BAFTA & BBC Apologize After John Davidson’s N-Word Incident

The British Academy apologized after offensive language targeted two presenters at its film awards ceremony. The organization ...
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Delroy Lindo calls out BAFTA for response to racial slur incident

Delroy Lindo calls out Bafta for response to racial slur incident - The actor said he wished ‘someone from Bafta’ spoke to ...
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Delroy Lindo breaks silence as backlash mounts over BAFTA’s handling of Tourette’s activist's outburst

The 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, held on February 22 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, intended to celebrate cinema but instead drew intense scrutiny after an involuntary outburst from John Davidson, a ...
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BAFTA slur sparks storm as BBC faces questions over what it aired — and what it cut

An unexpected moment during Sunday night’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards quickly drew attention ...

John Davidson ‘deeply mortified’ by involuntary tics during Bafta Film Awards

Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson has said he is “deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be ...
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BBC apologises for airing racial slur shouted by guest with Tourette's at BAFTAs

The BBC broadcast the show around two hours later and the offensive language remained in the programme, and on its streaming platform until Monday morning. Later, director Akinola Davies Jr. said ...

My honest thoughts on the Bafta's racial slur incident – as a Black, disabled woman

By now, you have probably seen, or at least heard, about the moment during the 2026 Bafta Awards Ceremony, John Davidson, who ...

Delroy Lindo, Michael B Jordan, Tourette activist John Davidson receive BAFTA apology

BAFTA, the BBC were under fire for failing both Black attendees and the Tourette’s community with their handling of the activist’s racial-slur outburst.