Sweet Anita has spoken out about the controversy at the 2026 BAFTAs, after Tourette’s activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur during the ceremony.
The Twitch streamer, who has Tourette’s syndrome and coprolalia, shared her reaction on X as debate continues online about how Tourette’s is understood by the public.
Sweet Anita, whose online content has frequently highlighted the realities of living with Tourette’s, has long spoken about the stigma surrounding the condition, particularly coprolalia, which can cause involuntary swearing or the use of offensive language.
“Imagine making a film about your life with Tourette’s to stop people misunderstanding your tics… Only for it to win a BAFTA and people still misunderstand your tics,” she wrote.
On stream, Anita also addressed people questioning why Davidson “knew that word.”
“It’s just a verbal spasm. A lot of people are questioning, ‘well why is that particular racial slur at that time?’
“Everyone knows what the n-word is,” Anita said. “Everyone knows that word. It’s in everyone’s vocabulary. Whether racist or not, you know what that word is.”
In another post on X, Anita said, “I have been where John is, and people debated for years whether I deserved the right to livestream because I have TS, it sucks that this is still happening to people when Google is free.
“People are wilfully misunderstanding Tourette’s at this point. Everyone deserves empathy here. I hope him, Michael and Delroy are doing ok.”
The incident occurred at the 79th British Academy Film Awards in London, where Davidson was heard shouting multiple times from the audience, including using a racial slur while Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.
Davidson was in attendance at the event as the movie “I SWEAR” is based on his life.
Host Alan Cumming addressed the situation during the ceremony, explaining that Tourette’s syndrome is a disability and that the tics heard were involuntary.
However, some did not accept the explanation, with actor Jamie Foxx commenting on Instagram, “nah he meant that sh*t.”
The BBC later apologized for not editing the language out of the broadcast before it aired.
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