Delroy Lindo Shares First Public Comments On BAFTA’s Tourette’s Incident At NAACP Image Awards: “It’s A Classic Case Of Something That Could Be Very Negative Becoming Very Positive”

Delroy Lindo took a few moments at Saturday night’s NAACP Image Awards to thank everyone for all the support following last week’s incident at the BAFTA Film Awards, when an audience member with Tourette’s syndrome shouted a racial epithet. Sinners co-stars Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were presenting at BAFTA when Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, […]

[Ryan Coogler and Delroy Lindo speak onstage at the 57th NAACP Image Awards]

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Ryan Coogler and Delroy Lindo speak onstage at the 57th NAACP Image Awards
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Delroy Lindo took a few moments at Saturday night’s NAACP Image Awards to thank everyone for their support following last week’s incident at the BAFTA Film Awards, when an audience member with Tourette’s syndrome shouted a racial slur.

Sinners co-stars Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were presenting at BAFTA when Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, who was in the audience, shouted the N-word as they were about to present the award for Best Visual Effects.

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[Ryan Coogler and cast of 'Sinners' at 57th NAACP Image Awards]

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