{"id":655371,"date":"2025-03-03T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T07:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-zoe-saldanas-2025-oscar-win-was-so-controversial\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T07:10:14","slug":"why-zoe-saldanas-2025-oscar-win-was-so-controversial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-zoe-saldanas-2025-oscar-win-was-so-controversial\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Zoe Saldana\u2019s 2025 Oscar win was so controversial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af1dc9075c5c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-zoe-saldanas-2025-oscar-win-was-so-controversial\/#The_actress_won_her_first-ever_Academy_Award_on_Sunday_%E2%80%94_but_many_online_were_upset_about_it\" >The actress won her first-ever Academy Award on Sunday \u2014 but many online were upset about it.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_actress_won_her_first-ever_Academy_Award_on_Sunday_%E2%80%94_but_many_online_were_upset_about_it\"><\/span>The actress won her first-ever Academy Award on Sunday \u2014 but many online were upset about it.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268548\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2202939053_gjx8le\/why-people-mad-about-zoe-saldana-oscar-2025-win.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2202939053_gjx8le\/why-people-mad-about-zoe-saldana-oscar-2025-win.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2202939053_gjx8le\/why-people-mad-about-zoe-saldana-oscar-2025-win.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2202939053_gjx8le\/why-people-mad-about-zoe-saldana-oscar-2025-win.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2202939053_gjx8le\/why-people-mad-about-zoe-saldana-oscar-2025-win.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2202939053_gjx8le\/why-people-mad-about-zoe-saldana-oscar-2025-win.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Why Zoe Saldana\u2019s 2025 Oscar win was so controversial\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268549\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Zoe Saldana <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/02\/g-s1-51706\/zoe-saldana-oscars-2025-winner-best-supporting-actress-emilia-perez#:~:text=Zoe%20Salda%C3%B1a%20won%20the%20Academy,new%20life%20as%20a%20woman.\">took home Best Supporting Actress at the 2025 Oscars<\/a>, winning her first Academy Award and becoming the first Dominican American to triumph in the category \u2014 two career-defining accomplishments for any working actor today. But for some on the internet, her win stoked controversy and even outrage, as users on X took to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> to post angry gifs and declare that she&#8217;d committed a &#8220;robbery.&#8221; Why?\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            For those who might&#8217;ve been clocked out for most of the run-up to the Oscars, the answer is multi-pronged. In <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, any win <i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i> had this award season faced backlash online, and especially after the problematic tweets from its lead actress Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n surfaced online. But even before then, <i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i> wasn&#8217;t well-favored: <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/01\/oscar-nominations-emilia-perez-movie-netflix-globes-selena-gomez.html\">Slate<\/a><\/i> straight up called it a &#8220;not good&#8221; movie while MSNBC&#8217;s critics named it the &#8220;worst&#8221; Best Picture nominee in years.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268556\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201czoe saldana oscar winner\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqS8l5feze\">pic.twitter.com\/DqS8l5feze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 m (@bigIttIeIies) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigIttIeIies\/status\/1896376637035536452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268553\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">zoe saldana&#8217;s speech at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> : <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAVdadpr98\">pic.twitter.com\/iAVdadpr98<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 g\u00b7 (@ohmymotive) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ohmymotive\/status\/1896377398389837989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268555\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And the Oscar goes to Zoe Saldana&#8230;.. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gOJ8qKa3GZ\">pic.twitter.com\/gOJ8qKa3GZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 michi\u00b3\u2070\u1d35\u2070\u2077 (@gofckapineapple) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gofckapineapple\/status\/1896376441685835881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268552\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Much of the distaste stemmed from<i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i> offensive portrayal of Mexico as a violence-ridden, narcotics-ruled nation, as well as its heavy-handed transgender story line, which involved a drug kingpin undergoing gender-affirming surgery to escape persecution for his crimes. In Mexico itself, the film has been excoriated by the movie-going community; in the lead-up to the Oscars, a transgender Mexican director, Camila Aurora, in response to <i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i>, released <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/jan\/28\/mexicans-make-emilia-perez-parody-poking-fun-at-french-stereotypes\">Johanne Sacreblu<\/a><\/i>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> spoof of <i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i> that explores French culture in the same simplified and reductive way <i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i> does Mexico.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Another key point of criticism was the film&#8217;s music, which was largely ridiculed online. One particular <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VHyPL2fBTHs\">scene<\/a> of Saldana&#8217;s character talking to the surgeon about Emilia P\u00e9rez&#8217; gender-affirming surgery went viral online for its especially cringey, unbelievable lyrics. As the surgeon describes what will go down during the procedure, he sings, &#8220;from man to woman, woman to man, from penis to vagina&#8221; \u2014 it doesn&#8217;t help that Saldana is involved in this clip. And in general, critics have noted the majority of the cast&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/01\/oscar-nominations-emilia-perez-movie-netflix-globes-selena-gomez.html\">unremarkable singing abilities<\/a> \u2014 including Saldana.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268550\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            These two points combined with Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/karla-sofia-gascon-tweets-muslims-george-floyd-backlash-emilia-perez-1236291448\/\">tweets<\/a> \u2014 which said wildly offensive things about George Floyd, Islam, and more \u2014 gave everything remotely related to the film a bad look. The controversy around her Oscar win was less about anything she specifically did, but more about the general backlash <i>Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/i> has received as a tone-deaf movie that&#8217;s now won several of Hollywood&#8217;s most prestigious awards.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Still, Saldana managed to create an emotional and memorable moment with her win during the Oscar&#8217;s ceremony as she tearfully thanked her mother, grandmother, and husband. Watch her acceptance speech, below.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268551\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zoe Salda\u00f1a Wins Best Supporting Actress | 97th Oscars Speech (2025)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeCv6NyMveg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Steffanee Wang<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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