John Davidson Will Watch the BAFTA Scotland Awards From a Separate Room After “N-Word” Incident

You gotta feel bad for John Davidson.

“I Swear,” a movie about Davidson’s life just scored seven BAFTA Scotland nominations, reportedly the most in the awards' history, and it’s now been decided he'll indeed be attending the ceremony, but watching from a different room. Most people who inspire an awards contending bippic get a red carpet. Davidson gets a video link and, hopefully, for his sake, a decent snack table.

This comes seven months after the BAFTA Film Awards in February, where Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner whose life inspired "I Swear," involuntarily shouted the N-word while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage presenting an award.

Davidson later issued a statement saying he was "deeply mortified" if anyone considered his involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.

What's more puzzling is that the BBC could easily have edited the moment out, since the ceremony aired on a delay. It didn't. The clip stayed in and has since been shared millions of times online.

Plenty of actors weighed in. My personal favorite was Jamie Foxx, who said on Instagram: "Out of all the words you could've said, tourette's makes you say that? Nah, he meant that s**t."

It also wasn't an isolated outburst. Within the first 20 minutes of the ceremony, Davidson's tics included shouting "Boring!" while guests were taken through the rules, "Bullshit!" when people were asked not to curse, and an expletive aimed at BAFTA chair Sara Putt during her opening remarks.

So what's the plan for November 15 in Glasgow? CEO Jane Millichip has written to members saying BAFTA consulted Tourettes Action, Tourette Scotland and Davidson himself as part of a "wider risk assessment" (lol). The result: Davidson will watch the ceremony by video link from a separate "relaxed space" inside the venue, with family and friends.