Selena Gomez has responded to criticism of her performance in the Netflix film Emilia Pérez. The musical comedy focuses on a mob boss who wishes to secretly transition and start a new life. Directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, the film is set in Mexico and is in English and Spanish.

Eugenio Derbez is walking back his harsh comments about Selena Gomez‘s performance in the Netflix musical movie Emilia Pérez. During a recent appearance on the Hablando de Cine podcast, the Mexican actor and comedian criticized Gomez's attempt at speaking Spanish in the film,

Selena Gomez has responded to Eugenio Derbez’s criticism of her Emilia Pérez accent. “I understand where you are coming from,” Gomez, 32, wrote via TikTok comment on Saturday 7. “I’m sorry. I did the best I could with the time I was given.

Selena Gomez has responded to Eugenio Derbez after he criticized her “Emilia Pérez” performance. While appearing on the Spanish language entertainment podcast “Hablando de Cine”, the “Coda” star slammed Gomez’s use of Spanish in the film as “indefensible.

Following a response from Selena Gomez, Eugenio Derbez is walking back his criticism of her performance in Emilia Pérez with a heartfelt apology. The 2x Emmy nominee, who previously deemed Gomez “indefensible,

"I did the best I could with the time I was given," wrote Gomez, who speaks Spanish in the film despite not being fluent.