The director of "Emilia Pérez" thanked Karla Sofía Gascón, who has been under fire over her resurfaced social media posts, at Sunday's BAFTAs.

Zoe Saldaña said she is 'disappointed' by her 'Emilia Pérez' costar Karla Sofía Gascón, whose past racist posts were resurfaced amid their Oscars campaign. 'Never in a million years did I ever believe that we would be here,

Offensive historic tweets posted by the transgender star of the Netflix film that picked up 13 Oscar nominations have led to a swirling controversy and an awards campaign in disarray.

When director Jacques Audiard came to pick the BAFTA 2025 for Emilia Pérez, he thanked actress Karla Sofía Gascón in his acceptance speech. This, despite Gascón's absence from the ceremony and awards campaign in the wake of the controversy over her offensive tweets.