‘Such a bummer’: Netflix responds to Emilia Pérez fallout

Chief content officer Bela Bajaria laments impact of fallout over Karla Sofía Gascón’s tweets, but declines to confirm whether company will vet social media accounts in the future

A senior executive at Netflix has responded for the first time to the controversy that has hobbled the chances of Emilia Pérez, its key Oscars contender this year.

Speaking to Matthew Belloni on The Town podcast, Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, addressed the backlash to star Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced history of offensive social media posts, which is casting a pall over the record-breaking 13 Oscar nominations clocked up by Jacques Audiard’s musical.

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