00:00Oscar nominee Carla Sofia Gascogne is catching heat for controversial takes she posted online
00:04in recent years about everything from Islam to George Floyd. The Emilia Perez's stars' posts
00:11on X started to make the rounds early Thursday morning and were deleted not soon after. Less
00:16than a month after Floyd was murdered in Minnesota in 2020, inciting nationwide Black Lives Matter
00:21rallies, Gascogne shared these words, saying, I truly believe that very few people ever cared
00:26about George Floyd and calling him a drug addict and a hustler. Later that year, she took aim at
00:33Muslims in her native Spain when she wrote this post that says in part, sorry, is it just my
00:38impression or are there more and more Muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter
00:42from school, there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels.
00:49Regarding Islam, she suggested a ban. She wrote, until we ban religions that go against European
00:55values and violate human rights, such as Islam, under the protection of freedom of worship,
01:00we will not end part of the huge problem we face. Faith manipulates those who cling to faith.
01:05Gascogne's posts were in Spanish and have been translated for this story. Many social media users
01:09expressed surprise that amid an always heated awards season race, the posts remained up on the
01:14site for as long as they did. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to reps for Gascogne and
01:18Netflix for comment. Gascogne made history as the first trans person to be nominated for best
01:23actress while her film, Amelia Perez, topped this year's awards with 13 nominations.
01:28For more on this story, go to THR.com. This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
Comments