Actress did an hourlong interview with CNN En Español without consulting the streaming service over the weekend

To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter.” In the heat of the 2020 movement against racism, Netflix felt compelled to write these words on corporate social media accounts five days after the death of George Floyd.

As Karla Sofía Gascón's Oscar campaign derails due to racist tweets, the industry wonders: How did Netflix not check her post history?

Netflix has distanced itself from Karla Sofía Gascón following backlash over past social media posts that were deemed Islamophobic and racist

Netflix is distancing itself from “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón in an effort to salvage the film’s Oscar prospects. And as the Spanish actress tries to defuse the blowback for her past social media posts,

Netflix clearly didn’t either. The streamer was sitting pretty with Emilia Pérez and its 13 nominations—not only the most for a single film this year, but one short of the all-time record. Executives were probably already pulling out the Champagne before Best Actress frontrunner Karla Sofía Gascón swept in to annihilate not only her own chance at a statue,

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.

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.

The actress is in the middle of a scandal after hateful messages on social media against Muslims, African Americans, and even the Oscars, as well as controversial comments about her co-stars Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez.