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fromVulture
1 month ago

Alan Cumming Apologizes for a 'Trauma Triggering' BAFTAs

Alan Cumming issued a second apology for the BAFTA incident where a Tourette's advocate involuntarily shouted a racial slur during the broadcast, acknowledging pain caused to Black people and the Tourette's community.
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Alan Cumming Apologizes for a 'Trauma Triggering' BAFTAs

Alan Cumming issued a second apology for the BAFTA incident where a Tourette's advocate involuntarily shouted a racial slur during the broadcast, acknowledging pain caused to Black people and the Tourette's community.
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

J.K. Rowling, Armie Hammer, Mel Gibson Blame Tourette's for Their Behavior in SNL Sketch

SNL satirized celebrities blaming Tourette's syndrome for their controversial behavior in a cut-for-time sketch featuring Gibson, Hammer, Cosby, Rowling, C.K., and West.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Poisoned chalice? The BBC's struggles to find a successor to Tim Davie

The BBC director general role faces significant challenges as talented executives withdraw from consideration following repeated crises, including a recent incident at the Bafta awards involving offensive language.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Man who shouted n-word at Black actors wants you to know he also yelled "pedophile" at a bi actor - LGBTQ Nation

Davidson - who attended the awards ceremony as an executive producer for a biopic about his life with TS, I Swear, which was nominated for five BAFTA awards - recently told Variety that ceremony organizers assured him "that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast," aired on a two-hour delay by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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fromVulture
1 month ago

John Davidson Says BAFTA Promised Any Swearing Would be Edited Out of Broadcast

BAFTA failed to implement adequate safety measures for both the Sinners cast and activist John Davidson during the February 22 awards show, despite prior awareness of his Tourette's syndrome.
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