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Tourette Syndrome at the Bafta Awards

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I just read this:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/23/backlash-bafta-n-word-controversy-jamie-foxx-wendell-pierce-tourette-activist-john-davidson?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

I can't decide what I think about the responses.

If a person usually uses the 'N' word as a tic, then maybe them not being in the audience would have been best at it's a very unpleasant and offensive word.

But must they have been there with regard to the awards anyway, so there wasn't really a choice to make for the organisers?  Should they be excluded?

There is obviously no intention for offence and the tic is unable to be controlled.

What do you think?

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    I wanted to reply to B that an updated BBC article and recent commentary made it clearer the programme was broadcast on delay (not just a few seconds / small number of minutes - rather, a considerable delay was available to the production / broadcast team for edit purposes).

    For me, this alters my perception of what happened - it was a failure in duty of care across the piece - the opportunity to protect the tic speaker as they might have wished and reasonably expected - for some content to be contained within the auditorium, and so on.

    An investigation has been initiated.

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../cpqw15xywdzo

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  • The ability to reply is greyed out in this thread.

    I wanted to reply to B that an updated BBC article and recent commentary made it clearer the programme was broadcast on delay (not just a few seconds / small number of minutes - rather, a considerable delay was available to the production / broadcast team for edit purposes).

    For me, this alters my perception of what happened - it was a failure in duty of care across the piece - the opportunity to protect the tic speaker as they might have wished and reasonably expected - for some content to be contained within the auditorium, and so on.

    An investigation has been initiated.

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../cpqw15xywdzo

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