Los Angeles, Jan. 31 -- Actor Karla Sofia Gascon, best known for her role in Oscar-nominated film 'Emilia Perez', has deactivated her X account (formerly Twitter) after apologising for offensive posts that resurfaced Thursday.

Gascon's X account @karsiagascon was deactivated as of Friday morning, as per Variety.

Gascon recently faced backlash after X users discovered tweets from 2020 and 2021 that had controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars.

Later in a statement to Variety, she apologised, saying,"I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt. As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have ...