Delroy Lindo has opened up further about the controversial moment at the BAFTA Film Awards where a racial slur was broadcast during the ceremony’s edited highlights.
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Speaking on ‘Fresh Air’ with Tonya Mosley, the ‘Sinners’ star revealed that he barely had time to process the moment while presenting alongside co-star Michael B. Jordan. He shared:
“You have to understand, we had jobs to do. We were the first presenters of the evening, and we had to read that teleprompter … There was a nanosecond, a nano of a nano of a nanosecond, when I’m thinking: ‘Wait, did I just hear what I thought I heard?’ But then, and it truly was a nanosecond, one had to read the teleprompter and get on with presenting the award.”
He later confirmed that he and Jordan compared reactions afterwards and shared a similar response, choosing to remain professional and carry on, saying:
“We went on and did our jobs.”
The incident prompted apologies from both the BBC and British Academy of Film and Television Arts after the slur made it into the televised edit. BBC Director-General Tim Davie admitted that the slur:
“Should never have been broadcast.”
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They had that man there knowing what he would do in my opinion. Yes, he was there to support the film that was made about him, but after he said it the first time he should’ve been removed because he said it again when the African lady from Sinners either presented or accepted an award.