Karla Sofía Gascón Refutes Negative Post AboutEmilia PérezCostar Selena Gomez: 'I Would Never Refer to Her That Way'

Mar. 15, 2025

Karla Sofia Gascon; Selena Gomez.Photo:Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty; JC Olivera/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty; JC Olivera/Variety via Getty

Karla Sofía Gascónis insisting she never insulted herEmilia PérezcostarSelena Gomezon social media.

Addressing the controversial tweet, in which shereportedly called Gomez a “rich rat"amid the performer’s rumored feud withHailey Bieber, Gascón told CNN, “It’s not mine, of course.”

According toThe Latin Times, the alleged post says in full: “She’s a rich rat who plays the poor b—— whenever she can and will never stop bothering her ex-boyfriend and his wife,” referring to Gomez’s exJustin Bieberand his wife, Hailey.

Gascón, however, insists that those words did not come from her. “I have never said anything about my colleague," she told CNN. “I would never refer to her that way.”

PEOPLE has previously reached out to both Gomez and Gascón for comment.

Karla Sofia Gascon and Selena Gomez in ‘Emilia Perez’.Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 - WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS/Netflix(2)

Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 - WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS/Netflix(2)

In her tearful CNN interview, Gascón also suggested that the allegedly fake post may have been an attempt to purposefully damage her Oscar campaign amid the ongoing voting period — a claim that came after sherevealed that she would not be exiting the award-show race.

People “have dedicated themselves to searching, to put together all the things that I had said at a time that I had written — most of which are false … most of them I don’t even recognize that I wrote them,” the star claimed. “And they put them all together and so it seems that she is a very bad person and we remove her just when we can do the most damage, right in the voting period.”

“I cannot step down from an Oscar nomination because I have not committed any crime, nor have I harmed anyone,” she continued. “I am neither racist nor anything that all these people have tried to make others believe I am.”

And, addressing her resurfaced posts in a Jan. 30 statement to PEOPLE, Gascón said: “I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt. As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain. All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”

‘Emilia Perez’ stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón.Eugene Gologursky/Getty

Eugene Gologursky/Getty

Gascón’sEmilia PérezcostarZoe Saldañadiscussed the controversy surroundingthe actress at a recent Q&A in London.

“I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad,” Saldaña, 46, said at the Jan. 31 event, perTHR. “It makes me really sad because I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group.”

“I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural, and gender equity,” Saldaña continued. “And it just saddens me.”

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Gascón is nominated in the Best Actress Oscar category for her role inEmilia PérezalongsideCynthia Erivo,Mikey Madison,Demi MooreandFernanda Torres.The Netflix musical is up for 13 awards total (including Best Picture and Best Director forJacques Audiard) at the March 2 ceremony, making it the most-nominated film of the year.

source: people.com