Karla Sofia Gascon, the first trans-identifying man nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, is now facing backlash for since-deleted posts the actor made about George Floyd and Islam.

On Thursday, old Twitter posts deemed offensive began to resurface, putting Gascon, who is up for an Academy Award this year for the transgender musical crime drama “Emilia Perez,” under fire, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Though the posts were deleted, social media users grabbed screenshots and videos that showed the posts on Gascon’s X account.

In June 2020, Gascon’s post (written in Spanish, translated by the outlet) about Floyd’s death read, “Let me get this straight, a guy tries to pass off a counterfeit bill after consuming methamphetamine, an idiot policeman arrives and goes too far in arresting him, killing him, ruining the lives of his family and his colleagues, and turning the guy with the bill into a martyr hero.”

“I really think that very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler, but his death has served to once again demonstrate that there are people who still consider black people to be monkeys without rights and consider policemen to be assassins,” a later post added, Variety noted. “They’re all wrong.”

In a November 2020 post, the actor took aim at Islam and said, “Sorry, is it just my impression or are there more and more Muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Maybe next year instead of English we’ll have to teach Arabic. Until we ban religions that go against European values and violate human rights, such as Islam, under the protection of freedom of worship, we will not end part of the huge problem we face.”

Another post from 2020 read, “Islam is marvelous, without any machismo. Women are respected, and when they are so respected they are left with a little squared hole on their faces for their eyes to be visible and their mouths, but only if she behaves. Although they dress this way for their own enjoyment. How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY,” Variety noted.

A 2021 post from Gascon took aim at all religions, with the actor writing on social media, “I am so sick of so much of this s***, of Islam, of Christianity, of Catholicism and of all the f***ing beliefs of morons that violate human rights,” Variety noted.

Gascon also slammed the 2021 Oscars telecast in another post, suggesting at the time, “More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films. I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.”

After the posts resurfaced, social media users slammed Gascon, with some pleading for the Academy not to give the actor an award.

“Karla’s thread on George Floyd… you can’t make this stuff up… for the love of god do not give this woman an Oscar!!! ” a Vanity Fair writer wrote.

Another person added, “If Karla Sofia Gascón‘s Academy Award nomination gets revoked (as it should) for her simply inappropriate comments, I will just post this pic and say nothing.” The picture was from this year’s Golden Globes, with remarks from Gascon, saying, “The light always wins over darkness.”

While a third wrote, “So not only is EMILIA PÉREZ a bad film, its lead actress is Islamophobic and racist. I see, I see, I see.”

Related: Oscars Nominations Announced, Controversial Trans Drama Leads With 13 Nods

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Karla Sofia Gascon, the first trans-identifying man nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, is now facing backlash for since-deleted posts the actor made about George Floyd and Islam.

On Thursday, old Twitter posts deemed offensive began to resurface, putting Gascon, who is up for an Academy Award this year for the transgender musical crime drama “Emilia Perez,” under fire, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Though the posts were deleted, social media users grabbed screenshots and videos that showed the posts on Gascon’s X account.

In June 2020, Gascon’s post (written in Spanish, translated by the outlet) about Floyd’s death read, “Let me get this straight, a guy tries to pass off a counterfeit bill after consuming methamphetamine, an idiot policeman arrives and goes too far in arresting him, killing him, ruining the lives of his family and his colleagues, and turning the guy with the bill into a martyr hero.”

“I really think that very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict swindler, but his death has served to once again demonstrate that there are people who still consider black people to be monkeys without rights and consider policemen to be assassins,” a later post added, Variety noted. “They’re all wrong.”

In a November 2020 post, the actor took aim at Islam and said, “Sorry, is it just my impression or are there more and more Muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Maybe next year instead of English we’ll have to teach Arabic. Until we ban religions that go against European values and violate human rights, such as Islam, under the protection of freedom of worship, we will not end part of the huge problem we face.”

Another post from 2020 read, “Islam is marvelous, without any machismo. Women are respected, and when they are so respected they are left with a little squared hole on their faces for their eyes to be visible and their mouths, but only if she behaves. Although they dress this way for their own enjoyment. How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY,” Variety noted.

A 2021 post from Gascon took aim at all religions, with the actor writing on social media, “I am so sick of so much of this s***, of Islam, of Christianity, of Catholicism and of all the f***ing beliefs of morons that violate human rights,” Variety noted.

Gascon also slammed the 2021 Oscars telecast in another post, suggesting at the time, “More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films. I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.”

After the posts resurfaced, social media users slammed Gascon, with some pleading for the Academy not to give the actor an award.

“Karla’s thread on George Floyd… you can’t make this stuff up… for the love of god do not give this woman an Oscar!!! ” a Vanity Fair writer wrote.

Another person added, “If Karla Sofia Gascón‘s Academy Award nomination gets revoked (as it should) for her simply inappropriate comments, I will just post this pic and say nothing.” The picture was from this year’s Golden Globes, with remarks from Gascon, saying, “The light always wins over darkness.”

While a third wrote, “So not only is EMILIA PÉREZ a bad film, its lead actress is Islamophobic and racist. I see, I see, I see.”

Related: Oscars Nominations Announced, Controversial Trans Drama Leads With 13 Nods

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