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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst

Alan Cumming in a dark double-breasted suit gestures with both hands while speaking on a stage.
Alan Cumming on stage during the Bafta film awards in February. Photograph: Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA

Alan Cumming has criticised the organisers of the Bafta film awards in February as “bad people who weren’t doing their jobs properly” after the N-word outburst by Tourette activist John Davidson, which was broadcast by the BBC during its coverage of the ceremony.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Cumming, who was the host of the ceremony, said: “It was bad, bad, bad, bad leadership … Bad people who weren’t doing their jobs properly, who really had not prepared and let people down.”

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