Karla Sofía Gascón has made headlines in recent weeks after her racist and Islamophobic social media posts resurfaced. Several of the 52-year-old Academy Award nominee’s tweets were posted between 2020 and 2023 and came to light by writer and X user Sarah Hagi earlier this month.

Zoe Saldaña was the first of Gascón's fellow “Emilia Pérez” actors to publicly address the controversy around Gascón’s past posts. In recent days, co-star Selena Gomez and director Jacques Audiard have also been asked to share their reactions. Here’s how Saldaña, Gomez and Audiard have responded to the backlash so far.