Days after he was confronted with the N-word at the Baftas after it was involuntarily shouted by a Tourette’s sufferer in the audience, actor Delroy Lindo has been announced as one of the stars set to take to the stage at Sunday’s 32nd Annual Actor Awards.
Delroy Lindo is set to take to the stage at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards.
The veteran Hollywood actor, 73, has been scheduled to present at the event on Sunday (01.03.26) a week after facing a controversial moment at the Baftas last week, which saw a racial slur involuntarily shouted from the audience by a Tourette’s sufferer during his award presentation with fellow actor Michael B. Jordan.
Delroy is among a star-studded roster of presenters confirmed to present at Sunday’s ceremony, according to Variety.
Others include Gwyneth Paltrow and Jenna Ortega, with additional presenters set to include Odessa A’zion, Viola Davis, Andy Garcia and SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin.
The awards, hosted by Kristen Bell, will stream live on Netflix on 1 March at 8pm ET from the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
Harrison Ford will receive the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award at the event.
Ahead of the ceremony, Paige DeSorbo and Scott Evans will host the official pre-show.
The confirmation of Delroy’s appearance follows last week’s Bafta ceremony, where he and Michael B. Jordan were confronted with the N-word shouted from the audience by John Davidson, a Tourette’s syndrome campaigner and the subject of the Bafta-winning film I Swear.
John, 54, who has coprolalia – the rare symptom of Tourette’s that causes involuntary outbursts of obscene or derogatory language – later said he was “deeply mortified” by his outburst and apologised for any distress caused by his vocal tics.
Despite the ceremony being aired on a two-hour delay, the BBC failed to edit out the slur from its broadcast.
The corporation later apologised for what it called a “serious mistake”.
Delroy later expressed frustration that while he and Michael “did what we had to do” to finish the presentation, no one from Bafta spoke to them to inform them a Tourette’s sufferer was in the audience.
Public figures including Jamie Foxx condemned the broadcast, with Jamie saying the use of the N-word was “unacceptable” under any circumstances.
Meanwhile, at the upcoming Annual Actor Awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s satirical counter-culture epic One Battle After Another is heading into the ceremony with a record-breaking seven nominations, including cast ensemble and five individual acting nominations for its stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners follows with five nominations, as the film competes for ensemble honours against hits Frankenstein, Hamnet and Marty Supreme.
Delroy Lindo set to take stage at 32nd Annual Actor Awards after Baftas N-word controversy
