John Davidson has 'questioned' why the BAFTA production team's decision to seat him near a microphone

John Davidson has "questioned" why the BAFTA production team's decision to seat him near a microphone.

The Tourette's campaigner, whose life inspired the film I Swear, was in attendance at the 79th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday (22.02.26) when he shouted a racial slur as Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting a prize on stage, and he has opened up about the evening and his condition.

He told Variety: "StudioCanal were working closely with BAFTA, and BAFTA had made us all aware that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast.

"I have made four documentaries with the BBC in the past, and feel that they should have been aware of what to expect from Tourette’s and worked harder to prevent anything that I said — which, after all, was some 40 rows back from the stage — from being included in the broadcast.

"As I reflect on the auditorium, I remember there was a microphone just in front of me, and with hindsight I have to question whether this was wise, so close to where I was seated, knowing I would tic."