Karla Sofía Gascón might have skipped the Oscars red carpet, but Conan O’Brien put a spotlight on her and addressed the elephant in the room. During his opening monologue, the former late-night talk show host acknowledged Gascón’s controversial tweets with a couple of jabs directed at the Emilia Pérez star.

Karla Sofía Gascón is in the audience at the 2025 Oscars after a tumultuous awards season which saw her widely criticized for offensive resurfaced tweets on a variety of topics, including Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Academy Awards.

The Oscar-nominated 'Emilia Pérez' star, whose awards campaign was thrown into disarray after past, controversial tweets were resurfaced, is opening up about her mental-health struggles and again apologizes to "all I have offended" as she vows to "learn" as she moves forward.