Tourette’s activist John Davidson has broken his silence after yelling a racial slur and other obscenities during the 2026 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.

A racial slur was edited out of the Baftas ceremony before it was broadcast, but another one aired in error, the BBC's chief content officer has said.

In the interview, Davidson told the publication, "I want people to know and understand that my tics have absolutely nothing to do with what I think, feel or believe. It's an involuntary neurological m...

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 broa...

A man who lives with Tourette's syndrome hopes people will see past a negative representation of the disorder after a row following this year's Bafta Film Awards.

BBC reports that John Davidson, a man with Tourette’s Syndrome, who was at the BAFTAs in support of the film “I Swear,” which is based on his life, shouted the slur.