Actress did an hourlong interview with CNN En Español without consulting the streaming service over the weekend

To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter.” In the heat of the 2020 movement against racism, Netflix felt compelled to write these words on corporate social media accounts five days after the death of George Floyd.

Netflix has distanced itself from Karla Sofía Gascón following backlash over past social media posts that were deemed Islamophobic and racist

Netflix clearly didn’t either. The streamer was sitting pretty with Emilia Pérez and its 13 nominations—not only the most for a single film this year, but one short of the all-time record. Executives were probably already pulling out the Champagne before Best Actress frontrunner Karla Sofía Gascón swept in to annihilate not only her own chance at a statue,

The director of Emilia Pérez addressed the controversy surrounding the movie's star — Karla Sofía Gascón. Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Netflix, Rich Polk / Penske Media via Getty Images In an interview with Deadline, French writer-director Jacques Audiard responded to Karla's slew of resurfaced, anti-Muslim, racist, and offensive tweets.

The actress is in the middle of a scandal after hateful messages on social media against Muslims, African Americans, and even the Oscars, as well as controversial comments about her co-stars Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez.

Oscar-nominated actress Karla Sofía Gascón has apologized after resurfaced social media posts circulated online and caused a stir.

Jacques Audiard, the writer and director of Emilia Pérez, made his first comments in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding Karla Sofía Gascón.

In the latest sign that Karla Sofía Gascón is taking a backseat on the 'Emilia Pérez' awards tour, the actress is set to skip the Goya Awards.

The actress’s old social media posts have threatened to derail the film’s Oscar campaign, but backlash has been building for months for other reasons.