BBC Issues Apology After Slur Interrupts Michael B. Jordan & Delroy Lindo’s BAFTA Presentation⁠ ⁠ Blogged by: Cabbagepatchgrl⁠ ⁠ The #BBC is facing backlash following a significant editing oversight during the #BAFTA Film Awards. Despite the ceremony airing on a two-hour tape delay, a racial slur made it into the final broadcast, leading the network to issue a public apology and pull the footage from its streaming services for correction. The BBC has apologized for not editing out a racial slur from the BAFTA Film Awards‘ tape-delayed broadcast and will now remove it from the version of the ceremony on iPlayer.⁠ ⁠ The incident occurred as actors #MichaelB.Jordan and #DelroyLindo were walking onto the stage to present the award for Best Visual Effects. The outburst came from John Davidson, a Tourette syndrome campaigner who was seated in the audience during the ceremony and is himself the subject of the biopic “I Swear.” Davidson’s condition causes him to produce involuntary vocal tics,...