John Davidson and the truth about living with Tourette’s Syndrome
Those like me who live with Tourette’s Syndrome look up to John Davidson. The actor and activist's biopic, I Swear, has shed some much-needed light on the condition. Unfortunately, the backlash against his appearance at the BAFTAs ceremony last weekend shows that plenty of people remain ignorant about Tourette’s. Davidson should never have felt the need to apologise in the days after the ceremony During the awards ceremony, Davidson shouted a tic while the two stars of Sinners, Michael B. Jordan and Delray Lindo, were on stage. The word he used was deeply offensive. But here's the thing: Davidson didn't mean what he said, and he couldn't help it. Yet that didn't stop people piling in against him. Celebrities, and one or two MPs, rushed to make assumptions.
