Overview
- Tourettes Action labeled SNL’s cut-for-time, online PSA-style sketch “unacceptable,” saying it mocks a disability and risks undoing years of awareness work.
- Alan Cumming issued a new statement apologizing to Black audiences and the Tourette’s community and saying viewers were let down by decisions that allowed slurs to air.
- The BBC apologized for airing the racial slur on a two-hour delay, removed the program from iPlayer, and said a fast-tracked Executive Complaints Unit investigation is in progress.
- BAFTA apologized and pledged a comprehensive review, while John Davidson said he was deeply mortified for the hurt caused but would not apologize for having Tourette syndrome.
- Critics and viewers denounced the SNL clip for punching down, as Delroy Lindo acknowledged public support at the NAACP Image Awards and charities reported a surge in trolling of people with Tourette’s.