{"id":224527,"date":"2026-02-23T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/alan-cumming-asks-baftas-audience-for-understanding-after-from-slur-tourette-syndrome-activist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:04:13","slug":"alan-cumming-asks-baftas-audience-for-understanding-after-from-slur-tourette-syndrome-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/alan-cumming-asks-baftas-audience-for-understanding-after-from-slur-tourette-syndrome-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Cumming Asks BAFTAs Audience for \u2018Understanding\u2019 After from Slur Tourette Syndrome Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alan Cumming Asks BAFTAs Audience for \u2018Understanding\u2019 After Mid-Show Slur from Tourette Syndrome Activist John Davidson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vYOsHpodn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/3vYOsHpodn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/2025746439276548379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alan Cumming, host of the 2026 BAFTA Awards, thanked the audience for their understanding after Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson yelled expletives and a racial slur during the show.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson was the subject of the BAFTA-nominated film I Swear, a movie based on his life and experiences with Tourette syndrome. <\/p>\n<p>Davidson could be heard swearing at a few points and shouted the n-word when actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the award for Best Visual Effects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may have noticed some strong language in the background,\u201d Cumming told the audience. \u201cThis can be part of how Tourette\u2019s syndrome shows up for some people, as the film explores that experience. Thanks for your understanding and helping create a respectful space for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTourette\u2019s syndrome is a disability, and the tics you\u2019ve heard tonight are involuntary, which means the person who has Tourette\u2019s syndrome has no control over their language. We apologize if you are offended tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/people\/status\/2025746439276548379?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/131965178.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Cumming Asks BAFTAs Audience for \u2018Understanding\u2019 After Mid-Show Slur from Tourette Syndrome Activist John Davidson https:\/\/t.co\/3vYOsHpodn \u2014 People (@people) February 23, 2026 Alan Cumming, host of the 2026 BAFTA Awards, thanked the audience for their understanding after Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson yelled expletives and a racial slur during the show. Davidson was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}