Fernanda Torres comments on controversy with Karla Sofía Gascón at the Oscars: 'Cancellation is certain'

Fernanda Torres on the red carpet at the 2025 Oscars, in Los Angeles (USA) Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Fernanda Torres recalled the controversy involving Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón during the "I'm Still Here" campaign for the 2025 Oscars. In an interview with "Conversa com Bial", shown last Tuesday (7), the actress recalled the accusation made by the protagonist of "Emilia Pérez" that there was a team working against her. "Six to eight months of campaigning for the Oscar, without going home. When we arrived at the campaign, we were nobody, we were underdogs. It had everything. The day after the Golden Globes, Los Angeles caught fire. I had to flee," he said. Afterwards, the actress recalled the episode involving Karla Sofía Gascón and said that she was surprised by the accusations while trying to rest after the marathon of commitments. (video of the interview here) "I went into a hotel room, in a beautiful place to rest, I 'read infinitely' [the networks' infinite feed]. Emilia Pérez's actress came in saying that I had a team working against her. Then I had another one [imitates a person feeling ill]. Nowadays it's like that. Nowadays, giving an interview is a danger, it's a certain cancellation", he stated. The statement refers to the controversy that marked the final stretch of the Oscar campaign, when Karla Sofía Gascón suggested, in an interview, that people linked to Fernanda Torres' team were promoting attacks against her on social media. The speech had international repercussions and ended up increasing tension between the campaigns of the two films. Recall the chronology of the events below. 2025 Oscar Karla Sofía Gascón plays the title character of 'Emilia Perez' Disclosure At the 2025 Oscars, "Emilia Pérez" competed with the Brazilian film "I'm Still Here", an original Globoplay production, in the Best Film and International Film categories. Karla Gascón was in contention with Fernanda Torres for the Best Actress statuette, and their antagonism at the award was the trigger for the controversy surrounding the Spanish artist. See the timeline of the scandal involving Karla Sofía Gascón; Below, understand details of each chapter of the story. 'Emilia Pérez', love it or hate it: as a rival to 'I'm Still Here' at the Oscars, it went from being a critical darling to the most mocked film of the year January 21st: Karla asks Fernanda Torres for help to contain hatred from Brazilians; January 24: Fernanda praises her colleague and calls for an end to the rivalry on social media; January 28: Newspaper publishes interview in which Karla says that "people in Fernanda Torres' environment" speak badly about her work and the film "Emilia Pérez"; January 30: Karla apologizes for the accusations and, on the same day, old posts with racist and xenophobic messages are exposed on social media; January 31: Karla apologizes again and the specialized press says that the case could harm "Emilia Pérez" at the Oscars. January 21: Karla asks for help Karla Sofía Gascón comments on attacks on the networks and asks Fernanda Torres for help Since before the announcement of the Oscar nominees, on January 23, "Emilia Pérez" and its protagonist were already seen as the great rivals of "I'm still here" and Fernanda Torres in the awards. For this reason, many Brazilians directed an unreasonable amount of hate towards the production and the actress – who saw her social networks invaded by attacks from Fernanda's fans. In an interview with g1 on the 21st, during her visit to Brazil to promote the film, Karla asked for help with good humor: "Fernanda, please, a hug. I love you so much. Help me with these guys." January 24: Fernanda praises Karla Fernanda Torres praises Karla Sofía Gascón, after the actress asked for help in dealing with haters In a video published on Instagram, Fernanda Torres praised her colleague and recalled how she met Karla at a party in Hollywood "with the largest concentration of incredible actors I had ever seen". According to Fernanda, it was the Spanish woman who helped her at the party and introduced her to her colleagues. "It was affectionate, solidarity." In the post, she asked that Brazilians not take the dispute between the two to life outside the awards: "'Let's not treat anyone badly and create something that is against each other, for God's sake. I am forever grateful to Sofía Gascón. She is wonderful in 'Emilia Pérez'." January 28: Karla makes accusations During her visit to Brazil, before the announcement of the Oscar nominees, Karla Gascón accused "people who work in Fernanda Torres' environment" of speaking badly about her work and "Emilia Pérez". The statements gained repercussion last Tuesday (28), because of an interview published by the newspaper "Folha de S.Paulo". "What I don't like is that there's a social media team that works around all these people trying to diminish other people's work, like mine, or the film's work, because that doesn't go anywhere," she said. "There are many people who work in Fernanda Torres' environment who speak badly of me and 'Emilia Pérez'." Social media users began to complain that Karla's accusations could violate the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar campaign rules. The 2025 regulation stated that "Academy members, film companies, or individuals directly associated with an eligible film" may not "share misleading or false information about a film, performance, or achievement." According to the American magazine "Rolling Stone", however, an unidentified source stated that the Academy did not see the Spanish woman's statements as a disregard for the rules. January 30: Karla apologizes Fernanda Torres and Karla Sofía Gascón Fantástico/ Reproduction In an interview with "Variety" magazine published this Thursday (30), Karla went back on the accusations, and recanted. "I am a huge fan of Fernanda Torres and it has been wonderful getting to know her over the last few months. In my recent comments, I was referring to the toxicity and violent hate speech on social media, which I unfortunately continue to experience," she said. "Fernanda has been a wonderful ally, and no one directly connected to her has been anything but supportive and extremely generous." January 30: Old posts go viral On the same day as the apology, old posts from the "Emilia Pérez" actress began to go viral on X (formerly Twitter). Rescued by Canadian journalist Sarah Hagi, the 2020 and 2021 publications have racist and xenophobic content. They talk about Islam, the George Floyd case and inclusion in the Oscars.