By turns tearful and defiant, the 'Emilia Pérez' star told CNN en Español that controversial past tweets, which have thrown her Oscar campaign into disarray, were intentionally misrepresented and in some cases fabricated in a effort to scuttle her awards chances.

Karla Sofía Gascón says she has endured "very, vey difficult days" as her campaign for a Best Actress Oscar slammed into waves of controversy from her old tweets, and continued the apology tour this week in a nearly hour-long TV interview that was filled with tears and long explanations.

Embattled Emilia Pérez star and Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón appeared in an hour-long, unauthorized CNN en Español interview Sunday morning, in which she broke down in tears and ranted at various points about her resurfaced racist and Islamophobic tweets.