The British Academy Film Awards and BBC have apologized Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday’s show while two stars of the film “Sinners” were onstage.

LONDON >> The BBC apologized today for failing to edit out a racial slur from its broadcast of Britain’s top movie awards, after a guest with Tourette syndrome shouted out while two Black actors from the film “Sinners” were presenting an award.

Awards ceremony organizers, and the BBC, which aired the show, received backlash after a clip of the outburst circulated online Sunday.

Actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the time during the award ceremony in London.

The BBC has removed the BAFTA Film Awards from iPlayer after not cutting a racial slur from its broadcast on Sunday night.

The fallout over Tourette syndrome (TS) activist John Davidson’s outbursts at the Baftas on Sunday continued after Jamie Foxx and Wendell Pierce expressed their dismay at the incident.

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