(NEXSTAR) — On Thursday, just days after having to release clarification over her comments about fellow nominee Fernanda Torres, the star of "Emilia Pérez," Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, is back in the hot seat over old posts she made on X, formerly Twitter.
The posts, which were translated from Spanish, were originally discovered by journalist Sarah Hagi, Variety reports. The posts, which many noted began disappearing Thursday, contain racist language and hateful generalizations about Muslims and Black people, in addition to racist comments about the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony.
The posts date back to 2020-21 and touch on many topics that were being discussed at that time, including the murder of George Floyd by a police officer.
In a post days after Floyd's death, Gascón wrote: "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. They're all wrong."
In several other posts, Gascón blamed "r-tarded followers of Allah" for a series of 2020 terrorist attacks in France, wherein the actor also called for "expelling these madmen from Europe," paired with a racist cartoon of an Arab man surrounded by decapitated heads, as reported by Buzzfeed. Additionally, Gascón called for a Western ban on Islam, which she said "goes against European values."
Gascón, who made history as the first openly trans actress to be nominated for Best Actress, also posted about the Oscars' strides for more diversity over the past several years.
In a 2021 post, now deleted, Gascón wrote: "More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala."
Nexstar has reached out to Gascón's representatives, in addition to Netflix and the Academy for comment and we'll update this story once we hear back.
Gascón's posts are just another element of controversy surrounding "Emilia Pérez," which has proved to be one of the most polarizing of the season, including among LGBTQ+ critics, viewers, and organizations. GLAAD previously released comments on its trans representation, calling it “offensive and even dangerous.”
Seeing how the musical comedy is the most nominated film going into Oscars night (and widely believed to be the favorite to win Best Picture), many will be waiting to see how or if Gascón's posts and the backlash against the film in general affect its odds.