Eugenio Derbez Apologizes to Selena Gomez After Emilia Perez Feedback

Eugenio Derbez has apologized to Selena Gomez for his feedback on Selena Gomez’s efficiency in Emilia Pérez, pronouncing his “careless feedback … move towards the entirety I stand for.”

All the way through a contemporary look at the podcast Hablando de Cine, the CODA actor criticized Gomez’s Spanish within the movie, calling it “indefensible.” Gomez, who isn’t fluent in Spanish, speaks and sings the language as her persona Jessi del Monte within the movie.

“Selena is indefensible,” Derbez instructed the podcast host Gaby Meza, as a clip on TikTok displays. “I used to be there [watching the film] with other people, and each time a scene got here [featuring Gomez], we checked out every different and stated, ‘Wow, what is that this?’”

Meza, who referred to as Gomez a “very gifted actress” and “excellent singer,” added that “Spanish is neither her number one nor secondary language nor 5th. And that’s why I believe she doesn’t know what she is pronouncing, and if she doesn’t know what she’s pronouncing, she will’t give her appearing any nuance. … And because of this her efficiency is not just unconvincing however uncomfortable.” Derbez agreed with that evaluation.

Gomez replied within the TikTok feedback, writing, “I perceive the place you might be coming from. I’m sorry I did the most efficient I may with the time I used to be given,” she wrote. “Doesn’t remove from how a lot paintings and center I put into this film.”

Derbez adopted Gomez’s reaction with an apology, which he posted in a letter on TikTok. “I really say sorry for my careless feedback — they’re indefensible and move towards the entirety I stand for,” Derbez wrote. “As Latinos, we will have to at all times fortify one some other. There’s no excuse. I used to be flawed, and I deeply recognize your profession and your sort center.” He added that the movie merits to be celebrated and “no longer reduced through my inconsiderate remarks.”

The Jacques Audiard-directed Emilia Pérez tells a story of Mexican drug wars and LGBTQ+ liberation and lines Gomez, Zoe Saldana, and Karla Sofía Gascón making a song in Spanish and dancing within the musical cartel-gangster movie.