BAFTAs And BBC Apologize After Man With Tourette's Syndrome Screams N-Word While Michael B. Jordan And Delroy Lindo Present Award
Just awful on so many levels, mainly for the position it put Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan in. At the same time, you also have to feel bad for the guy with Tourette’s, whose racist outburst was not intentional (it feels insane to accept this, but it’s true). The BBC should be ashamed for not editing it out, and it says a lot about them that they did choose to edit out another award-winner saying “free Palestine” earlier in the broadcast, as the report above via GMA notes.
Here was the moment when the man shouted the n-word from the audience (it sounds like he might’ve actually said it twice):
Durante los premios BAFTA 2026, se escuchó al activista del Síndrome de Tourette, John Davidson, gritar varias malas palabras incluyendo una de corte racista mientras los actores Michael B. Jordan y Delroy Lindo presentaban un premio.
Davidson, quien es la inspiración para la… pic.twitter.com/k5r9b3gpK2
— Molusco (@Moluskein) February 23, 2026
