The Oscar-nominated Mexican actor Yalitza Aparicio, who stars in the critically acclaimed film Roma, said on Saturday she was proud of her indigenous roots, after a soap opera star used a racial slur to describe her.
I apologize to Yalitza, who deserves [the Oscar nomination] and much more,” he said in a video posted on Instagram.
“I am proud to be an Oaxacan indigenous woman and it saddens me that there are people who do not know the correct meaning of words,” Aparicio, who became the first indigenous woman to be nominated for a best actress Oscar, said in a statement.
The film, which was released by Netflix, has been nominated for 10 Oscars at the Academy Awards, to be held in Los Angeles on 24 February.