AgBQ-00 said:

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He literally does not have the physical/neurological ability to control it.

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Tics are not truly involuntary in the moment in the same way that, say, a tremor from Parkinson's disease is uncontrollable. One of the diagnostic features of tics is that they can be consciously suppressed, although doing so is unpleasant for the afflicted person and tends to result in a "breakthrough" increase in tics when the person allows the tic to occur.

So no, I don't buy that this guy had to shout out the n-word at the exact moment that two black guys were on stage presenting.

Although coprolalia is the first thing that the average person thinks about when hearing the word Tourette's, it is actually fairly uncommon. I've never heard of this person who shouted out the word, seen the documentary or anything like that. Like several of you (apparently), I would not entirely discount the possibility that this is an Eric Cartman moment.

ASS MONKEY F'ER CHEESE TRAY!!!

He has coprolalia...he shouted eff the queen when he met her while being honored for his work raising awareness of Tourette's. Could it be a publicity ploy...maybe. But I don't get that vibe after watching quite a bit about this guy.

bonfarr said:

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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.

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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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Is English your third language?

AgBQ-00 said:

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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.

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He was disruptive. Maybe he could have sat outside of the auditorium. His ability to live his life, as you say, shouldn't trump other people's ability to enjoy a ceremony. It's like a crying baby in church. Go to the cry room. That's just being a considerate person.

If interested, here is an interview with the guy before the awards show. I went on a bender last night and today about this because of the irony of it happening the way it did. Everything I've seen he looks genuine. I do find it extremely funny how it has thrown the intersectional olympic people into a tailspin.

this would be a great Southwest commercial "Wanna get away?"

I saw a video of this on TMZ, and it looks John Davidson animated an otherwise dull event.

He made it through that entire interview which lasted almost 5 minutes without any type of outburst, what supposedly triggers it?

he had a physical tic during that interview. from what I understand stress or other high stimulation environments can cause it to be worse. I've also read that fatigue can cause the tic/outburst to worsen.

ATX_AG_08 said:

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TMZ publishes pictures of reactions to man with Tourette’s shouting N-word at BAFTAs. pic.twitter.com/h6qjiOQrbq

— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) February 23, 2026

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Will Smith fighting for his life not to laugh.

I saw the tics I'm just wondering why he didn't blurt out "Titties" or something when the female interviewer started interacting with him.

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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.

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The idea of shouting "fk you" at the directors of a children's film just makes me lol.

As far as those with their panties in a wad over a dude with Tourettes shouting obscenities and racial epithets, what did you expect? If you know anything about the condition, you should understand that the person doesn't exactly have control over his tics.

it is a neurological dysfunction. it is not an automatic thing. just as the physical convulsion happened it can come out verbally. A below video that demonstrates how it looks when it is bad.

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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 remember some interview that Fredo was doing with a guy who had it and spoke like that.

Fredo about busted out laughing numerous times during the interview.

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Wood

Cuomo interview with a Tourette's person

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Wood

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Shes getting beyond thiccc and starting to just be fat

AgBQ-00 said:

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Cuomo interview with a Tourette's person

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Which one has the Tourette's?

lol, I'm pretty sure that pic of Will Smith is from the night he slapped Chris Rock.

yeah..not a fan of his...just using it as an example for those who think it is all a made up thing.

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carl spacklers hat said:

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Secolobo said:

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Wood

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Shes getting beyond thiccc and starting to just be fat

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You think I'm into her for her body? I'm thinking about the dirty things she might say while vertical.

Before any reaction to the slur, we have to know who the dude voted for. 48hr rule.

valvemonkey91 said:

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Before any reaction to the slur, we have to know who the dude voted for. 48hr rule.

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Dude is a hollywood elitist who's an atheist and part of the Out Campaign. No need to look up his voting record.

bonfarr said:

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He made it through that entire interview which lasted almost 5 minutes without any type of outburst, what supposedly triggers it?

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Apparently, black people.

AgBQ-00 said:

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he had a physical tic during that interview. from what I understand stress or other high stimulation environments can cause it to be worse. I've also read that fatigue can cause the tic/outburst to worsen.

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I can believe that.

I do not believe however, that tourette's or any other variation thereof causes people to shout out intricately put together curses. That's BS.

I mean, how come they never yell out "Big waterfalls!" Or " 1957 Chevy!"

How come it's always some hilarious combination of cuss words? "F Your dog in the butt you smelly c***!!"

I mean, if they have no control over it.

And why is the girl in the video above uncontrollably flipping him off? Wouldn't she be just as likely to clap her hands or do the ok sign?

Props to them for getting away with it, though.

bonfarr said:

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He made it through that entire interview which lasted almost 5 minutes without any type of outburst, what supposedly triggers it?

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I'm going to guess a need for attention

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This woman had to get three doctor's opinions before she was diagnosed, and there is apparently a large contingent of people with Tourette's who believe she's a total fraud. A friend who has Tourette's has said he thinks if she really does have Tourette's, she consciously exaggerates her tics, sort of like the way someone might exaggerate a sneeze into something intentionally obnoxious.

Interesting. I watched a few of these episodes, but had no idea that some thought she was faking it.

This is where I am at with the BAFTA guy. I'm split about 50/50 that he is legit. I believe he has a true diagnosis of Tourette's but I suspect he possibly does the outburst thing for shock value and attention. It seems convenient to me that he can make it through a lengthy interview without calling the woman the C word or something similar but somehow can't help but yell out the N word at a time when it gets maximum shock value.

bonfarr said:

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This is where I am at with the BAFTA guy. I'm split about 50/50 that he is legit. I believe he has a true diagnosis of Tourette's but I suspect he possibly does the outburst thing for shock value and attention. It seems convenient to me that he can make it through a lengthy interview without calling the woman the C word or something similar but somehow can't help but yell out the N word at a time when it gets maximum shock value.

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Yeah, it sounds bogus to me as well. Kinda tired of leaning on 'disabilities' for content creation.

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bonfarr said:

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This is where I am at with the BAFTA guy. I'm split about 50/50 that he is legit. I believe he has a true diagnosis of Tourette's but I suspect he possibly does the outburst thing for shock value and attention. It seems convenient to me that he can make it through a lengthy interview without calling the woman the C word or something similar but somehow can't help but yell out the N word at a time when it gets maximum shock value.

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Yeah, it sounds bogus to me as well. Kinda tired of leaning on 'disabilities' for content creation.

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Absolutely. The outbursts are way too conveniently specifically offensive.

I read somewhere that the broadcast of the event was able to edit out other outbursts but didn't edit out this outburst.

It smells to me of planned outrage bait, kinda like Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction back in the day.

bonfarr said:

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This is where I am at with the BAFTA guy. I'm split about 50/50 that he is legit. I believe he has a true diagnosis of Tourette's but I suspect he possibly does the outburst thing for shock value and attention. It seems convenient to me that he can make it through a lengthy interview without calling the woman the C word or something similar but somehow can't help but yell out the N word at a time when it gets maximum shock value.

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It isn't about the word itself, it's that there is something he shouldn't say in context. There have been people with Tourettes that have gotten in trouble for saying things like "bomb" and "gun" at airports. They know there are words they shouldn't say in some contexts, but their brain 'forces' them to say them.

While I don't have that version of Tourettes and hopefully never will develop those kinds of verbal tics, there is a difficult-to-explain compulsion to tics. When I do one of my motor tics, for example, there's no stopping it. I can delay or redirect it, but I can't stop it. I have to do it. This man likely feels similarly with his tics, though from what I gather he has more severe Tourettes than I do.