At the Baftas on Sunday night, John Davidson rCo whose story of living
with TouretterCOs syndrome is dramatised in the (very good) film I Swear rCo shouted out the n-word when black actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B.
Jordan were on stage to present an award. YourCOd hope that by now people might understand the mechanics of TouretterCOs symptoms rCo that the tics
are totally involuntary, and consist of erupting with the worst possible things at the worst possible times; the imp of the perverse dialled up
to 11. But no.
What this sorry spectacle has inadvertently demonstrated is the grip
that the cruel and ideological politics of identity still has on the mediocrities of the creative industries
This was another one of the increasing number of events in this century
that feel almost comically demonstrative. If you were concocting a drama
to expose the raw nerves of the progressive milieu, you would reject the scenario rCo too on the nose, too silly to be credible.
It has everything: the pearl clutching about words, the setting among a star-spangled shindig of the privileged pretending to be
counter-cultural and the ham-fistedness of the BBC. Incredibly, the BBC didnrCOt remove one of the shouts before transmission, and even uploaded
it to their iPlayer. Now, we should all know by now that expecting the
BBC to react swiftly to a crisis without months of inquiries, delay and obfuscation is a mugrCOs game. I dealt with several such situations in my
TV career and the eventual answer was always that there had been an
error of rCyprocessrCO or a rCysystemicrCO failure. It was never anybodyrCOs fault. But the BBC was grossly, spectacularly inept on this occasion.
There is a two hour time delay between the Bafta ceremony and
transmission, precisely so that they can edit out dull bits, gaffes, and grandstanding political outbursts. They managed to cut most of that out
on Sunday, including a cry of rCyFree PalestinerCO from Akinola Davies Jr
who won best debut.
Shouting, as Davidson did, rCyboring!rCO during the Baftas feels less like a disability than a superpower. Posh award jamborees are grindingly slow
and tedious, and everybody there would love to erupt. A mate of mine
once had to present a Best Band award and, after unsealing the hallowed envelope and reading that the winner was Radiohead, only just managed to
curb the sudden urge to announce Showaddywaddy instead.
Davidson couldnrCOt have been clearer in his statement after the incident: rCyI can only add that I am, and always have been deeply mortified if
anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.rCO
But what a revealer some of the reaction has been rCo all the culture industryrCOs talk about neurodiversity, acceptance and access crashing
into the hard and messy reality of disability. Actor Jamie Foxx rejected
the apologies of both Davidson and host Alan Cumming, telling his Insta followers that Davidson rCymeant that shitrCO. Actress Rachel True
spluttered rCyDoes TouretterCOs make you unable to apologize tho?rCO, somehow managing to miss the profuse apologies. Sports journalist Jemele Hill
chipped in; rCyI get that John Davidson has TouretterCOs, but Alan CummingrCOs
apologising to the audience and not MBJ and Delroy Lindo is problematic.
His inclusion shouldnrCOt be prioritised over the well-being of the other guests.rCO
Yesterday, Hollywood rag Variety put quote marks around rCyinvoluntaryrCO in its headline about the story. Maybe Variety has made a breakthrough in neuroscience? Let them share it, if so.
The reaction from British celebs has, thankfully, been better. Scottish
actor Thierry Mabonga, who appears in I Swear as DavidsonrCOs lawyer,
said, rCyThis is the condition, the disease of TouretterCOs syndrome. John cannot control what he says. In fact, thatrCOs the whole point of why
werCOre making this film, to educate people about TouretterCOs syndrome rCa how can you say that he canrCOt be there at the awards? This is a film
about his life rCa and itrCOs great that he was there.rCO Many others have pointed out that the late Queen was able to cope with Davidson shouting rCyfuck the Queen!rCO when he went to collect his MBE.
But not everybody on this side of the pond has been so accommodating.
Jonte Richardson rCo no, me neither rCo has pulled out of his role as a
Bafta judge, saying that the Baftas have rCya long history of systemic racismrCO. Sorry, the Baftas? If Jonte thinks that bunch of progressive middle-class twits are racist, systemically or otherwise, he must have
led a charmed life. Who knew? ItrCOs made me rethink incidents in my own past. Perhaps the skinheads who chased me and my Bengali friend through
High Wycombe in 1982 wanted a discussion about best screenplay?
