Overview
- Cumming, in a Sunday Times interview published Sunday, said he will not return as host and called the handling of the night 'bad, bad, bad, bad leadership'.
- The row stems from February 22 when campaigner John Davidson, who has severe Tourette's syndrome, involuntarily shouted a racial slur as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented.
- The BBC, despite a two-hour delay, did not remove the word from its broadcast and left the unedited clip online for hours, which drew strong criticism.
- Cumming said he was not warned that the tics might include slurs, could not hear the remark through his earpiece, and later regretted the tone of the apology he read on air.
- BAFTA has apologised and thanked Jordan and Lindo for their professionalism, and Sunday night's BAFTA TV Awards proceed with Greg Davies hosting.