Following the BAFTAs outburst, the Neighborhood Talk Instagram<\/a> account shared video footage of the moment hours later on Sunday, February 22.<\/p>\n \u201cNah he meant that s**t,\u201d the Django Unchained star, 58, wrote in the comment section. \u201cOut of all the words, you could\u2019ve said Tourette\u2019s makes you say that?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUnacceptable,\u201d Foxx added in another comment.<\/p>\n While many people backed the actor up in the comments section, BAFTAs host Alan Cumming previously pointed out at the show that Tourette\u2019s is a disorder that can\u2019t always be controlled.<\/p>\n Instagram\/Johnny Davidson Mbe<\/p>\n \u201cYou may have heard some strong and offensive language tonight,\u201d the Traitors star said. \u201cIf you have seen the film I Swear, you will know that the film is about the experience of a person with Tourette syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTourette syndrome is a disability, and the tics you have heard tonight are involuntary, which means the person who has Tourette syndrome has no control over their language,\u201d Cumming added. \u201cWe apologize if you were offended.\u201d<\/p>\n Tourette\u2019s, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/a>, is a \u201cneurological disorder that may cause sudden unwanted and uncontrolled rapid and repeated movements or vocal sounds called tics.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Variety<\/a>, Davidson, 54 \u2014 who also had other tic-related outbursts throughout the evening \u2014 voluntarily left the celebration, and a source told the publication that he was an \u201cinvited guest\u201d and would not have been asked to leave.<\/p>\n ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n Robert Aramayo, who won the best actor award for playing Davidson in I Swear, told BBC News<\/a> that Davidson was \u201cticking\u201d during the ceremony, adding: \u201cWe have to understand that the way we perceive Tourette\u2019s is a joint responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement shared Monday, February 23, a spokesperson for BBC \u2014 who aired the ceremony on BBC One \u2014 said, \u201cWe apologise that this was not edited out prior to broadcast and it will now be removed from the version on BBC iPlayer.\u201d<\/p>\n This story Jamie Foxx Calls BAFTAs Guest\u2019s Racial Slur \u2018Unacceptable\u2019 Despite His Behavior Linked to Tourette\u2019s<\/a> first appeared on National Enquirer<\/a>. Add National Enquirer as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/c91f2d56ae96b28f2f861f91a08d4a69.jpeg\"\/)
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