The plain and simple fact is that disabilities and impairments can
sometimes rCo in fact, they can often rCo be awkward, embarrassing, and difficult. The entire point of the rCyaccess agendarCO in the arts is, surely, allowing for that and incorporating it? I might go so far as to suggest that If yourCOre disturbed by the inclusion of a disabled person, itrCOs you, not them, who needs to be asked to leave. I want to say to
Foxx, Hill and Richardson: rCyEducate yourself. Do betterrCO.
What this sorry spectacle has inadvertently demonstrated is the grip
that the cruel and ideological politics of identity still has on the mediocrities of the creative industries. Nobody truly talented clings to
this rubbish in such circumstances; it is always the security blanket of incompetents and also-rans who would never have got a foot in the door without it, and who have sped the decline of popular culture in the West.
This could all have been sorted and settled amicably, with a shrug and a
bit of basic, do-as-you-would-be-done-by fellow feeling. To our credit,
and notwithstanding the agonising maladroitness of the BBC, this was the lionrCOs share of the British reaction.
But we have been culturally colonised by the American left, and rCo if I might rCo itrCOs time to kick them and their ideology out of our lives.
Gareth Roberts
At the Baftas on Sunday night, John Davidson rCo whose story of living
with TouretterCOs syndrome is dramatised in the (very good) film I Swear rCo shouted out the n-word when black actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B.
Jordan were on stage to present an award. YourCOd hope that by now people might understand the mechanics of TouretterCOs symptoms rCo that the tics are totally involuntary, and consist of erupting with the worst possible things at the worst possible times; the imp of the perverse dialled up
to 11. But no.
What this sorry spectacle has inadvertently demonstrated is the grip
that the cruel and ideological politics of identity still has on the mediocrities of the creative industries
This was another one of the increasing number of events in this century
that feel almost comically demonstrative. If you were concocting a drama
to expose the raw nerves of the progressive milieu, you would reject the scenario rCo too on the nose, too silly to be credible.
It has everything: the pearl clutching about words, the setting among a star-spangled shindig of the privileged pretending to be counter-
cultural and the ham-fistedness of the BBC. Incredibly, the BBC didnrCOt remove one of the shouts before transmission, and even uploaded it to
their iPlayer. Now, we should all know by now that expecting the BBC to react swiftly to a crisis without months of inquiries, delay and
obfuscation is a mugrCOs game. I dealt with several such situations in my
TV career and the eventual answer was always that there had been an
error of rCyprocessrCO or a rCysystemicrCO failure. It was never anybodyrCOs fault. But the BBC was grossly, spectacularly inept on this occasion.
There is a two hour time delay between the Bafta ceremony and
transmission, precisely so that they can edit out dull bits, gaffes, and grandstanding political outbursts. They managed to cut most of that out
on Sunday, including a cry of rCyFree PalestinerCO from Akinola Davies Jr who won best debut.
Shouting, as Davidson did, rCyboring!rCO during the Baftas feels less like a disability than a superpower. Posh award jamborees are grindingly slow
and tedious, and everybody there would love to erupt. A mate of mine
once had to present a Best Band award and, after unsealing the hallowed envelope and reading that the winner was Radiohead, only just managed to curb the sudden urge to announce Showaddywaddy instead.
Davidson couldnrCOt have been clearer in his statement after the incident: rCyI can only add that I am, and always have been deeply mortified if
anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.rCO
But what a revealer some of the reaction has been rCo all the culture industryrCOs talk about neurodiversity, acceptance and access crashing
into the hard and messy reality of disability. Actor Jamie Foxx rejected
the apologies of both Davidson and host Alan Cumming, telling his Insta followers that Davidson rCymeant that shitrCO. Actress Rachel True spluttered rCyDoes TouretterCOs make you unable to apologize tho?rCO, somehow
managing to miss the profuse apologies. Sports journalist Jemele Hill chipped in; rCyI get that John Davidson has TouretterCOs, but Alan CummingrCOs
apologising to the audience and not MBJ and Delroy Lindo is problematic.
