British film awards interrupted by racist slur from man with Tourette Syndrome
It was the clip heard around the world after Sunday night’s BAFTA ceremony in London — a man yelling a racist slur as two celebrated Black actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, presented an award on stage.
The man was John Davidson, the subject of the British indie film “I Swear,” about a man with Tourette Syndrome. Davidson, who has long campaigned for awareness of the condition, told CNN before the ceremony that he was worried about the involuntary tics that mark it.
The audience had been warned before the ceremony that tics or involuntary swearing could occur, and Davidson received large applause inside the hall. After the incident, host Alan Cumming asked for “understanding” for the “strong and offensive language.” He reminded the crowd that Tourette Syndrome was a disability and tics were involuntary, and said: “We apologize if you are offended tonight.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/22/enter...acist-slur
This is not ok. My take is that this guy gets a free pass on these events, along with the biopic about him, because the queen approved him by "half-knighting" him, and thus Brits accept his behavior. But they should stop taking the woman who protected her son the pedophile ever so seriously.
It was the clip heard around the world after Sunday night’s BAFTA ceremony in London — a man yelling a racist slur as two celebrated Black actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, presented an award on stage.
The man was John Davidson, the subject of the British indie film “I Swear,” about a man with Tourette Syndrome. Davidson, who has long campaigned for awareness of the condition, told CNN before the ceremony that he was worried about the involuntary tics that mark it.
The audience had been warned before the ceremony that tics or involuntary swearing could occur, and Davidson received large applause inside the hall. After the incident, host Alan Cumming asked for “understanding” for the “strong and offensive language.” He reminded the crowd that Tourette Syndrome was a disability and tics were involuntary, and said: “We apologize if you are offended tonight.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/22/enter...acist-slur
This is not ok. My take is that this guy gets a free pass on these events, along with the biopic about him, because the queen approved him by "half-knighting" him, and thus Brits accept his behavior. But they should stop taking the woman who protected her son the pedophile ever so seriously.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
