“As Albert Camus said, ‘there is only a truly serious philosophical problem, and it is suicide,” because we face the very meaning of existence. I do not quote these words to insinuate anything or point to myself, but for those others who could not bear what I just endured. ” This is part of the extensive letter that actress Karla Sofía Gascón (Madrid, 52 years) has sent to the American environment The Hollywood Reporter. This is the first statements of the interpreter after attending the Oscar gala, held on March 2 in Los Angeles. Gascón was a candidate for best actress for Emilia Pérez and was present at the Dolby Theater after the controversy over ancient tweets racist and offensive.
In the statement, with no chance of rejecting, the actress apologizes: “Just as I have been the target of harmful words, I have also said hurtful things throughout my life that have made others feel offended. Things made and said from fear, from my own ignorance, from my own pain, from outside that cold and disturbing shield. ” Later he proposes to open a debate on mental health: “For my daughter and for future generations, I want to open an honest discussion and reflection on mental health. Throughout different stages of my life I have passed through dark moments, episodes in which despair led me to unexpected places. ”
Although Emilia Pérez won 13 Oscar nominations, won only two awards, for Best Song, and Best Distributed Actress, Zoe Saldaña. Gascón informs in her letter that false accounts attributed to her were opened on social networks “to add pain and confusion.” “I was released absurd and delusional accusations that deeply hurt my spirit. Things climbed to a point, and so fast, that I couldn’t even breathe. In the midst of this unexpected and devastating storm, there have been times when pain has been so overwhelming that I contemplated the unthinkable. ”
In another part of the brief, the actress denounces a campaign of death threats and explains what has made clear from a stage of her life that qualifies as “the worst”: “Now that the storm is being calm down a little, and the worst already happened (or I hope), I begin to see clearly what I have learned. I have learned that hate, like fire, cannot be turned off with more hate. The offenses cannot be erased with more offenses, and errors cannot clean other errors, especially when lies and falsehood proliferate everywhere and when the only thing they send me back is pure anger, shameless harassment, vexation, contempt and even death threats. ” “Fortunately, I have kept my apex of sanity to see the light at the end of this hate tunnel and understand that I must be and do better, and correct my past faults, without getting involved in more darkness,” he says.
The actress’s statement ends like this: “Only through understanding, compassion, forgiveness and empathy we can build a world where the difference is not synonymous with condemnation, but of wealth. A world where we can learn and grow as we advance. A world where we can all put aside our shields and be ourselves. Thanks from the back of my heart. ”