BAFTAs racial slur controversy has shocking turn with ‘Sinners’ cast mate

BAFTA’s racial slur controversy had already shaken up much of the internet and the world, but new information that has come out that has caused more disappointment and hurt.

The moment from the prestigious ceremony that became the talk of the town occurred when Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were presenting an award but the n-word was shouted at them from the crowd.

It later came to light that it was due to an involuntary tic experienced by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson who was at the ceremony to support the film about the disorder, I Swear.

Since the broadcast was being aired by BBC, and the moment was not edited out of the broadcast and aired despite there being a two-hour delay, the network has come under fire and caught a lot of heat for their “mistake."

In a recent address the broadcasting company’s director-general Tim Davie named another actress from the Sinners film that also fell victim to the same thing.

“Our understanding at this point is that the team editing the show in the truck mistakenly believed they had edited out the incident that was being referenced, on the basis that they had heard and edited out the slur shouted out during the Best Supporting Actress award,” he wrote.

“Therefore, when they were told a racial slur had been shouted, they believed they had removed it,” Davie added.

The 58-year-old added that the on-site team did not believe that the slur was audible on the broadcast, and they are delving deeper into why this was the case.

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