While Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were presenting. Somewhere Eric Cartman is laughing hysterically. I won't link the X post where you can hear it but it's easy to find. I am on the fence as to whether Tourette's is really a Get Out Of Jail For Free card for anything that comes out of your mouth as I'm not sure that aspect of the illness is real. I had a math teacher in Junior High with Tourette's and he just had tics never blurted out obscenities and insults.

Understandably this event caused an unexpected moment of stunned silence from the presenters and the crowd.


https://pagesix.com/2026/02/22/celebrity-news/tourettes-activist-john-davidson-shouts-n-word-during-baftas-telecast/?_gl=1*11rtbnz*_ga*MTc1MTM5OTk5MC4xNzYzMzE0NjIy*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3NzE4MTM2OTkkbzE0MSRnMSR0MTc3MTgxMzcwMSRqNTgkbDAkaDA.

from what I understand there are different types and severity.

AgBQ-00 said:

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from what I understand there are different types and severity.

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I had a buddy at A&M who had it, but for him it was more like a nervous tic w/ some unpredictable facial expressions.


*ok, there was more in the article:

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Davidson's tics could also be heard when he told BAFTA chair Sara Putt to "shut the fk up" during her introductory speech, and when he shouted "fk you" at the directors of "Boong," when they accepted the award for for best children's and family film.

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IDK what degree or special variety of the disorder only causes targeted profanities.

Only time I ever experienced someone with it was at TAMU. We were working on a class project with some RC cars. Kid walked up and started ramming the cars together like a 2 year old making sounds like a 2 year old. We jumped in to stop him from destroying our work and he looked at us and said "FU, FU,FU" (cleaned up for the family friendly TexAgs word filter) and then left the lab. We later found out that he had Tourette's . Maybe not the craziest thing that happened at TAMU, but that one was up there.

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I am on the fence as to whether Tourette's is really a Get Out Of Jail For Free card for anything that comes out of your mouth as I'm not sure that aspect of the illness is real.

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Coprolalia is the medical term for the involuntary, uncontrollable outburst of obscene words, taboo phrases, or socially inappropriate remarks, often associated with Tourette Syndrome. While famously portrayed in media, it only affects about 10-30% of people with Tourette's. It is a complex vocal tic, not a conscious choice, often causing extreme embarrassment and distress.

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NSFW...

calling michael b jordan and delroy lindo the n-word during black history month?! https://t.co/nNjdMPfmVX pic.twitter.com/UQ4I5Ow0Kg

— chu (@THEHORRORGOTH) February 22, 2026

As I ***** understand it, it is basically like **** either shouting slurs working **** them into sentences at random.

^The above was entirely intentional and intended to mimic those I have met with the disorder in that specific format.

It isn't "How are you?" but rather "Hi **** ***** **** how are **** **** **** you? I'm ***** ***** okay how about that. Hopefully ****** i can help"

Really unfortunate situation.

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I have Tourettes. It's unfortunate to see instances like this. It makes people think everyone with the disorder is like this, and it's just not the case.

I feel bad for all involved.

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Everyone with Tourette's is racist? lol jk

Looks like he livened up a pretty dull event. Maybe other Hollywood awards shows should have him on as a presenter?

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We had a notorious Tourette syndrome student that terrorised the Jr high. His mother threatened to sue school if he was "mistreated". He landed in my class in high school, after several meetings and I service on how to handle his outbursts. First day of class , I read kids rules of my classroom while standing right next to him . Raised my voice (but my out was it was to the whole class) . Kid never said a peep the whole year.

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I don't understand

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Clearly intimidation is the cure.

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TheCurl84 said:

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Owlagdad said:

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We had a notorious Tourette syndrome student that terrorised the Jr high. His mother threatened to sue school if he was "mistreated". He landed in my class in high school, after several meetings and I service on how to handle his outbursts. First day of class , I read kids rules of my classroom while standing right next to him . Raised my voice (but my out was it was to the whole class) . Kid never said a peep the whole year.

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I don't understand

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Clearly intimidation is the cure.

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In this case, I guess it was. Or kid outgrew it or was not diagnosed correctly? Anyway, class had a good year with him in it.
I never had to call him down or put him outside so the other kids could learn.

Good commentary about the "incident" and the reaction to it. Some NSFW language but spot on. to quote the end of the video: "If you ever wondered where the intersectionalists would come down in terms of care for the disabled or the permanently offended. You have your answer"

Ok if the guy really couldn't control himself from dropping an N-bomb what made him yell it out loudly enough for the entire audience to hear him? Does Tourette's do that? If he had an uncontrollable impulse to blurt it out why wouldn't he be able to say it in a normal conversational tone so that only the people sitting near him could hear?

I still think this guy is pulling a scam on the world.

So the chance of a few offensive words being said outweighs this man's ability just to live life? He was there because his docu-film was being honored.

This situation is bringing out the real $#$ing snowflakes.

An episode of LA Law from 1989. First time I became aware of Tourretteas

Pre-recorded and could have/should have been edited out. I don't buy that BAFTA "missed" the edit of someone yelling out the N-word, given they had the attention to detail to edit out Israeli-Palestinian conflict references. They have millions of people talking about BAFTA today that didn't know it existed yesterday.

I'm Mel Gibson.

This isn't real. Matt Damon looks a lot older than that now and I would be shocked if Mel Gibson was at the BAFTA awards.