Delroy Lindo will get standing ovation after talking up on BAFTAs racial slur incident

Sinners star Delroy Lindo spoke in regards to the aftermath of the BAFTAs after a racial slur was shouted whereas he was on stage with Michael B Jordan presenting an award.

The phrase was shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette’s Syndrome and was on the BAFTAs because the movie I Swear which is about his life was among the many nominees with Robert Aramayo profitable Finest Actor for taking part in John and the movie profitable Finest Casting.

Davidson had mentioned he had a number of tics through the BAFTAs however was not conscious he may very well be heard from the stage till he noticed Lindo and Jordan react and voluntarily left the ceremony afterwards, tics are involuntary and never consultant of what an individual thinks or believes.

Whereas a number of of his different tics have been edited out of the BBC broadcast which was on a two hour time delay from the BAFTAs, that one occasion remained within the edit because the broadcaster apologised and mentioned it had been ‘aired in error’ and that producers accountable for enhancing the published had not heard it.

On stage yesterday (28 February) on the 2026 NAACP Picture Awards with Sinners director Ryan Coogler, Lindo spoke in regards to the public assist he’d acquired for the reason that BAFTAs.

The actor acquired a standing ovation from the awards ceremony to thank those that had been in contact after the BAFTAs for the assist they’d offered him.

He mentioned: “I’d similar to to formally say, I admire, we admire all of the assist and love we’ve got been proven within the aftermath of what occurred final weekend. It means lots to us.

“It’s an honour to be right here amongst our individuals this night, amongst so many individuals who’ve proven us such unbelievable assist.

“It is a basic case of one thing that would have been very unfavorable turning into very optimistic. Thanks a lot for the assist.”

It is the second time Lindo has spoken in regards to the incident, with the primary being when he informed Vanity Fair he and Jordan ‘did what we needed to do’ once they’d been on stage however that he’d wished ‘somebody from BAFTA spoke to us afterwards’.

The BAFTAs launched an announcement saying they ‘apologise unreservedly’ to Lindo and Jordan.

They mentioned: “We take full duty for placing our visitors in a really troublesome scenario and we apologise to all.

“We’ll be taught from this, and preserve inclusion on the core of all we do, sustaining our perception in movie and storytelling as a crucial conduit for compassion and empathy.”

Talking out afterwards, John Davidson mentioned he’d been ‘mortified’ on the scenario and had bought in contact with the studio behind Sinners to apologise to these affected.

He additionally defined that the tics, that are the results of Tourette’s and particularly coprolalia which impacts some individuals have the syndrome, have ‘completely nothing to do with what I feel, really feel or consider’.

Davidson did query whether or not him being seated close to a microphone designed to select up crowd noise ‘was smart’, although he mentioned he’d been reassured that his tics could be edited out of the published.