Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of “Emilia Pérez,” is staying in the race for best actress despite controversy over offensive social media posts.

By turns tearful and defiant, the 'Emilia Pérez' star told CNN en Español that controversial past tweets, which have thrown her Oscar campaign into disarray, were intentionally misrepresented and in some cases fabricated in a effort to scuttle her awards chances.

I haven’t killed a single fly," the Oscar nominee saidKarla Sofía Gascón insisted that she's "not a racist" in a candid TV interview about her resurfaced social media posts. The Oscar nominee, 52, sat down with CNN en Español for an hour-long conversation with anchor Juan Carlos Arciniegas,