{"id":320531,"date":"2026-02-24T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/john-davidson-says-he-is-deeply-mortified-after-shouting-a-racial-slur-at-the-baftas-itvnews\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:00:48","slug":"john-davidson-says-he-is-deeply-mortified-after-shouting-a-racial-slur-at-the-baftas-itvnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/john-davidson-says-he-is-deeply-mortified-after-shouting-a-racial-slur-at-the-baftas-itvnews\/","title":{"rendered":"John Davidson says he is \u2018deeply mortified\u2019 after shouting a racial slur at the BAFTAs #itvnews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/K3DSQIDP2i8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"John Davidson says he is \u2018deeply mortified\u2019 after shouting a racial slur at the BAFTAs #itvnews\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K3DSQIDP2i8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Davidson says he has always been \u2018deeply mortified\u2019 when people consider his involuntary tics to be intentional and he removed himself from the auditorium when he was aware his tics were causing distress.<\/p>\n<p>BAFTA and The BBC have also apologised for how the situation was handled. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davidson says he has always been \u2018deeply mortified\u2019 when people consider his involuntary tics to be intentional and he removed himself from the auditorium when he was aware his tics were causing distress. 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