The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film's embattled best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascon will no longer be coming to the U.S. for any of this week's many awards activities.

I cannot step down from an Oscar nomination because I have not committed any crime nor have I harmed anyone," Karla Sofía Gascón told CNN.

"I am neither racist nor anything that all these people have tried to make others believe I am," Gascón said in an hour-long interview with CNN en Español

The Emilia Pérez star is nominated in the Best Actress category at the Academy Awards along with the I’m Still Here star Torres. Gascón claimed in an interview that people around Torres were trying to diminish her work but made it clear that her remarks were not aimed at the Brazilian actress.

Emilia Perez' star Karla Sofía Gascón faces backlash over resurfaced tweets about race and religion, amid new comments about fellow Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres that some questioned as violating campaign rules.

Karla Sofía Gascón has said she will not withdraw from the Oscars race for best actress, despite controversy over past social media posts which showed her criticising Islam. Gascón made history last month as the first transgender person to be nominated in an Oscars acting category,

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Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón has reportedly been removed from promotional material for the film’s Oscars campaign after a series of social media posts resurfaced. Gascón, who has been nominated for a gong for her role as the musical’s titular character,

Karla Sofia Gascón, who plays the titular character in Netflix's Emilia Perez, has been removed from the movie's Oscars campaign just weeks before the ceremony.