During a presentation segment, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage presenting the award for Best Special Visual Effects when an audience members vocal outburst was.

Jordan and Lindo were on stage at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday to present the night's first award, for Special Visual Effects, when John Davidson, a Tourette Syndrome advocate and.

Among his involuntary outbursts caused by his condition was the N-word, shouted when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the award for best visual effects to Avatar:.

Understanding the Context

During the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards held on February 22 at Londons Royal Festival Hall, actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo stars of the film Sinners took the stage to present the award.

Sinners actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, were on stage presenting an award, when John Davidson, a guest at the BAFTAs with Tourettes syndrome, shouted the highly offensive.

The BAFTAs, the BBC and John Davidson have spoken out amid backlash after Tourette's advocate Davidson hurled a racial slur in an outburst while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy.

When Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo took to the stage to present the Best Visual Effects award to Avatar: Fire and Ash, John Davidson was heard shouting the racial slur making both.

Key Insights

Jordan and Lindo were presenting the award to Avatar: Fire and Ash when the outburst occurred. The slur came from Tourettes syndrome activist John Davidson, whose life inspired the...

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo present at the BAFTA Film Awards. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for BAFTA. The BBC has apologized for strong and offensive language at.

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo had the N-word thrown at them while presenting an award at the BAFTA Awards 2026 on Sunday.