At the DGA Awards on Saturday night, The Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard included lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón when he thanked "his beloved actresses" despite all the controversy swirling around Gascón and Audiard's recent interview with Deadline in which he said,

"Emilia Pérez" director Jacques Audiard spoke out about Karla Sofía Gascón's offensive posts amid the backlash that Gascón has received in the past week.

In the midst of Karla Sofía Gascón’s day-long posting fast, Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard opened up about his feelings regarding the controversy about his star’s past tweets. After news broke that Netflix would no longer be sending Gascón to the United States for the Critics Choice Awards or Producers Guild Awards,