"Labour MP Dawn Butler has since accused the BBC of "an obvious bias" and a "failure of duty of care" for airing the slur. The MP for Brent Central stated the offensive language "should never have been aired" and described its broadcast as "painful and unforgivable.""
"Filmmaker Jonte Richardson announced his resignation from the Bafta emerging talent judging panel, stating: "The organisation's handling of the unfortunate Tourette's N-word incident last night at the awards was utterly unforgivable. I cannot and will not contribute my time, energy and expertise to an organisation that has repeatedly failed to safeguard.""
"Warner Bros, the film studio behind Sinners, reportedly spoke directly with Bafta staff following the incident and requested its removal from the BBC broadcast, which aired two hours later. It is understood Warner Bros representatives were reassured this request would be passed on, and Bafta was in touch with the studio throughout the evening."
During the Bafta Film Awards at London's Royal Festival Hall, Tourette's campaigner John Davidson involuntarily shouted a racial slur while presenters Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the special visual effects award. Warner Bros requested the incident be removed from the BBC broadcast airing two hours later, but the slur remained in the televised version. Labour MP Dawn Butler criticized the BBC for broadcasting the offensive language, calling it a failure of duty of care. Filmmaker Jonte Richardson resigned from Bafta's emerging talent judging panel, condemning the academy's handling of the incident as unforgivable and citing repeated failures to safeguard.
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