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Tourette, BBC and BAFTA

BBC and Tourette syndrome advocate apologize to ‘Sinners’ stars for racial slur during BAFTA awards

BAFTA and the BBC have apologized after a person with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur during the British Academy Film Awards Sunday night in London.

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BAFTA Host Apologizes After Tourette Syndrome Activist’s ‘Strong Language’ Use

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BBC under fire after man with Tourette syndrome yells racist slur at BAFTAs

John Davidson, British Academy Film Awards and BAFTA

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John Davidson Says He Is “Deeply Mortified” That His Tourettes Tics Could Be Seen As “Intentional” In First Statement After BAFTA Film Awards

Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson has issued a statement after his racial slur at the BAFTA Film Awards dominated the aftermath of the ceremony.

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BAFTA Awards Fallout Continues: Org Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ for Racial Slur Incident, as John Davidson Says He’s ‘Deeply Mortified’

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Alan Cumming addresses tic outburst from John Davidson during BAFTA awards

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Tourette’s charity calls for ‘understanding’ after incident during BAFTAs ceremony

John Davidson, a renowned Scottish campaigner who lives with Tourette Syndrome, was heard yelling from the audience during the BAFTA award ceremony on Sunday evening.

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BBC and host apologize after racial slur shouted during BAFTA awards by guest with Tourette's

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BAFTAs accused of deliberately letting Tourette's sufferer say N-word on air in front of Michael B. Jordan

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Alan Cumming Thanks 2026 BAFTA Awards Audience for ‘Understanding’ After Attendee’s Tourette’s Outbursts

“Tourette’s Syndrome is a disability and the tics you’ve heard tonight are involuntary, which means the person who has Tourette’s Syndrome has no control over their language. We apologize if you are o...

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‘I Swear’ Subject John Davidson Says Tourette’s Tics Are ‘Involuntary’ After Shouting N-Word at BAFTAs: ‘Deeply Mortified if Anyone’ Thinks It Was ‘Intentional’

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BAFTAs Rocked By Shocking On-Stage Slur, Host Alan Cumming Issues Apology With 'I Swear' Statement

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How the Tourette’s Fallout Unfolded at the BAFTA Film Awards: From Preshow Warnings to a “Throw-Away Apology”

The BBC has released a statement on the clumsily handled incident, apologizing that the racial slur, shouted as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented an award, was "not edited out prior to broadcast.

Outcry Roils BAFTAs After Guest With Tourette Syndrome Shouts N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo

Lindo told Vanity Fair afterward that he and Jordan “did what we had to do” while presenting—but that he wished “someone from BAFTA spoke to us afterward.”

What Is Tourette Syndrome and Why Does It Cause Some People to Blurt Out Offensive Words?

John Davidson’s use of derogatory language during the BAFTA Film Awards was a symptom of the highly misunderstood neurological disorder Tourette Syndrome, which causes involuntary tics. Davidson's specific vocal tic is known as coprolalia,

BAFTA Incident Sparks Fierce Debate on Tourette’s