Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated star of “Emilia Pérez,” issued an apology Thursday evening after years-old tweets resurfaced in which she took aim at Islam, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars,

Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated lead of the movie “Emilia Pérez,” is apologizing for her old social media posts that denigrated Islam and that called George Floyd “a drug addict and a hustler.

Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated star of “Emilia Pérez,” has deactivated her X account and apologized after social media posts she had made disparaging George Floyd, Islam and a previous Academy Award ceremony resurfaced this week.