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Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón body-shamed Adele over weight loss in a resurfaced post

Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón body-shamed Adele over weight loss in a resurfaced post

Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón bodyshamed Adele over her weight loss in a shock resurfaced X post.

Emilia Perez star Gascón, 52, who is the first transgender actress ever to be nominated in the Best Actress category, speculated the singer, 36, had loose skin on her arms after her body transformation in a May 6, 2020 post.

The resurfaced post also came after the actress was slammed for resurfaced anti-Islam social media posts and issued an apology for ‘causing pain’ – before deactivating her X account.

Sharing pH๏τos of Adele in glamorous gowns, the Spanish actress wrote: ‘COVID pᴀssed, and she went overboard with the sleeves, or she went under the knife and they didn’t remove the skin from her arms @Adele.’

Fans blasted Gascón for the incendiary post and called for The Academy to ‘cancel her nomination.’

One wrote: ‘and that’s why Adele won it and YOU are going to lose it.’  

Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón bodyshamed Adele over her weight loss in a shock resurfaced X post - pictured December 2024

Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón bodyshamed Adele over her weight loss in a shock resurfaced X post – pictured December 2024

Emilia Perez star Gascón, 52, who is the first transgender actress ever to be nominated in the Best Actress category, speculated the singer, 36, had loose skin on her arms after her weight loss in a May 6, 2020 post - Adele pictured May 2020

Emilia Perez star Gascón, 52, who is the first transgender actress ever to be nominated in the Best Actress category, speculated the singer, 36, had loose skin on her arms after her weight loss in a May 6, 2020 post – Adele pictured May 2020 

A second typed: ‘this is unacceptable @TheAcademy’ while a third wrote: ‘Can the Oscars cancel her nomination and replace her?’

Others wrote: ‘We all can agree that bodyshaming ADELE is completely unacceptable and senseless 

‘oh she’s over

‘@TheAcademythis is who y’all nominated BTW.

‘This is why nominating someone for “inclusion’s sake” is never the right move. Now you got someone who was undeserving in the first place who also happens to be a horrible person. The Academy looking like such clowns right now. 

‘Karla was envious and repressed until she got this prominent role.

’emphasis on oscar nominee and oscar WINNER.’

‘adele is a oscar winner and karla is never getting a call for any role ever again.’

Gascón plays Emilia Pérez in the blockbuster musical film

Gascón plays Emilia Pérez in the blockbuster musical film 

Sharing pH๏τos of Adele in glamorous gowns, the Spanish actress wrote: 'COVID pᴀssed, and she went overboard with the sleeves, or she went under the knife and they didn’t remove the skin from her arms @Adele'

Sharing pH๏τos of Adele in glamorous gowns, the Spanish actress wrote: ‘COVID pᴀssed, and she went overboard with the sleeves, or she went under the knife and they didn’t remove the skin from her arms @Adele’

Adele is pictured at the Oscars in 2012

Adele is pictured at the Oscars in 2012

Fans blasted Gascón for the incendiary post and called for The Academy to 'cancel her nomination'

Fans blasted Gascón for the incendiary post and called for The Academy to ‘cancel her nomination’

DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for comment. 

Gascón has been slammed over other ‘hurtful’ posts, which criticize Islam, the Oscars, and George Floyd.

The posts, which were dug up by Muslim writer Sarah Hagi and translated into English by Variety, have since been deleted from Gascón’s X account (formerly known as Twitter).

One post, from November 2020, read: ‘I’m sorry. Is it just my impression or is there more muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Next year instead of English we’ll have to teach Arabic.’

Another post from September 2020 featured a pH๏τo of a Muslim family dining in a restaurant in traditional Islamic attire, which included the wife covered from head-to-toe in a black burqa.

Another post from September 2020 featured a pH๏τo of a Muslim family dining in a restaurant in traditional Islamic attire, which included the wife covered from head-to-toe in a black burqa.

Gascón has been slammed over other 'hurtful' posts, which criticize Islam, the Oscars, and George Floyd

Gascón has been slammed over other ‘hurtful’ posts, which criticize Islam, the Oscars, and George Floyd 

‘Islam is marvelous, without any machismo. Women are respected, and when they are so respected they are left with a little squared hole on their faces for their eyes to be visible and their mouths, but only if she behaves. Although they dress this way for their own enjoyment. How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY,’ Gascón wrote.

In 2021 Gascón wrote that ‘Islam fails to comply with international rights’, and ‘I am so sick of so much of this s**t, of islam, of christianity, of catholicism and of all the ҒUCҜing beliefs of morons that violate human rights’.

She also posted about George Floyd, whose murder by Minneapolis police, as he protested ‘I can’t breathe’, sparked the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Gascón wrote: ‘I really think that very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler, but his death has served to once again demonstrate that there are people who still consider black people to be monkeys without rights and consider policemen to be ᴀssᴀssins. They are both wrong.’

The actress added: ‘Too many things to reflect on regarding the behavior of our species every time an event occurs. Perhaps it is no longer a question of racism, but of social classes that feel threatened by each other. Maybe that’s the only real difference.’

Gascón, who is the first transgender actress to be nominated for an Oscar, also slammed the Hollywood ceremony in a scathing post from 2021. 

‘More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala,’ she posted. 

Karla is pictured with Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldana at the Golden Globes earlier this month

Karla is pictured with Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldana at the Golden Globes earlier this month

She also criticized China during the Covid pandemic, writing: ‘The Chinese vaccine, apart from the mandatory chip, comes with two spring rolls, a cat that moves its hand, 2 plastic flowers, a pop-up lantern, 3 telephone lines and one euro for your first controlled purchase.’

Responding to the controversy in a statement to DailyMail.com, Gascón said, ‘I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt.’ 

She continued, ‘As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain. All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.’ 

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Gascón’s posts have already been criticized by The Muslim Public Affairs Council, who issued a statement to The Wrap on Thursday.

‘Deleted or not, these tweets are hurtful, offensive, and shocking, most especially coming from someone who is a member of another vulnerable community,’ they said.

‘Muslims are part of every community, including the transgender community.’ 

Gascón is up against Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance) and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) for Best Actress at the upcoming Oscars. 

Her film Emilia Pérez was also recognized in several categories including top honor Best Picture, Best Director for Jacques Audiard, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best International Feature.

In the film, Karla portrays тιтular character Emilia Perez, who is a cartel leader who enlists the help of unappreciated lawyer Rita Mora Castro (played by Zoe Saldana) to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.

The star completed most of her gender transition in 2018 and announced her new idenтιтy after acting in Mexican telenovelas for years.

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