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EXPLAINED: Alan cumming apologises for trauma triggering baftas | Rare Historical Photos

Alan Cumming has apologised for what happened at the BAFTA ceremony

BAFTAs host Alan Cumming has branded the 2026 ceremony a "trauma triggering s***show".

The Traitors host took to the stage to from the prizegiving in London on February 22 but the ceremony was engulfed in controversy after Tourette's campaigner John Davidson - whose life inspired acclaimed movie I Swear - involuntarily blurted out the N-word while Sinners co-stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were onstage presenting a prize.

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