The accusations came aft Gascón alleged there's been an online run to undermine her up of the March 2 ceremony, telling Brazilian paper Folha de S. Paulo successful a Spanish interview, "What I don’t similar are societal media teams—people who enactment with these people—trying to diminish our work, similar maine and my movie, due to the fact that that doesn’t pb anywhere."
"You don’t request to teardrop down someone’s enactment to item another’s," she continued successful a Jan. 28 video. "I person never, astatine immoderate point, said thing atrocious astir Fernanda Torres oregon her movie. However, determination are radical moving with Fernanda Torres tearing maine and Emilia Pérez down. That speaks much astir their movie than mine."
According to Oscars regulations, immoderate "public connection by anyone straight associated with an eligible movie attempting to formed a antagonistic oregon derogatory airy connected a competing movie oregon accomplishment volition not beryllium tolerated."
Amid speculation that she whitethorn person violated the Oscars' codification of conduct, Gascón clarified that her remarks were not astir Torres oregon her nonstop associates.
"I americium an tremendous instrumentality of Fernanda Torres and it has been fantastic getting to cognize her the past fewer months," she said successful a Jan. 29 connection to Variety. "In my caller comments, I was referencing the toxicity and convulsive hatred code connected societal media that I sadly proceed to experience."
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Gascón continued, "Fernanda has been a fantastic ally, and nary 1 straight associated with her has been thing but supportive and hugely generous."
In fact, Gascón has noted that she'll beryllium contented with whoever wins the Oscar.
"This isn’t a competition," she told Folha de S. Paulo during her interview. "This is simply astir radical liking one's enactment oregon not."
E! News has reached retired to Gascón and Torres' reps, arsenic good arsenic the Academy, for remark but hasn't heard back.
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