People with Tourette’s speak out as backlash over BAFTAs racial slur mounts

"Coprolalia is a debilitating and life-disrupting condition I wouldn't even wish on my worst enemy," shared one user.

John Davidson Gives First Interview and Explains Tourette's Tics After Shouting N-Word and Other Slurs at BAFTAs: ‘I Felt a Wave of Shame' (EXCLUSIVE)

John Davidson, the Scottish Tourette’s syndrome activist and real-life inspiration for "I Swear," was thrust into the ...

John Davidson says Tourette’s misconceptions are more challenging than the disorder

Tourette syndrome campaigner involuntarily shouted the n-word while Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were on stage at the ...

How Tourette’s causes involuntary outbursts – and what people with the condition want you to know

Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson has explained he left the British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) ceremony early on Monday night, aware his outbursts were causing distress. Davidson was ...

Racial slur at BAFTA awards stirs complex feelings for Black people with Tourette syndrome

The ordeal has compelled Black people with Tourette syndrome to assert that showing empathy for those dealing with the disorder doesn’t minimize the pain felt by the Black community.

This 1 Tourette's symptom only affects 10% of people - doctor debunks the BAFTA controversy

Following the shouting of a racial slur at the BAFTAs, Tourette syndrome has become a topic of debate. HELLO! consulted ...

Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma

Obscene language tics, called coprolalia, don’t reveal what people with Tourette’s think and feel. In fact, tics often compel people to say or do precisely what they most wish to avoid.
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Twitch streamer Sweet Anita speaks out on BAFTAs Tourette’s controversy

Sweet Anita has spoken out about the controversy at the 2026 BAFTAs, after Tourette’s activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur during the ceremony.

Tourette’s activist John Davidson shouts N-word during BAFTAs telecast while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo present

BAFTA Awards host Alan Cumming apologized after the uncomfortable moment.

I research Tourette’s. Here’s what I think about John Davidson’s biopic, I Swear

I Swear is a biographical drama based on Scottish campaigner John Davidson ’s experience of Tourette’s syndrome. Spanning his teenage years to the present, it follows the first tics and their social ...

Tourette’s causes involuntary outbursts – this is what people with the condition want you to know

John Davidson attended the BAFTAs ceremony but left early after becoming aware that his outbursts were causing distress ...