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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Carla Feric

Tourette's campaigner says he's ‘deeply mortified’ after involuntarily shouting racial slur during BAFTAs

Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson has said he is “deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning” after he shouted a racial slur at the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday night.

The 54-year-old could be heard shouting a racial slur as Sinners actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan presented the award for special visual effects during the awards ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

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