Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard thanks his ‘pricey’ Karla Sofia Gascon after BAFTA win amid controversy | Hollywood

The film beat out the Hindi-Malayalam movie All We Think about as Mild, I’m Nonetheless Right here (Portuguese), Kneecap (Irish/English), and The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Persian) to win the honour regardless of Karla’s scandal.

Throughout his speech, Jacques expressed his gratitude to the complete group, together with Karla, who gave the ceremony held at London’s Royal Albert Corridor on Sunday, a miss.

“Above all, I wish to thank all of the great artists who introduced this movie to life and who’re right here with us tonight. My pricey Zoe, my pricey Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Juliet, Camille, Clement, Julia and your group, but in addition you, my pricey Karla Sofia, that I kiss. I’m deeply pleased with what we achieved collectively. Lengthy stay Emilia Perez,” he added, as quoted by Selection.

Karla has been underneath fireplace after her previous tweets resurfaced which have been termed Islamophobic and racist. She even deleted her X deal with after the backlash.

Jacques’s vote of due to the actor comes weeks after the director responded to the feedback of the Oscar-nominated star by calling them “hateful”.

Emilia Perez follows a Mexican cartel chief (Karla) who enlists a lawyer (Zoe) to assist the cartel chief disappear and transition into a lady.