Journalist Sara Hagi discovered Gascón’s history of racist, Islamophobic and antisemitic posts on Thursday, days after Gascón became the first openly trans person to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. While some of the since-deleted posts dated to 2016, she’d made others as recently as 2023.

Dominican-American actress Zoe Saldaña has spoken out about the controversy surrounding resurfaced social media publications from her 'Emilia Pérez' co-star Karla Sofía Gascón. The offensive publications targeted Muslims,

"Emilia Perez" star Zoe Saldaña is "sad" about her co-star Karla Sofía Gascón's controversial tweets, which has upended this year's Oscars race.