"I'm sorry for the misunderstanding of my tweet. To the Jewish community, here is an explanation:" read the heading to a longer post in which she said that she had supposed the Holocaust concept was closer to the hearts of the Jewish members of the Academy than the Amazonian drama."As you know, a large part of the industry and especially those who vote for the Oscar awards, are Jewish. For this reason I supposed that a theme like Son of Saul would influence them more than that of Embrace of the Serpent. The two movies are both brilliant and deserving of the award, but there is something closer to [heart] for them in #SonOfSaul," she wrote. "LOOK: If it had been Colombian Jews the situation would be different. The connection to the Amazon and the Holocaust," she wrote, adding "At the time of the vote emotion has a lot of weight."The well-known Colombian beauty ended her message, explaining that after speaking to some friends in the Jewish community she felt the need to explain that she had intended her tweet to be "a play on words, but not an offensive pun.""When I said 'f---ed up' I was referring to the situation and not to a group of people whom I profoundly respect and admire," she added.Lamento el mal entendido con mi trino. A la comunidad Judia mi explicación:Read: https://t.co/bofEXMcSLt
— Paola Turbay (@paolaturbay) February 29, 2016