John Davidson was in attendance because a film based on his life story titled “I Swear” was nominated

He apparently left the ceremony after this incident.

UPDATE:

variety.com/2026/film/awards/john-davidson-tourettes-tics-bafta-n-word-interview-1236671850

He has apologized for his outburst and reached out to the actors and Sinners team affected by his words

im not touching this with a 1000 foot pole

Lmaoooooo

BOB SAGET

I’ve been wanting to discuss this video with somebody for a minute. Best video on the net right now

At what point did our reality just become one really long South Park episode?

The beginning

what’s really any excuse for this, either his intrusive thoughts are grabbing the mic or he was conditioned in some bigoted way & it’s been triggered

he has tourettes man?

i think people with the type of tourettes that make you swear have their urges directly tied with saying the worst, most socially charged and socially inhibited thing at that time??? and the glitch in inhibition and urge to blurt something out is directly because of how bad the things to say are. its f***ed up but there was a big film this year about tourettes and understanding how tics work and thats why they were there in the first place

With all due respect, I’m not hearing that

People really dont know how tourettes works in 2026
S*** is wild

wonder if this was their only outburst during the show

i was watching live, it was not. they were doing it all night

Yes the guy really wanted to be racist in front of millions of people at the baftas
Get the f*** over yourself

Tourette’s is not an excuse to be racist. I understand and empathize with his condition, but there are too many ways that could’ve been avoided or handled differently

Yes lock him up in a room so the mentally unfit dont mingle with the rest of us, right?

He couldn’t put his hand over his mouth as he felt the tic coming on?

He couldn’t have screamed out an “I’m sorry” at the same volume after he said it?

Get the f*** outta here with this s*** man black people gotta accept way too much bullshit in this f***ing world bruh

Nobody said he has to be locked up in a room

i mean surely theyve been around other Black people before and knew this could be a risk lol

Thats not how it works and you clearly have 0 understanding of the syndrome so Im refraining myself from further convo

unfortunate all around