Karla Sofía Gascón pictured earlier this month

Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón has issued a public apology after offensive social media posts of hers from several years ago came to light.

In the past few days, a string of old posts from the Emilia Pérez star on X began doing the rounds online, criticising subjects like Islam, the Black Lives Matter movement (including, specifically, George Floyd, a Black man murdered by a white police officer in 2020) and diversity at the Academy Awards.

Speaking to Variety on Thursday evening, Karla Sofía said: “I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt.

“As someone in a marginalised community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain.”

The Spanish performer added: “All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”

Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez

Karla Sofía’s original X posts were translated from Spanish by

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