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That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

The slur was involuntarily blurted by John Davidson, whose life experience dealing with Tourette syndrome inspired the film “I Swear.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Instead of choosing something sanitized, I blurted out my actual most embarrassing moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Soon after, the star blurted out cooler gas measuring a temperature of 10,000 Kelvin moving super-slow at 70 kilometres per second.

From Space Scoop • Nov. 19, 2025

“I don’t know what came over me,” I blurted, penitent.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya