Selena Gomez is opening up concerning the controversy surrounding her Emilia Pérez costar Karla Sofía Gascón.
Gomez was requested how she is dealing with the drama engulfing the hit Netflix musical throughout a Q&A on the Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Competition on Sunday, February 9.
“Thanks. I’m actually good,” Gomez, 32, responded, per footage shared through X by The Hollywood Reporter. “A few of the magic has disappeared, however I select to proceed to be pleased with what I’ve executed. I’m simply grateful and reside with no regrets.”
Persevering with to point out her help for Emilia Pérez, which is nominated for 13 Oscars at this 12 months’s Academy Awards, Gomez added, “I’d do that film again and again if I might.”
Gascón, 52, has confronted backlash after controversial tweets shared by the actress resurfaced just lately, overshadowing the film’s Oscar marketing campaign. The Spanish actress has been criticized for remarks made concerning the Muslim neighborhood, the demise of George Floyd and even an obvious dig at Gomez.
Whereas the Finest Actress Oscar nominee initially apologized for the posts in a press release by Netflix, the movie’s distributor, she later claimed that among the remarks attributed to her have been taken out of context or fabricated.
Amid the scandal, Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard advised Deadline final week that Gascón was taking a “self-destructive method” and questioned, “Why is she harming herself?”
“Why? I don’t perceive it, and what I don’t perceive about this too is why she’s harming individuals who have been very near her,” he added, referring to Gascón’s costars Zoe Saldaña, who can be nominated for an Oscar, and Gomez. “I’m considering on this factor of how hurting others, of how she’s hurting the crew and all these individuals who labored so extremely onerous on this movie. I’m considering of myself, I’m considering of Zoe and Selena. I simply don’t perceive why she’s persevering with to hurt us.”
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On Thursday, February 6, Gascón shared a contemporary apology through Instagram.
“Following Jacques’ interview that I perceive, I made a decision, for the movie, for Jacques, for the solid, for the unimaginable crew who deserves it, for the gorgeous journey all of us had collectively, to let the work speak for itself, hoping my silence will permit the movie to be appreciated for what it’s, a stupendous ode to like and distinction,” she shared.
“I sincerely apologize to everybody who has been harm alongside the best way,” she added alongside a photograph of the Emilia Pérez solid and crew on the movie’s Cannes premiere final 12 months.
For her half, Saldaña, who’s up for Finest Supporting Actress on the Oscars, advised Selection final week that the controversy made her really feel “unhappy.”
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“Time and time once more, that’s the phrase as a result of that’s the sentiment that has been dwelling in my chest since all the things occurred,” the Oscar nominee stated.
“I’m additionally disenchanted. I can’t communicate for different individuals’s actions. All I can attest to is my expertise, and by no means in 1,000,000 years did I ever imagine that we’d be right here,” she added.
