Eugenio Derbez faced backlash after criticizing Selena Gomez's Spanish, calling her performance in 'Emilia Pérez' 'indefensible.'
Selena Gomez has responded with grace to harsh criticism from Eugenio Derbez about her Spanish performance in Netflix’s "Emilia Pérez," sparking a public apology from the actor.The film, directed by Jacques Audiard, is an audacious genre-bending musical about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become a woman. It led the nominations at the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday with 10 nods, making it the most recognized film of the year.
There's no excuse. I was wrong, and I deeply admire your career and your kind heart."The controversy became a topic of discussion on Good Day LA, where hosts Amanda Salas and Melvin Robert weighed in."Two things can be true at once," Salas said. "He is allowed to have his opinion on a movie. He doesn’t have to love a movie. And he, as someone who is a native speaker, is, of course, looking at it and seeing that her Spanish is not like his.
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