Emilia PérezStar Karla Sofía Gascón Wins Best Song Prize at Critics Choice Awards amid Controversy

Mar. 15, 2025

Karla Sofia Gascon in “Emilia Perez”.Photo:PAGE 114 - WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS - PATHÉ FILMS - FRANCE 2 CINÉMA

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Karla Sofía Gascónwas among the winners recognized in the best song category at the 2025Critics Choice Awardsamid her recent backlash.

Gascón,Zoe Saldañaand Camille won for the song"El Mal"fromEmilia Pérezon Friday, Feb. 7.

Gascon, who did not attend the event, was also nominated at the Critics Choice Awards for best actress, though that win went to Demi Moore forThe Substance.

The best song win comes after Gascón, 52, apologized for thecontroversiessurrounding her offensiveresurfaced social media posts, which have since been deleted as she alsodeactivatedher X account.

In a message on Instagram this week, the Oscar-nominated actress wrote that she “sincerely" apologizes to “everyone who has been hurt along the way” ina message on her Instagram, vowing to be silent and “let the work talk for itself.”

Zoe Saldaña inEmilia Pérez(2024).Shanna Besson/PAGE 114

Shanna Besson/PAGE 114

Her post was in response toEmilia PérezdirectorJacques Audiard’s interviewwithDeadline, in which he called Gascón’s resurfaced posts “inexcusable” and said he hadn’t spoken to her.

“She is in a self-destructive approach that I can’t interfere in, and I really don’t understand why she’s continuing,” said the French filmmaker, 72, adding that she is “harming people who were very close to her,” including theEmilia Pérezcast and crew. “I’m not getting in touch with her because right now she needs space to reflect and take accountability for her actions.”

Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol accept best song for ‘El Mal’ on Feb. 7, 2025.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

Composer Clément Ducol and singer-songwriter Camille teamed up to write the songs inEmilia Pérez, a musical thriller sung largely in Spanish despite the fact that both artists are French. The duo co-wrote “El Mal,” Saldaña’s indictment of corrupt members of society, with Audiard.

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Karla Sofia Gascon on Jan. 15, 2025.Medios y Media/Getty

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Ducol and Camillewon the Golden Globefor the track in January, and they made sure to give a shoutout to stars Saldaña and Gascón at the time. “‘El Mal’ wouldn’t be what it is without your performance,” Camille told the pair. “You just should shake the house, and shake our souls. Salud.”

SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards as they’re broadcasting live on E! from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the following day on Peacock.

source: people.com