His inclusion shouldnrCOt be prioritised over the well-being of the other guests.rCO
Yesterday, Hollywood rag Variety put quote marks around rCyinvoluntaryrCO in its headline about the story. Maybe Variety has made a breakthrough in neuroscience? Let them share it, if so.
The reaction from British celebs has, thankfully, been better. Scottish actor Thierry Mabonga, who appears in I Swear as DavidsonrCOs lawyer,
said, rCyThis is the condition, the disease of TouretterCOs syndrome. John cannot control what he says. In fact, thatrCOs the whole point of why werCOre making this film, to educate people about TouretterCOs syndrome rCa how can you say that he canrCOt be there at the awards? This is a film
about his life rCa and itrCOs great that he was there.rCO Many others have pointed out that the late Queen was able to cope with Davidson shouting rCyfuck the Queen!rCO when he went to collect his MBE.
But not everybody on this side of the pond has been so accommodating.
Jonte Richardson rCo no, me neither rCo has pulled out of his role as a Bafta judge, saying that the Baftas have rCya long history of systemic racismrCO. Sorry, the Baftas? If Jonte thinks that bunch of progressive middle-class twits are racist, systemically or otherwise, he must have
led a charmed life. Who knew? ItrCOs made me rethink incidents in my own past. Perhaps the skinheads who chased me and my Bengali friend through
High Wycombe in 1982 wanted a discussion about best screenplay?
The plain and simple fact is that disabilities and impairments can
sometimes rCo in fact, they can often rCo be awkward, embarrassing, and difficult. The entire point of the rCyaccess agendarCO in the arts is, surely, allowing for that and incorporating it? I might go so far as to suggest that If yourCOre disturbed by the inclusion of a disabled person, itrCOs you, not them, who needs to be asked to leave. I want to say to
Foxx, Hill and Richardson: rCyEducate yourself. Do betterrCO.
What this sorry spectacle has inadvertently demonstrated is the grip
that the cruel and ideological politics of identity still has on the mediocrities of the creative industries. Nobody truly talented clings to this rubbish in such circumstances; it is always the security blanket of incompetents and also-rans who would never have got a foot in the door without it, and who have sped the decline of popular culture in the West.
This could all have been sorted and settled amicably, with a shrug and a
bit of basic, do-as-you-would-be-done-by fellow feeling. To our credit,
and notwithstanding the agonising maladroitness of the BBC, this was the lionrCOs share of the British reaction.
But we have been culturally colonised by the American left, and rCo if I might rCo itrCOs time to kick them and their ideology out of our lives.
Gareth Roberts
On 2/25/2026 6:47 AM, Julian wrote:So, I'm going out on a limb here, but just let me say the BAFTAs are
At the Baftas on Sunday night, John Davidson rCo whose story of livingThe BAFTA meltdown captures woke mind virus to perfection!
with TouretterCOs syndrome is dramatised in the (very good) film I Swear
rCo shouted out the n-word when black actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B.
Jordan were on stage to present an award. YourCOd hope that by now
people might understand the mechanics of TouretterCOs symptoms rCo that
the tics are totally involuntary, and consist of erupting with the
worst possible things at the worst possible times; the imp of the
perverse dialled up to 11. But no.
What this sorry spectacle has inadvertently demonstrated is the grip
that the cruel and ideological politics of identity still has on the
mediocrities of the creative industries
This was another one of the increasing number of events in this
century that feel almost comically demonstrative. If you were
concocting a drama to expose the raw nerves of the progressive milieu,
you would reject the scenario rCo too on the nose, too silly to be
credible.
It has everything: the pearl clutching about words, the setting among
a star-spangled shindig of the privileged pretending to be counter-
cultural and the ham-fistedness of the BBC. Incredibly, the BBC didnrCOt
remove one of the shouts before transmission, and even uploaded it to
their iPlayer. Now, we should all know by now that expecting the BBC
to react swiftly to a crisis without months of inquiries, delay and
obfuscation is a mugrCOs game. I dealt with several such situations in
my TV career and the eventual answer was always that there had been an
error of rCyprocessrCO or a rCysystemicrCO failure. It was never anybodyrCOs
fault. But the BBC was grossly, spectacularly inept on this occasion.
