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Megyn Kelly lets go of trans Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon after Best Actress Oscar nomination

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Megyn Kelly lets go of trans Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon after Best Actress Oscar nomination

Megyn Kelly has lashed out in an explosive tirade against transgender star Emilia Perez, who made history as the first openly transgender performer ever nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars.

Kelly argued on her show Thursday that Hollywood is out of touch with the American people as she explained her position on why Karla Sofia Gascon should not receive the coveted award.

“Among the people nominated for Best Actress is a man — a man, I tell you,” the podcaster said, referring to Gascon based on her birth gender.

‘Until his late forties he was known as Carlos Gascon. His name is Karla Sofia Gascon; he is 52 years old and switched – supposedly switched – in 2016.”

She went on to say that the film’s premise is “tailor-made for awards in Hollywood,” and called out the actress’ Golden Globes speech.

“He called on transgender people to stand up against bigotry, and now he’s been nominated,” Kelly said.

“He has captured one of the five coveted spots for Best Actress – Best Actress,” she reiterated, emphasizing the name of the award.

Kelly then seemed to suggest that great actresses have only themselves to blame as she played a clip from the film in which actress Zoe Saldana asked about gender reassignment surgery.

Megyn Kelly went on an explosive rant against Emilia Perez’s transgender star

Karla Sofía Gascón has been included in Oscar's leading actress category

Karla Sofía Gascón has been included in Oscar’s leading actress category

Kelly argued in her show on Thursday that 52-year-old Spanish actress Karla Sofia Gascon should not receive the coveted award for the musical about a brutal cartel leader who tries to fake her death so that she can finally live as a woman.

Kelly argued in her show on Thursday that 52-year-old Spanish actress Karla Sofia Gascon should not receive the coveted award for the musical about a brutal cartel leader who tries to fake her death so that she can finally live as a woman.

“My premise is that all Hollywood women deserve this and I have no sympathy for them,” she said.

The musical tells the story of a brutal cartel leader who tries to fake her death so that she can finally live as a woman.

On Kelly’s show, Ruthless guests echoed her thoughts and joked about the film’s premise: “I really like the idea of ​​a transitional cartel boss, I’d like to know how that went during the meeting…” btw I want a being a woman. ”

The popular news host said it was clear that “Hollyweird” didn’t get the message that the American people think efforts to “accommodate the transgender thing” have gone too far.

“There’s been a clear message being sent, not just by Republicans, but by Democrats as well,” Kelly said.

‘Hollyweird did not receive this message because the Oscar nominations were announced today and among the people nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a man.’

She noted that Conclave was also recognized — a film that Kelly previously said, “mocks the Catholics‘.

‘So you can see exactly what the Oscars are doing. This is the night to stand up and celebrate how much they hate Catholics, how much they believe men can become women, and how much they hate Donald Trump – whether they say it explicitly or not.”

Gascon is up against Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance) and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) for Best Actress.

She previously became the first trans actress to earn a nomination at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, where she took home the award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

“Thank you very much,” Gascon said in her acceptance speech, wearing a bright yellow and orange dress.

‘I chose these colors tonight because I have a message. Light always wins over darkness.

Gascon took home the award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes

Gascon took home the award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes

Major female players in Hollywood have previously defended the controversial film

Major female players in Hollywood have previously defended the controversial film

“I have a lot of things to say to you, because you may put us in jail, you may beat us up, but you can never take away our soul, our existence, our identity,” she added about transgender people.

‘I want to say to you: raise your voice. And say: I am who I am. Know who you are. Thank you so much.’

The film had also won awards for International Feature Film, Makeup and Hair Styling, Sound, Original Score and Original Song for two of its musical numbers.

Emilia Perez also won the Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award for an Ensemble at the 2024 Cannes Film Festivalwhere it won the Jury Prize and the first prize for Best Actress for an Ensemble.

Now the film, which also stars Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress for Saldana, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, which air on March 2.

Major female players in Hollywood have previously defended the controversial film, with Meryl Streep praising the film and Gomez’s performance in particular, describing it as “beautiful, smudged, sensual, incredible.”

Critics have also fallen over themselves to post the most glowing reviews praising the bravery of focusing on underrepresented characters and delivering “provocative” subject matter through a musical genre.

However, one of the hypes is criticism for the depiction of a trans woman.

Harron Walker for The cut led the charge, writing, “I don’t demand total realism from every movie I see. I can even appreciate the camp, whether intentional or not, of Emilia waking up from her five million simultaneous operations, her face bandaged like a mummy except for her eyes and lips.”

‘But I expect that a filmmaker so captivated by the concept of transition, one who has shown some level of conscious sensitivity in his previous attempts to portray lives different from his own, will at least have an informed understanding showing what that concept actually looks like in practice.’

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