Selena Gomez admits 'magic has disappeared' amid Emilia Perez controversy

Selena Gomez   has admitted she feels like 'some of the magic has disappeared' following the Emilia Perez controversy. The musical  ...

Selena Gomez has admitted she feels like 'some of the magic has disappeared' following the Emilia Perez controversy.

The musical crime film found itself in the middle of a media storm after it was revealed the singer's castmate Karla Sofia Gascon had posted a string of racist tweets in the past that had referred to the Muslim community and the late George Floyd.

Gomez, 32, too was subjected to a mean tweet, where the Spanish actress appeared to called her a 'rich rat.'

Addressing the scandal at Santa Barbara Film Festival on Sunday, where she received the Virtuosos Award, she said: 'Some of the magic has disappeared.

'But I choose to continue to be proud of what I've done and I'm just grateful.'

She added: 'I live with no regrets, and I would do this movie over and over again if I could.'

Her admission comes weeks after she lost a whopping 707,880 Instagram followers amid backlash for her own emotional deportation video, in which she sobbed about President Donald Trump's mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Gomez's fellow Emilia Perez cast member Zoe Saldana previously said she was 'disappointed' with the scandal that has put a stain on the film.

Selena Gomez feels like the 'some of the magic has disappeared' following the Emilia Perez controversy

Karla Sofia Gascon posted a string of racist tweets in the past, putting a stain on the film

'I'm sad. Time and time again, that's the word because that is the sentiment that has been living in my chest since everything happened,' Saldana, 46, told Variety.

'I'm also disappointed. I can't speak for other people's actions. All I can attest to is my experience, and never in a million years did I ever believe that we would be here.

'I feel like I've spoken enough about it,' Saldana added. 'It's not just something we have to figure out immediately.'

Gascón became the first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar for her starring role in Emilia Perez.

However, her history setting journey has been on a downward slope since racist tweets from her past emerged.

In 2020, in the days following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the Spanish actress called him a 'drug addict swindler.'

She also shared a tweet commenting on the diversity at the 2021 Oscars ceremony, writing: '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.'

Zoe Saldana previously said she was 'disappointed' the scandal has put a stain on the film

Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana at an 'Emilia Perez' screening

Online statements from the actress' past considered to be racist, have caused the campaign for her to be the first transgender person to win an Academy Award to implode

Another public comment, directed at the growing Muslim population in the town where she lives, Gascón wrote: '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. Next year instead of English we'll have to teach Arabic.'

She also referred to co-star Selena Gomez as a 'rich rat,' in October 2022, amid the singer's so-called 'feud' with ex Justin Bieber's wife Hailey Bieber.

Gascón has denied ownership of the post relating to Gomez, and recently told CNN en Español: 'Of course that's not mine.

'I have never said anything about my partner. I would never refer to her that way.'

Apologizing for her past tweets, she also said in a statement: 'I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt.

'As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain.

'All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.'

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