Controversy exploded online Sunday after a man with Tourette Syndrome shouted the N-word while actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented during the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).
Scottish activist John Davidson, a prominent face of Tourette Syndrome in the United Kingdom going back to the late-1980s, inspired the recently acclaimed film I Swear, which received five nominations at the BAFTAs, ultimately taking home the award for Best Leading Actor (Robert Aramayo) and Best Casting. Throughout the night, Davidson, who was in attendance, could be heard shouting various obscenities, including “shut the fuck up” and “fuck you,” but it was when actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented that things got wildly uncomfortable, per Variety: