BAFTA Awards Fallout Continues: Org Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ for Racial Slur Incident, as John Davidson Says He’s ‘Deeply Mortified’

The fallout from Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards continues. As IndieWire reported earlier, the weekend ceremony was interrupted by early outbursts from “I Swear” subject John Davidson, who has Tourette Syndrome, including a racial slur directed at presenters Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo.

Following the show’s live event, the incident was not edited out of the show’s official broadcast (which aired on Sunday after a standard two-hour tape delay) or the version available on the BBC’s streamer, iPlayer. (The show is now no longer available online.)

In the minutes and hours that followed the incident, the BBC and BAFTA were met with major backlash from both those in the room (including “Sinners” production designer Hannah Beachler) and those who observed the events online, both in clips and the original broadcast.

While the BBC issued a short apology on Monday morning, the statement was mostly concerned with…