As Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced social media posts upend the campaign for the year’s most-nominated film, what happens now?

Per the Hollywood Reporter, the first openly trans woman to be nominated for an Oscar has been ousted from promotions of the film.

The Hollywood Reporter' and 'Variety' reported streaming giant Netflix, which has invested heavily in hopes that 'Emilia Perez' will provide its first ever best picture Oscar win, has now dropped Gascon from all campaign efforts.

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

I cannot step down from an Oscar nomination because I have not committed any crime nor have I harmed anyone," Karla Sofía Gascón told CNN.

Karla Sofía Gascón has said she will not withdraw from the Oscars race for best actress, despite controversy over past social media posts which showed her criticising Islam. Gascón made history last month as the first transgender person to be nominated in an Oscars acting category,

Old social media posts with racist comments made by Emilia Pérez actress Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced recently, and Netflix's awards campaign for the film appears to be trying to shuffle the lead actress into the background to regain footing ahead of the Oscars.

Netflix is scrambling to contain the fallout from Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced racist tweets according to several reports, which say the streamer has all but disinvited the actress from the rest of the award season’s festivities.

A win for the ensemble of actresses at Cannes and a jury prize for French auteur Jacques Audiard turned "Emilia Pérez" into a solid Netflix Oscar contender with enthusiastic support from critics and audiences through the fall festivals and well into Oscar season.

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film's embattled best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascon will no longer be coming to the U.S. for any of this week's many awards activities.