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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kevin E G Perry and Isobel Lewis

John Davidson says Bafta told him swearing would be edited out of broadcast before N-word incident

John Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner whose life inspired the film I Swear, has said that he was told any involuntary expletives would be cut out of the Bafta Film Awards broadcast.

Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were presenting a prize at the Royal Albert Hall awards ceremony on Sunday (22 February) when Davidson began involuntarily shouting out the N-word as a tic.

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