
Male-to-female transgender Karla Sofía Gascón was reportedly scrubbed from a Netflix Oscar campaign amid racism and antisemitic allegations.
Netflix removed the trans star of the film Emilia Pérez from its For Your Consideration Oscar promotional campaign material after Gascón’s old tweets resurfaced on X.
Old tweets contained racist commentary about George Floyd’s death. Other tweets by Gascón contained homophobic and body-shaming content.
emilia pérez’ lead actress, karla sofía gascón just deleted her racist tweet about george floyd but since i predicted she would delete it I screen recorded it. pic.twitter.com/DRdKn39dLI
— ? (@chlmtslut) January 30, 2025

Some tweets targeted Gascón’s co-star Selena Gomez (right), calling Gomez a “rich rat” in the tweets.
Gascón tearfully apologized in an “unofficial” interview that was not pre-approved by Netflix. The actor was remorseful and expressed regret in the hourlong interview.
Y usted que cree que iba a decir Karla Sofía Gascón ? ? Que minoría iba a mencionar? Jajaja pic.twitter.com/mL5iys0P83
— David Arellano (@DavidHernare) February 2, 2025
Gascón, 52, made history as the first openly transgender actor to receive a Best Actress nomination. The film received a record-setting 13 total nominations.

However, Netflix’s Oscar promotion is now focusing on Best Supporting Actress nominee Zoe Saldaña (left). Zoe’s face is prominently featured on both the online poster and a Netflix For Your Consideration page.
LGBTQ+ activists are outraged that Netflix removed Gascón’s face and placed Saldana’s face in Oscar ads.
A fan wrote on X: “Karla Sofía Gascón has been completely erased from the latest Oscars ‘For Your Consideration’ ad for Emilia Pérez. I wonder why!??”
Another person commented: “New Netflix FYC poster for Emilia Perez without Karla on it-oh, it’s OVER, lmaooo.”
“Raise your hand if you’ve been victimized by Karla Sofía Gascón.”
Mexicans, Brazilians, Muslims, Catholics, Jews, lgbtq+, BTS, Adele, Asians, Blacks and Indigenous People: pic.twitter.com/Gj2SR7vCjP
— Bec (@solo_bec) January 31, 2025