Average Extra of: Michael B. Jordan & Delroy Lindo Speak Out After BAFTAs 2026 Racial Slur by John Davison with Tourette's Syndrome: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Michael B. Jordan & Delroy Lindo Speak Out After BAFTAs 2026 Racial Slur by John Davison with Tourette's Syndrome: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

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Real Talking Time:

Warning: this content is going to be for over 18's quite clearly this content is going to have adult centred language but adult language nonetheless.

So why was this allowed to happen BAFTAs or/and the BBC?:

Mr Davison has released a statement saying the following " I want to thank after and everyone involved with the awards last night for their support and understanding and inviting me to attend the broadcast. I appreciated the announcement to the auditorium in advance of recording warning everyone that my tics or involuntary and not a reflection of my personal beliefs.

I was heartened by the round of applause that followed the announcement and felt welcomed and understood in this environment that would normally be impossible for me. In addition to the announcement by Alan Cummings, the BBC and BAFTA I can only add I am, and always have been deeply mortified if anyone considered my involuntary tics intentional or to carry any meaning.

I was in attendance to celebrate the film of my life I SWEAR, which more any film, TV or documentary explains the origins, condition, traits manifestations of Tourette's Syndrome. I have spent my life trying to support and empower the Tourette's community and teach empathy, kindness and understanding from others and I will continue to do so. I chose to leave the auditorium early into the ceremony as I was aware of the distress my tics were causing."

So based on this statement Mr Davison is not the problem as at best he tried to person managed is disability.

I'm not clutching at straws here, because most of you would agree with common sense that even though BAFTAs tried to facilitate Davison's needs it just feels like and now I'm going to defend  Michael B. Jordan & Delroy Lindo as it does feel like they have been left hanging as it has been told that BAFTA hasn't reached out to them after this situation which putting myself in their shoes I can see why very clearly, because okay Davison has a disability but they could have also checked on these two performers just to say apologies and thanks for being understanding or I think what they were looking for was a bit more person management not special treatment but respectful treatment which should have been given to them as I can see both sides, would they have to ask what is wrong with BAFTA or/and the BBC these still seem to be slightly tone deaf to sensitive situations? I am not saying you have to be woke about these situations just be more aware of and hands on to all sides which where wherever you sit on the subject I think we can all agree that from one aspect BAFTA were very accommodating and the other aspect clearly not so much and from BBC completely tone deaf on all sides as originally they air this awkward moment but on some research they clearly edited out other moments such as any reference to Free Palestine.

Before I continue I would like to state by saying I am not speculating and they have no facts to prove otherwise; so this is just the hot take from an old cynical goat, but hypothetically speaking if I wanted to give my award show some traction on social media, be it positive or negative I wouldn't do it myself, but if something just accidentally got through the grapevine so everyone would in essence engage this would be the quickest and easiest way to garnish that engagement to the point where I can guarantee you some people will be watching a 2027 addition next year to see if anything like this happens again. Because in this model world this is what drives people engagement on any level and consequently all of the people involved are just in essence collateral damage.

BAFTA issue a statement: A STATEMENT FROM BAFTA

Posted: 23 Feb 2026

"At the BAFTA Film Awards last night our guests heard very offensive language that carries incomparable trauma and pain for so many. We want to acknowledge the harm this has caused, address what happened and apologise to all.

One of our guests, John Davidson MBE, has Tourette Syndrome and has devoted his life to educating and campaigning for better understanding of this condition. Tourette Syndrome causes involuntary verbal tics, that the individual has no control over.  Such tics are in no way a reflection of an individual’s beliefs and are not intentional. John Davidson is an executive producer of the BAFTA nominated film, I Swear, which is based on his life experience.

We take the duty of care to all our guests very seriously and start from a position of inclusion. We took measures to make those in attendance aware of the tics, announcing to the audience before the ceremony began, and throughout, that John was in the room and that they may hear strong language, involuntary noises or movements during the ceremony.

Early in the ceremony a loud tic in the form of a profoundly offensive term was heard by many people in the room. Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the time, and we apologise unreservedly to them, and to all those impacted. We would like to thank Michael and Delroy for their incredible dignity and professionalism.

During the ceremony, John chose to leave the auditorium and watch the rest of the ceremony from a screen, and we would like to thank him for his dignity and consideration of others, on what should have been a night of celebration for him.

We take full responsibility for putting our guests in a very difficult situation and we apologise to all. We will learn from this, and keep inclusion at the core of all we do, maintaining our belief in film and storytelling as a critical conduit for compassion and empathy."

BBC have issued a statement saying " Some viewers may have heard strong and offensive language during the BAFTA Film Awards... ...This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette's Syndrome... ...and as explained during the ceremony it was not intentional... ...We apologise that this was not edited out prior to broadcast... And it will now be removed from the version on the BBC IPlayer."

Why does the BAFTA's statement sound much more genuine, trying to handle this situation maturely over the BBC's almost teenager equivalent of essentially: Okay, okay I will apologise... you parents are the worst parents in the world."

But considering there was more or less a two-hour gap between live and recording version that should have been more than enough time to resolve these issues on a transmission level anyway. But then again and this is the only way I could finish this content really... this is just another case of the BBC not actually being professional as I have shown in the related content section they have previous and yet again they really drop the ball, without any signs of learning from it.