He Yelled "N----er" At Two Black Oscar Nominees, No Apology Needed; We Beg To Differ
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Amy and T.J. discuss what wasn’t said in John Davidson’s statement after he shouted the N Word at acclaimed black actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo at the BAFTA awards. While it’s true that Davidson - who suffers from Tourette Syndrome - could not control his outburst, it doesn’t mean it didn’t inflict harm. In his official statement, Davidson thanked the public for their support and said he’s spent his life teaching “empathy, kindness, and understanding from others, and I will continue to do so.” But what he didn’t say was “I’m sorry” or even acknowledge the names of Jordan and Lindo - to apologize for the painful humiliation they endured at his outburst.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.2 | Hey there, folks. It is Tuesday, February 24th, and I cannot believe I'm saying this, |
| 0:12.4 | but I'm starting to turn on the Tourette's Guy. |
| 0:16.4 | With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:18.8 | Robs, this story has been doing gangbusters, been talked about, debated about online for a while. |
| 0:24.7 | We defended the Tourette's guy here yesterday and defended Tourette's after the incident at the Baptist, which everybody, I'm sure, is aware of now. |
| 0:33.3 | But don't you think we were, we actually felt good about educating people about Tourette's yes and that |
| 0:39.7 | was the hope at least from the statements we initially received there were yes people were aghast that |
| 0:48.6 | this happened people were uncomfortable that this happened and there were some apologies that were |
| 0:52.5 | offered but the point being, |
| 0:54.9 | okay, we're learning about this disorder and seeing it play out in real time and trying to |
| 1:00.2 | understand somebody who doesn't have control over some of the very derogatory offensive things |
| 1:06.0 | they say. Okay. Fine. He did this. Ropes, I'm sitting here as a black man. I heard the inward hurled, |
| 1:13.4 | and I was not immediately outrage at the person who did it once I understood. |
| 1:18.1 | I was not at all offended by a guy with Tourette's yelling out the N-word while Michael B. Jordan and Dale Roy Lindo were on stage |
| 1:29.7 | because Robs, we get and understand Tourette's and sometimes offensive and even awful, racist |
| 1:37.0 | language comes out in these ticks. Don't we understand this at this point? So I think generally, |
| 1:43.3 | what did you see the reaction? |
| 1:44.5 | I'm trying to make sure I'm putting it the right way, |
| 1:46.1 | but I thought there wasn't outpouring for the most part of people trying to educate, |
| 1:51.0 | and then some people seem to want to try to genuinely understand. |
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