Much like Emilia Pérez’s titular heroine, a reformed cartel capo who keeps her identity hidden after undergoing gender reassignment surgery for fear of retribution, this year’s most-nominated Oscar contender was always going to have a target on its back.

The actress’s old social media posts have threatened to derail the film’s Oscar campaign, but backlash has been building for months for other reasons.

"Emilia Pérez" director Jacques Audiard spoke out about Karla Sofía Gascón's offensive posts amid the backlash that Gascón has received in the past week.

Zoe Saldaña isn’t letting the controversy surrounding her “Emilia Pérez” costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media comments take the joy out of her experience being recognized in the Oscar race,

Unfortunately, this could affect Karla's Emilia Pérez costar and Best Supporting Actress frontrunner, Zoe Saldaña. In the wake of Karla's damage control press tour, Variety changed its official Oscars prediction for the category from Zoe to Ariana Grande, suggesting that Zoe might end up being collateral damage.

"Emilia Pérez" actress Karla Sofía Gascón took to Instagram on Tuesday and addressed her past offensive social media posts that resurfaced last week.

Ever since offensive tweets from star Karla Sofía Gascón surfaced, the awards front-runner’s fortunes have plummeted. Here’s what Hollywood thinks about it.