Selena Gomez admits 'some of the magic disappeared' around emilia Perez
Selena Gomez has admitted "some of the magic has disappeared" around 'Emilia Perez' following the controversy surrounding co-star Karla Sofia Gascon and her past tweets.
Selena Gomez has admitted "some of the magic has disappeared" around 'Emilia Perez' following the controversy surrounding co-star Karla Sofia Gascon.
The 32-year-old actress is still "proud" of her role in the musical - which is nominated for 13 Academy Awards - but suggested things don't feel the same as they did before her co-stars past tweets about the Muslim community, the late George Floyd, and diversity at the Academy Awards resurfaced.
Speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Sunday (09.02.25), People magazine reports she said: “I'm good. I'm really good. Some of the magic has disappeared, but I choose to continue to be proud of what I've done, and I'm just grateful.
“I live with no regrets and I would do this movie over and over again if I could."
Karla - who has denied previously posting a comment branding Selena a "rich rat" - recently pledged to stay silent to stop distracting away from 'Emilia Perez's Oscar campaign.
She wrote on Instagram: “I decided, for the film, for Jacques, for the cast, for the incredible crew who deserves it, for the beautiful adventure we all had together, to let the work talk for itself, hoping my silence will allow the film to be appreciated for what it is, a beautiful ode to love and difference.
"I sincerely apologise to everyone who has been hurt along the way.(sic)"
Karla spoke out after 'Emilia Perez' director Jacques Audiard branded her previous comments "inexcusable" and said he didn't want to speak to her.
He told Deadline: "I haven’t spoken to her, and I don’t want to. She is in a self-destructive approach that I can’t interfere in, and I really don’t understand why she’s continuing.
"Why is she harming herself? Why? I don’t understand it, and what I don’t understand about this too is why she’s harming people who were very close to her.
"I’m thinking in this thing of how hurting others, of how she’s hurting the crew and all these people who worked so incredibly hard on this film. I’m thinking of myself, I’m thinking of Zoe [Saldaña] and Selena [Gomez]. I just don’t understand why she’s continuing to harm us.
"I’m not getting in touch with her because right now she needs space to reflect and take accountability for her actions...
"She’s really playing the victim. She’s talking about herself as a victim, which is surprising. It’s as if she thought that words don’t hurt...
"It’s very hard for me to think back to the work I did with Karla Sofía. The trust we shared, the exceptional atmosphere that we had on the set that was indeed based on trust.
"And when you have that kind of relationship and suddenly you read something that that person has said, things that are absolutely hateful and worthy of being hated, of course that relationship is affected. It’s as if you fall into a hole. Because what Karla Sofía said is inexcusable.”
