Karla Sofía Gascón had a message for the Academy after attending the 2025 Oscars.
The “Emilia Pérez” actress, 52, went to the award show Sunday despite her social media controversy, and was a victim of one of Conan O’Brien’s jokes during his opening monologue.
O’Brien, 61, brought up Gascón’s publicist stressing over her scandal and joked, “Karla Sofía Gascón is here tonight and Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, remember my name is Jimmy Kimmel.”
The camera then cut to Gascón who smiled and bowed her head from her seat in the audience.
The next day, Gascón posted an Instagram where she thanked the Academy for her nomination and invite to the ceremony — and made a reference to O’Brien’s joke.
“Thank you to the members of @theacademy for the nomination as best leading actress, for the invitation to the gala; I liked it a lot, very entertaining and fun, especially your fabulous host Jimmy Kimmel, he is fantastic, every day he looks more like the great Conan O’Brien. 😘” she wrote.
“I loved hugging so many friends and colleagues on this return,” Gascón added. “Congratulations to all the winners, especially to @zoesaldana @camilleofficiel @clementducol. Thank you @netflix @whynotproductions_officiel #jacquesaudiard ♥️ Thank you Emilia Pérez for having taught me so many things.”
Gascón was nominated for Best Actress alongside Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”) and Mikey Madison (“Anora”). Madison, 25, won in a surprising upset.
“Emilia Pérez” took home two Oscars; Zoe Saldana won Best Supporting Actress and Clément Ducol and Camille won Best Original Song for “El Mal.”
Inside LA’s Dolby Theatre, Gascón had an exchange with co-star Selena Gomez after she allegedly called the “Only Murders in the Building” actress a “rich rat” in one of her offensive resurfaced tweets.
Gascón also criticized Muslim culture and George Floyd in her since-deleted 2020 tweets, which led to Netflix and her “Emilia Pérez” director Jacques Audiard speaking out against her comments just weeks before the Oscars.
As she got backlash for her posts, Gascón released a statement to People.
“I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt. As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain,” she said on Jan. 20. “All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
The actress also gave an interview with CNN en Español allegedly without approval from Netflix.
“I cannot step down from an Oscar nomination because I have not committed any crime, nor have I harmed anyone,” she told the outlet.
Gascón also claimed that the tweet about Gomez, 32, is fake.
“I have never said anything about my partner. I would never refer to her that way,” she added.
Gascón was the first openly transgender performer to be nominated at the Academy Awards.
