posts resurfaced in which she denigrated Islam and George Floyd.
The controversy, which erupted days after …
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Oscar-hopeful ‘Emilia Perez’ transgender star Karla Sofía Gascón under fire after racist and Islamophobic social media posts resurface
01 Feb 2025 07:18 GMT
LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 — Karla Sofia Gascón, the transgender actress and history-making Oscar nominee for musical film Emilia Perez, has apologized after old social media posts resurfaced in which she denigrated Islam and George Floyd.
The controversy, which …
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Emilia Perez star slammed over previous 'Islamophobic posts'
31 Jan 2025 22:18 GMT
… Sofía Gascón under fire over Islamophobic and racist comments [Getty]
Karla … past tweets by her containing Islamophobic and racially insensitive remarks resurfaced …
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Emilia Pérez Star Karla Sofía Gascón Issues Apology Over Racist and Islamophobic Tweets
31 Jan 2025 20:15 GMT
… after her history of racist, Islamophobic, and offensive social media posts … Chinese people and frequently posted Islamophobic rhetoric. (Many other screenshotted posts …
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History-making trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón published islamophobic, homophobic tweets
31 Jan 2025 18:07 GMT
Oscar-nominated transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón has apologized for recently unearthed social media posts on X (formerly Twitter) containing racist, anti-Muslim, and homophobic views. Gascón deleted several of the tweets, which date from between 2019 …
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‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón apologises after historic racist and Islamophobic tweets resurface
31 Jan 2025 12:11 GMT
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Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón is apologising for resurfaced tweets she wrote between 2020 and 2021 that disparaged Muslims, George Floyd, and diversity at the Academy Awards.
Gascón is a frontrunner for the ‘ …
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Oscar nominee Karla SofÃa Gascón in hot waters over Islamophobic remarks
31 Jan 2025 05:30 GMT
Karla Sofía Gascón is facing a backlash over her past controversial remarks.
The Emilia Pérez star, who recently became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, once made comments about Muslim culture, George Floyd, …
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Watch: London masjids and schools attacked with Islamophobic graffiti
31 Jan 2025 00:55 GMT
… school, have been targeted with Islamophobic graffiti in what appears to …
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McGill marks National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia
30 Jan 2025 23:45 GMT
… commemorative lecture on fighting Islamophobia.
The victims of … ,” she said.
Countering Islamophobia
Nadia Hasan, assistant professor … Action against Islamophobia at a time when Islamophobia is … the target of numerous Islamophobic attacks before Jan. 29 …
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‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón under fire for racist and Islamophobic tweets
30 Jan 2025 20:34 GMT
Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of Emilia Pérez and the first openly transgender actor nominated for an Academy Award, is facing criticism after resurfaced social media posts.
The tweets, shared on her X account (formerly Twitter) between 2020 and 2021, have …