Conan O’Brien poked fun at Karla Sofia Gascón’s controversial tweets during his 2025 Oscars monologue.
“‘Anora’ uses the f-word 479 times,” O’Brien said. “That’s three times more than the record set by the publicist of Karla Sofía Gascón.”
While the audience laughed, the former talk show host noted that Gascón was in the audience.
“Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, remember my name is Jimmy Kimmel,” he jokingly added.
The “Emilia Pérez” star, who is nominated this evening for best actress recently came under fire for negative tweets she made about Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the 2021 Academy Awards after they resurfaced in late January.
Journalist Sarah Hagi posted screenshots of the tweets – which spanned from May 2016 to April 2023 – to X one week after Oscar nominations were announced.
Ahead of the show, Academy CEO Bill Kramer urged people to have an “air of respect” for the best actress nominee.
“The Academy does not condone hate speech — I want to be very clear about that,” Kramer said in a statement Friday. “Karla’s nomination is historic. That’s really important. She’s still a nominee. We honor that, but we do not condone hate speech.”
“If Karla joins us for the night, I hope there is an air of respect,” Kramer continued. “We have over 200 nominees. The night is about much more than one person. We are there to celebrate all of our nominees.”
The actress, 52, made history as the first transgender woman to be nominated for best actress in a leading role for her performance in “Emilia Pérez.” Netflix’s Spanish-language French crime musical received 13 Oscar nominations, the most of any film this year.
Hagi’s post quickly led to online outcry for Gascon’s nomination to be rescinded. Internet sleuths were quick to find more of Gascón’s insensitive posts, including one from 2022 where she referred to “Emilia Pérez” costar Selena Gomez as a “rich rat.”
After the backlash began to garner mainstream attention, the actress was promptly distanced from the rest of the “Emilia Pérez” awards campaign.
Gascón apologized for her comments in a statement to Page Six in early February.
“I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt,” she said.
“As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain,” Gascón added. “All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
Page Six exclusively revealed last month that Gascón would be skipping the SAG Awards, but attending the Oscars.
She made her return to the red carpet on Friday at the Cesar Awards in France.
She told the Hollywood Reporter at the event that she was unsure how she would feel about attending the Oscars, but was “grateful to be back.”
“I’m grateful to all those who’ve believed in me — to Netflix, the production company and my colleagues. We can close this beautiful and difficult path that began three years ago,” she said.
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