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Tell us your experience living with Tourette syndrome
We would like to hear from people who are affected by Tourette’s and in particular those who have vocal tics involving swearing (coprolalia)
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usatoday.com
Alan Cummings addresses tic outburst from John Davidson during BAFTA awards
At the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, Tourette's syndrome activist John Davidson experienced a tic outburst and used expletives and a racial slur.
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theguardian.com
Backlash mounts to Bafta N-word controversy as Jamie Foxx and Wendell Pierce criticise outburst
Foxx calls Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson’s shouts at the film awards ceremony ‘unacceptable’, while Sinners’ production designer criticises Bafta’s ‘throwaway’ apology
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With N-word incident, Bafta have shot themselves in the foot
In not editing out Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s shouted tics, Bafta have allowed their successful diversity drive to be overshadowed
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What is Tourette syndrome, what are tics and what happened at the Baftas?
A racial slur shouted during the awards show has raised questions about how Tourette’s outbursts should be understood
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Tell us your experience living with Tourette syndrome
We would like to hear from people who are affected by Tourette’s and in particular those who have vocal tics involving swearing (coprolalia)
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‘A slur would be deliberate’: the Baftas outburst and Tourette syndrome
While the use of the N-word may not have been intentional, some with the condition agree that doesn’t make it acceptable
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John Davidson condemns racial slur he ticked at the BAFTAs
John Davidson set the record straight on the \
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I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye
By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
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bbc.com
John Davidson questions his proximity to a microphone at Bafta Film Awards
John Davidson, who tics due to his condition, shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.
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Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’
Davidson said he ‘can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been’ over slurs he shouted during the award ceremony
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BBC backlash grows after Bafta racial slur - The Latest
The BBC is under fire over its failure to remove a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, from its broadcast of the Bafta film awards. Lucy Hough is…
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Tourette’s syndrome tests the limits of acceptance – I’ve struggled with it for 30 years | Leyland Cecco
The anger toward John Davidson’s racist Baftas outburst is understandable. But I’ve had to ask what I owe to others with the condition