There is a two hour time delay between the Bafta ceremony and
transmission, precisely so that they can edit out dull bits, gaffes,
and grandstanding political outbursts. They managed to cut most of
that out on Sunday, including a cry of rCyFree PalestinerCO from Akinola
Davies Jr who won best debut.
Shouting, as Davidson did, rCyboring!rCO during the Baftas feels less like >> a disability than a superpower. Posh award jamborees are grindingly
slow and tedious, and everybody there would love to erupt. A mate of
mine once had to present a Best Band award and, after unsealing the
hallowed envelope and reading that the winner was Radiohead, only just
managed to curb the sudden urge to announce Showaddywaddy instead.
Davidson couldnrCOt have been clearer in his statement after the
incident: rCyI can only add that I am, and always have been deeply
mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or
to carry any meaning.rCO
But what a revealer some of the reaction has been rCo all the culture
industryrCOs talk about neurodiversity, acceptance and access crashing
into the hard and messy reality of disability. Actor Jamie Foxx
rejected the apologies of both Davidson and host Alan Cumming, telling
his Insta followers that Davidson rCymeant that shitrCO. Actress Rachel
True spluttered rCyDoes TouretterCOs make you unable to apologize tho?rCO, >> somehow managing to miss the profuse apologies. Sports journalist
Jemele Hill chipped in; rCyI get that John Davidson has TouretterCOs, but >> Alan CummingrCOs apologising to the audience and not MBJ and Delroy
Lindo is problematic. His inclusion shouldnrCOt be prioritised over the
well-being of the other guests.rCO
Yesterday, Hollywood rag Variety put quote marks around rCyinvoluntaryrCO >> in its headline about the story. Maybe Variety has made a breakthrough
in neuroscience? Let them share it, if so.
The reaction from British celebs has, thankfully, been better.
Scottish actor Thierry Mabonga, who appears in I Swear as DavidsonrCOs
lawyer, said, rCyThis is the condition, the disease of TouretterCOs
syndrome. John cannot control what he says. In fact, thatrCOs the whole
point of why werCOre making this film, to educate people about
TouretterCOs syndrome rCa how can you say that he canrCOt be there at the >> awards? This is a film about his life rCa and itrCOs great that he was
there.rCO Many others have pointed out that the late Queen was able to
cope with Davidson shouting rCyfuck the Queen!rCO when he went to collect >> his MBE.
But not everybody on this side of the pond has been so accommodating.
Jonte Richardson rCo no, me neither rCo has pulled out of his role as a
Bafta judge, saying that the Baftas have rCya long history of systemic
racismrCO. Sorry, the Baftas? If Jonte thinks that bunch of progressive
middle-class twits are racist, systemically or otherwise, he must have
led a charmed life. Who knew? ItrCOs made me rethink incidents in my own
past. Perhaps the skinheads who chased me and my Bengali friend
through High Wycombe in 1982 wanted a discussion about best screenplay?
The plain and simple fact is that disabilities and impairments can
sometimes rCo in fact, they can often rCo be awkward, embarrassing, and
difficult. The entire point of the rCyaccess agendarCO in the arts is,
surely, allowing for that and incorporating it? I might go so far as
to suggest that If yourCOre disturbed by the inclusion of a disabled
person, itrCOs you, not them, who needs to be asked to leave. I want to
say to Foxx, Hill and Richardson: rCyEducate yourself. Do betterrCO.
What this sorry spectacle has inadvertently demonstrated is the grip
that the cruel and ideological politics of identity still has on the
mediocrities of the creative industries. Nobody truly talented clings
to this rubbish in such circumstances; it is always the security
blanket of incompetents and also-rans who would never have got a foot
in the door without it, and who have sped the decline of popular
culture in the West.
This could all have been sorted and settled amicably, with a shrug and
a bit of basic, do-as-you-would-be-done-by fellow feeling. To our
credit, and notwithstanding the agonising maladroitness of the BBC,
this was the lionrCOs share of the British reaction.
But we have been culturally colonised by the American left, and rCo if I
might rCo itrCOs time to kick them and their ideology out of our lives.
Gareth Roberts
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