Karla Sofía Gascón Deletes Tweets Calling George Floyd a 'Hustler' and Suggesting an Islam Ban Amid Troubled Oscars Campaign

Karla Sofía Gascón's Oscar campaign has hit yet another bump in the road. The "Emilia Pérez" star, who made history by becoming the first openly transgender performer ever nominated for an Academy Award, is on the receiving end of another wave of criticism over some of her past tweets. On Thursday, social media users began to share years-old X posts from Gascón in which she criticized the reaction to George Floyd's murder in 2020 and also expressed support for religions that "go against European values" being banned from European countries like her home nation of Spain. "Let . . .