Controversial star Karla Sofía Gascón had an unusual accessory at the 2025 Oscars: security.
When the “Emilia Pérez” star headed to the bar during a break in Sunday’s Academy Awards, she was trailed by her agent, a Netflix publicist and what seemed like a security guard, we hear.
Sources saw Gascón at the lobby bar at one point in the show, where she ended up in deep conversation with Adrien Brody before he won best actor for “The Brutalist.”
The Los Angeles Times also posted on X from the awards show: “Karla Sofía Gascón went to the bar and hugged Adrien Brody. She was flanked by a Netflix publicist, her agent and a private security guard. She dodged reporters’ questions.”
One bystander tells Page Six of the guard, “I’ve been coming here for 15 or 16 years, and I’ve never seen that before.”
An insider says the Oscars do not allow private security inside the ceremony, and that the minder may have just been provided by the Academy.
Sources also tell Page Six that the best actress nominee attended the awards show with her wife, Marisa Gutiérrez, and their daughter, Victoria.
Another source says Gascón was approached by a reporter at the bar, and that the star seemed ready to chat, but the interview was shut down.
Gascón was once an awards season favorite, but her campaign took a nosedive after past negative tweets she made about Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the 2021 Academy Awards resurfaced in late January.
Oscars host Conan O’Brien poked fun at the controversial tweets during his monologue Sunday.
“‘Anora’ uses the F-word 479 times,” he said. “That’s three times more than the record set by the publicist of Karla Sofía Gascón.
“Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, remember my name is Jimmy Kimmel,” O’Brien jokingly added.
A rep for Gascón did not comment about the guard.
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,” he 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 “Emilia Pérez.” Netflix’s Spanish-language French crime musical received 13 nominations, the most of any film this year.
Gascón previously apologized for her comments in a statement to Page Six.
“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.”
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