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Headline: Zoe Saldaña defends first response to Karla Sofía Gascón controversy
Caption: Following her historic Best Actress Oscar nomination last month, Gascón came under fire over past offensive tweets and she has since been removed from the studio's awards campaigns. Her co-star Saldaña, who is up for Best Supporting Actress, was asked about the controversy directly at a Q&A in London over the weekend and many felt her response was too neatly packaged and media trained. However, in a new interview on Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast, the Avatar star addressed her first response and admitted it is difficult bearing the brunt of the scandal on the campaign trail.
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