Netflix is finally commenting on the massive scandal that’s engulfed its leading Oscar contender Emilia Pérez.
Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria addressed the controversy during an interview on The Town podcast, where she was asked her reaction to star Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced history of racist tweets. Emilia Pérez has garnered 13 Academy Award nominations, and Gascón is the first openly trans actress to receive an Oscar nod, but the acclaimed drama’s prospects are perceived to have dimmed thanks to the uproar.
“I think it’s really a bummer for the 100 incredibly talented people who made an amazing movie,” Bajaria said. “And if you look at the nominations, and all of this awards love that it’s received, I think it’s such a bummer that it distracted from that. It really has kind of taken the conversation in a different way [from] this incredible movie that Jacques
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