Bill Maher says 'cancel culture' cost Emilia Perez big wins at the Oscars 2025

HBO host and comedian Bill Maher believes that the cancel culture is still thriving and has evolved into something else Deadline reportedDuring a conversation with David Sedaris on Real Time with Bill Maher the comedian said the Karla Sofia Gascon scandal also played a part in Emilia Perez losing at the OscarsAt the 97th Academy Awards Anora emerged as the nights big winner taking home five Academy Awards including the coveted Best Picture awardEmilia Perez on the other hand despite receiving a maximum of 13 Oscar nominations won only 2 awardsGascons nomination was notable as she was the first openly trans woman to get a best actress nodComedian Maher believes that Emilia Perez was the frontrunner in several categories at the Oscars 2025 but lost due to cancel culture following Carlas tweet controversy earlier this yearThere are people who say cancel culture isnt a real thing and I would say to them It just happened at the Oscars You may not think it happened but the movie that was going to win it all was Emilia Perez Hollywood loved the idea that they would finally have a person who was a trans person win the Best Actress category and make history said Maher as quoted by DeadlineHe added And this movie that was going to win it all it was the frontrunner and she was going to get all Suddenly was out to lunch And good news for Anora Thats what happened So yes cancel culture is still with us It may just be a little more subtleGascon attended the Oscars despite skipping most award shows following the fallout of resurfaced social media posts where she made offensive remarks about Muslims and the Black Lives Matter movement as reported by DeadlineThe Emilia Perez actress faced backlash after X users discovered tweets from 2020 and 2021 that had controversial views on Muslims George Floyd and diversity at the OscarsFollowing public outcry Gascon issued an apology for her tweets stating 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 darknessEmilia Perez was written and directed by Jacques Audiard and starred Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez in the lead roles along with Karla Sofia GasconZoe Saldana won Oscars in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film The other award was won by El Mal in the Best Original Song categoryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever