Selena Gomez Responds to Eugenio Derbez’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Criticism

Story by Jack Dunn

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Selena Gomez claps back at Eugenio Derbez's scathing critique of her Spanish-language performance in the crime drama 'Emilia Pérez'.

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Derbez, the Oscar-winning star of 'CODA', slammed Gomez's Spanish as 'indefensible' during an appearance on the podcast 'Hablando de Cine'.
Gomez, who is not a native Spanish speaker, plays the lead role of Jessi del Monte in the Jacques Audiard-directed musical crime film 'Emilia Pérez'.

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Selena Gomez, Eugenio Derbez, CODA, Emilia Pérez