Trending Now - Delroy Lindo Addresses Racial Slur Incident at Baftas

WHO:

Delroy Lindo, British-American actor

Michael B. Jordan, actor and co-presenter

John Davidson, Tourette syndrome activist

Wendell Pierce, Tony award winner

Regina King, actor

Ryan Coogler, director of the film *Sinners*

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), the largest civil rights organization in the US

WHAT:

Delroy Lindo expressed gratitude for the support received after an incident where John Davidson shouted the N-word during the BAFTA awards.

Lindo referred to the incident as “a classic case of something that could be very negative becoming very positive.”

Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, shouted the slur while Lindo and Jordan were presenting an award.

The BBC faced criticism for not editing the slur out of the broadcast.

Lindo and Jordan received public support, including demands for apologies from Wendell Pierce.

Regina King praised Lindo and Jordan at the NAACP Image Awards, calling them “two kings.”

Jordan won the entertainer of the year award at the NAACP ceremony.

*Sinners* won the best motion picture award and received 16 Oscar nominations.

WHERE:

BAFTA awards ceremony, location unspecified, on 22 February 2026

NAACP Image Awards, Los Angeles, California, on 28 February 2026

BBC, British broadcaster

WHEN:

Incident occurred on 22 February 2026

NAACP Image Awards held on 28 February 2026

WHY:

The incident was caused by John Davidson's involuntary shouting due to his Tourette syndrome.

HOW:

The BBC broadcasted the BAFTA awards on a two-hour delay and has since apologized and pledged to investigate how the slur was not edited out.

At the BAFTA awards on February 22, Delroy Lindo expressed gratitude for the support he and co-presenter Michael B. Jordan received after John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, involuntarily shouted a racial slur during their presentation. The incident drew criticism towards the BBC for failing to edit the slur from the broadcast, and Lindo later referred to it as “a classic case of something that could be very negative becoming very positive.” Just last Monday at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, Regina King praised Lindo and Jordan, while Jordan took home the entertainer of the year award and their film *Sinners* won best motion picture and received 16 Oscar nominations.