Selena Gomez on Karla Sofia Gascon: "Part of the magic has disappeared"

BarcelonaActress and singer Selena Gomez co-stars alongside Karla Sofia Gascon in the Oscar-nominated film Emilia Perez, broke the silence after the controversy over the racist, homophobic and insulting tweets of the Spanish actress. "Part of the magic has disappeared, but I choose to continue being proud of what I have done and I am, quite simply, grateful. I live without regret," said the actress, whom Karla Sofía Gascón called in a message rescued from her Twitter account a "rich rat" who makes herself miserable. Gascón assured in an interview on CNN that she did not recognize that the tweet was hers and asked for forgiveness, but also denounced being victim of cancel culture.

"I would make this film over and over again if I could," Gomez said at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, according to American media reports. For Gomez, the fact that Jacques Audiard saw in her "something beyond the obvious" and that she was able to show people that she is capable of "doing more" makes up for this trip.

Her colleagues have not been so understanding. Zoe Saldaña has said about the case: "I do not tolerate any kind of negative rhetoric towards any group," and admitted that she was surprised to see these tweets that contrast with the experience she had "with each one of those who were part of the project." Jacques Audiard criticized Gascón for his "self-destructive attitude," for playing the "victim," when he had sent X some "inexcusable" messages.

Audiard admitted to Deadline who no longer had any contact with the actress, who has been banned by Netflix from promoting the film, with whom the relationship had deteriorated after some "absolutely hateful and hate-worthy" comments came to light: "I think about how she is hurting others, how she is hurting the team and all the people who worked in.

Emilia Perez has continued to collect awards, such as the Critics Choice Awards. Hollywood academics have until February 18 to cast their votes for the Oscars, in which Emilia Perez She was one of the main candidates. The gala is on March 2.