Bafta judge resigns after racial slur shouted during awards show
Gossip • 6d ago
A BAFTA judge has resigned after the 'utterly unforgivable' handling of a Tourette's sufferer's outburst at the ceremony over the weekend. ‘
During the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday, Febuary 22, John Davidson, a Tourette's sufferer, was heard shouting the N-word as Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan presented the award for special visual effects.
He later left the auditorium and apologised, while the BBC also apologised for not editing the racial slur out of the delayed broadcast.
BAFTA judge Jonte Richardson has now decided to withdraw from the BAFTA emerging talent judging panel after the incident at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Jonte Richardson wrote on LinkedIn yesterday: 'After considerable soul-searching, I feel compelled to withdraw from the Bafta emerging talent judging ...