Zoe Saldana reacts to controversy surrounding Gascon’s racist tweets

Hollywood actress Zoe Saldana has now reacted to the controversy surrounding her co-star in Emilia Perez, Karla Sofia Gascon. “I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad”, Saldana, said in a London Q&A in response to the revelation of bigoted social media posts from her fellow Oscar nominee, reports People magazine. She told The Hollywood Reporter, “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. And it just saddens me”. As per People, Gascon, issued an apology and deactivated her X (formerly Twitter) account on Friday over since-deleted posts she had written criticising Muslim culture, George Floyd, diversity at the Oscars and more. (IANS)