Alan Cumming: Bafta organisers are ‘bad people’ after N-word outburst

Alan Cumming, the host of the Bafta film awards in February, has criticised the organisers as “bad people who weren’t doing their jobs properly.” His comments follow an incident at the ceremony where Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur, which was broadcast by the BBC during its coverage. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Cumming said: “It was bad, bad, bad, bad leadership … Bad people who weren’t doing their jobs properly, who really had not prepared and let people down.” He also stated that he will not host the ceremony again.