The British Academy Film Awards and BBC apologized Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday's show while two stars of the film “Sinners” were onstage. The Tourette syndrome campaigner who shouted the slur said he was "deeply mortified” and what he said was “not a reflection of my personal beliefs.

The BBC apologised on Monday 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.

John Davidson, whose life story inspired the film I Swear, shouted the N-word as Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the first prize of Sunday's ceremony, which was broadcast on BBC One.

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.

The BAFTAs and BBC are apologizing after John Davidson's Tourette syndrome tics during an onstage incident with the "Sinners" stars, who are Black.

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. “I wanted to

Tourette's sufferer John Davidson, who inspired a BAFTA-winning film, on Monday said he was "deeply mortified" after shouting a racial slur at the London awards ceremony, which he said was

The BBC has come under fire for not editing out a racial slur yelled by an attendee with Tourette syndrome while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage in London on Sunday at the BAFTA Film