{"id":788682,"date":"2026-10-01T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788682\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:44:11","slug":"tourettes-campaigner-john-davidson-to-watch-scottish-baftas-via-video-link-after-row-over-racial-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788682\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourette&#8217;s campaigner John Davidson to watch Scottish Baftas via video link after row over racial slur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Davidson, from Galashiels, shouted loudly several times before and during the Bafta ceremony in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He later said he was &#8220;deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I have spent my life trying to support and empower the Tourette&#8217;s community and to teach empathy, kindness and understanding from others and I will continue to do so,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I chose to leave the auditorium early into the ceremony as I was aware of the distress my tics were causing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the time, Bafta thanked Davidson for his &#8220;dignity and consideration of others, on what should have been a night of celebration for him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We take full responsibility for putting our guests in a very difficult situation and we apologise to all,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We will learn from this and keep inclusion at the core of all we do, maintaining our belief in film and storytelling as a critical conduit for compassion and empathy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davidson, from Galashiels, shouted loudly several times before and during the Bafta ceremony in February. He later said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-788682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}