The 'Emilia Pérez' actor's speech was cut from the BBC's broadcast
The ceremony took place tonight (February 16) in London's Royal Festival Hall, hosted by David Tennant
Jacques Audiard was accepting the award for Best Film Not In The English Language at the ceremony on Sunday night (February 16)
"It really has kind of taken the conversation in a different way"
Karla Sofía Gascón has since apologised for the comments, denying she is a racist, and deleted her X/Twitter account
The controversy has derailed the film's Oscar campaign
The star of the Oscar-nominated ‘Emilia Pérez’ has spoken out about her historic offensive tweets
“I cannot fix my past actions, I can only say that today I am not the same person from 10 or 20 years ago"
"I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group"
The Oscar-nominated actress made offensive comments about Muslims, George Floyd and awards diversity