Conan O’Brien Cracks Jokes About Karla Sofía Gascón’s Racist Posts

Conan O’Brien‘s clearly not afraid of ruffling some feathers at the Academy Awards … ’cause he took a shot at Karla Sofía Gascón during his monologue — reminding everyone about her controversial tweets.

The famous talk show host took the stage Sunday night and delivered a speech full of jokes about some of Hollywood’s biggest players … including a shot at Timothée Chalamet‘s bright yellow suit and a spoof of “The Substance” where he climbed out of Demi Moore‘s skin.

In the middle of all that, Conan joked that “Anora” features the f-word and variations of it 479 times … which is just three more than the number Gascón’s publicist used after she found out about Karla’s tweets.

Remember … old posts Karla put up dragging Islam — including calling it a “hotbed of infection for humanity” resurfaced in January, and it certainly hasn’t helped the image of the already controversial “Emilia Perez.” She later apologized for the posts in a statement.

Despite the controversy surrounding her, Karla’s in attendance tonight … and, she took Conan’s joke in stride, laughing it off with the rest of the audience. She even received a nice round of applause when Conan said her name.

Karla’s up for Best Actress at tonight’s ceremony … alongside Fernanda Torres, Mikey Madison, Demi Moore and Cynthia Erivo.