Saldaña called the controversial film "a magical collaboration" amid a scandal involving Gascón's problematic past posts on social media.

Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez are each nominated at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards for 'Emilia Pérez,' though Gascón is absent from the guest list after facing backlash for past offensive tweets.

Hollywood actress Selena Gomez joined Zoe Saldana on stage to present an awards at this year's BAFTA Awards, but struggled with the announcement

That said, Gascón’s “Emilia Pérez” co-stars Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña will be in room at London’s Royal Festival Hall (both are also competing for best supporting actress). Gomez and Saldaña are also set to present an award.

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has skipped multiple awards shows after controversy erupted regarding her offensive past social media posts

"I've never been questioned about where I come from and judged by how I speak or what my pronouns are," Saldaña said during Sunday's ceremony.

Karla Sofía Gascón, even with many high-end award ceremonies on the ballot for nominations, including this year’s SAG Awards 2025, has preferred avoiding such outings. This is based on a litany of controversial past social media posts which saw her courting controversy in some of these being offensive to aspects of Muslim culture,

SAG Awards saw Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana take to the stage to honour Emilia Pérez's controversial film, but viewers at home couldn't help but notice some awkward moments

Emilia Pérez got a highlight at tonight’s 2025 SAG Awards, but the film’s star, Karla Sofía Gascón, was nowhere to be seen. Co-stars Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana presented at the annual awards show, where they introduced their Netflix film,