Zoe Saldaña Responds to ‘Emilia Pérez’ Costar Karla Sofía Gascon Tweets: “It Makes Me Really Sad Because I Don’t Support It”

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  1. >“I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad,” the actress Zoe Saldaña said during a Q&A in London on Friday in response to a question about the relevation of bigoted tweets by her Emilia Pérez costar Karla Sofía Gascón.

    >Saldaña continued, “It makes me really sad because I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group. I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural, and gender equity. And it just saddens me.”

    >She closed, “It saddens me that we are having to face this setback right now. But I’m happy that you’re all here and that you’re all still showing up for Emilia because the message that this film has is so powerful and the change that it can bring forward to communities that are marginalized day in and day out is important. And all that I can attest is that all of us that came together to tell this story, we came together for love and for respect and curiosity, and we will continue to spread that message. That’s all we can say right now. Thank you.”

  2. “The change it can bring forward to marginalized communities…” wtf is she talking about? How is this trainwreck going to help any marginalized community? Its a shit show of spectacle, laziness, mediocrity and hype. People thing that if you put some trans actor in there if gains deepness and relevance (maybe just for Academy members and pretentious audiences).

    I swear this movie is the biggest gaslight ever.

  3. This reminds me of the “Melancholia” press conference when Lars Von Trier randomly starts joking about “being a Nazi” and “understanding Hitler”, he turns toward Kristen Dunst giggling and looking for support but she is absolutely not laughing and clearly thinking “this fucking idiot is ruining the film and my once-in-a-lifetime performance for this bullshit”

  5. Strictly from the showbiz and Oscar perspective- This is an absolutely nuclear level PR nightmare for the film, the studio and everyone involved with it at the worst possible time. Clearly this was all out there but this holy cow.

  6. Are we to believe cast and crew were all blissfully unaware of Gascon’s views AND previous social media posts during and after they made the film? And that Gascon’s very strong opinion were somehow absent during filming?

  7. Oops. There goes her Oscar chances. Half of winning is kissing ass and looking like a piece of sunshine for a few months.

  12. Those George Floyd tweets are telling. Then people wonder why a lot of black men are standoff-ish when it comes to the LGBTQ community, and don’t ascribe to this ideology that “we’re all in this together”

    To make the assumption that JUST because somebody is from a DIFFERENT marginalized community that they are by default an ally is presumptuous and dangerous.

    Every couple of months there’s something like this popping up from some queer person people are putting on a pedestal. If it’s not this then it’s some LGBTQ YouTuber with racist tweets they never thought would resurface and a BS apology and “commitment to learning” … Get outta here

    A racist man who changes their gender is just a racist woman. But when we voice concerns and distrust then people want to name-call us all kinds of “phobe” … Lord forbid you don’t blindly trust people just because it’s what you’re “supposed to do” these days

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