Karla Sofia Gascon, the first trans-identifying man nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, is now facing backlash for since-deleted posts the actor made about George Floyd and Islam.
On Thursday, old Twitter posts deemed offensive began to resurface, putting Gascon, who is up for an Academy Award this year for the transgender musical crime drama “Emilia Perez,” under fire, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Though the posts were deleted, social media users grabbed screenshots and videos that showed the posts on Gascon’s X account.
In June 2020, Gascon’s post (written in Spanish, translated by the outlet) about Floyd’s death read, “Let me get this straight, a guy tries to pass off a counterfeit bill after consuming methamphetamine, an idiot policeman arrives and goes too far in arresting him, killing him, ruining the lives of his family and his colleagues, and turning the guy…
