Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly transgender actress nominated for an Academy Award, attended the Oscars 2025 despite facing controversy over resurfaced tweets. Hosting the ceremony, Conan O'Brien humorously referenced her social media incident in his monologue, while Gascón was in the spotlight for her role in the film "Emilia Pérez," which garnered 13 nominations, just shy of a record. Her performance as a drug cartel leader transitioning into a woman has been critically acclaimed, and she smiles through the backlash as she embraces her historic nomination.
I loved Anora. I really did, O'Brien said of the Best Picture nominee. Anora uses the f word 479 times. That's three more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón's publicist: 'You tweeted WHAT?'.
Karla Sofía Gascón is here tonight and Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, remember my name is Jimmy Kimmel.
Emilia Pérez is leading the 2025 Oscars race with 13 nominations, coming up only one nod shy of tying the record for most-ever nominations for a movie.
Gascón's old tweets were resurfaced by writer Sarah Hagi, leading to significant controversy ahead of the Oscars.
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