Karla Sofía Gascón praises Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien
Karla Sofía Gascón fulfilled Conan O’Brien’s request after the Oscars 2025 host made some jokes concerning the current controversy made by the actress’ resurfaced movies.
The Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón had one final second to shine after the awards—on Instagram.
The Finest Actress nominee took to social media on Monday morning to share her ideas on the Oscars, and within the course of, delivered a cheeky nod to host Conan O’Brien.
“Thanks to the members of [the Academy] for the nomination as best leading actress, for the invitation to the gala; I really liked it, very entertaining and fun, especially its fabulous presenter Jimmy Kimmel, he is fantastic, every day he looks more like the great Conan O’Brien,” Gascón wrote in Spanish.
The playful mix-up was a callback to O’Brien’s opening monologue, the place the first-time Oscars host jokingly addressed Gascón instantly, “Karla, if you’re going to tweet about the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.”
Gascón additionally used her publish to congratulate her Emilia Pérez colleagues who took house awards. “I loved hugging so many friends and colleagues on this return. Congratulations to all the winners, especially [Zoe Saldaña] and [Camille.],” she added.
After all, O’Brien didn’t shrink back from addressing the elephant within the Dolby Theatre.
Throughout his monologue, he made a pointed joke concerning the controversy surrounding Gascón’s resurfaced on-line posts, which had been extensively criticized as racist and induced a PR headache throughout Emilia Pérez’s awards marketing campaign.
“Little fact for you: Anora uses the F-word 479 times. That’s three more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist,” O’Brien quipped, incomes laughs from the viewers.
Gascón’s Oscar journey was nothing in need of dramatic.
The backlash led Netflix and her movie’s PR workforce to halt their monetary help for her awards season appearances. Nonetheless, that call was later reversed for the Academy Awards, the place Gascón attended the ceremony—although notably skipped the purple carpet.
