US EditionDelroy Lindo speaks out about BAFTA N-word controversy: "Did I just hear what I thought I heard?"
The BBC apologized for airing a racial slur from a spectator's involuntary Tourette's tics during the BAFTA Awards and later removed it from the iPlayer stream.
- During the BAFTA Film Awards in London, an attendee involuntarily shouted the 'N-word' while Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan presented on February 22.
- Producers working on a two-hour tape delay believed editors had removed the racial slur after Wunmi Mosaku, Best Supporting Actress winner, but on-site miscommunications left another instance unedited.
- Presenting the award, Lindo and Jordan briefly paused then carried on, while Davidson later left the ceremony and said he was 'deeply mortified'.
- The BBC apologised and removed the programme from BBC iPlayer after reinvestigation authorised by Kate Phillips, while Tim Davie told the Culture, Media and Sport Committee the slur 'should never have been broadcast'.
- Jonte Richardson, Black BAFTA jury member, resigned from BAFTA, saying it repeatedly failed to safeguard Black guests, while artists and activists urged better accommodation and diversity.
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The BBC is providing an explanation about the 2026 BAFTAs racial slur incident. If you didn’t know, Tourette’s syndrome activist John Davidson yelled a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were onstage, for which he has since apologized. While other outbursts from John were edited out of the broadcast that aired later, that one was not. John was invited to the ceremony to represent the film I Swear, based on his life and experien…
Team Editing 2026 BAFTAs Did Not Hear Racial Slur Tourette's Activist John Davidson Said to Sinners Actors, BBC Claims
The BBC claims in a new letter that the team editing video footage of the 2026 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) did not hear the racial slurs said by Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson to Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo while the 'Sinners' stars were onstage at the awards show on Feb. 22. The BBC said the airing of the slurs was 'a genuine mistake' and the company takes 'full responsibility for our error.'
Delroy Lindo speaks out about BAFTA N-word controversy: "Did I just hear what I thought I heard?"
Delroy Lindo has explained that he didn’t fully process what happened at the BAFTA Awards last month when he was presenting an award on-stage with Michael B. Jordan. READ MORE: ‘One Battle After Another’ dominates 2026 BAFTAs, while ‘I Swear’ star Robert Aramayo causes major upset to win Best Actor John Davidson, the Tourette’s campaigner who is the subject of the film I Swear, was in attendance at the ceremony on February 22. At several points…
John Davidson involuntarily screamed a racist slur at Wunmi Mosaku at the BAFTAs
Two weeks after the racist fiasco at the BAFTAs, and we’re still learning terrible new information. During the taping of the BAFTAs on February 22nd, John Davidson was seated (by his own account) about forty rows back and close to some kind of microphone. Davidson has Tourette’s, and he was invited to the BAFTAs because a film about his life, I Swear, was up for several awards. Davidson began ticcing very early into the awards show. Something I …
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