{"id":2960,"date":"2026-03-07T00:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/sinners-delroy-lindo-reacts-baftas-n-word\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:47:30","slug":"sinners-delroy-lindo-reacts-baftas-n-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/sinners-delroy-lindo-reacts-baftas-n-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Act! Delroy Lindo Reveals First Thoughts After BAFTAs Slur & \u2018Claiming The Joy\u2019 Of Oscars Night \u2018No Matter What\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sinners<\/em> star Delroy Lindo<\/a> charmingly shut down discussion of the N-word incident<\/a> again as he focuses on \u201cthe joy\u201d of Oscar night, but he did reveal what went through his mind on the BAFTA stage.<\/p>\n

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No matter what happens on Oscar night, Delroy Lindo isn\u2019t wrapping up his victory lap anytime soon. With an impressive 50-year career of award-worthy performances, like Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone<\/em>, Crooklyn<\/em>, and Da 5 Bloods<\/em><\/a>, it\u2019s undeniably well-deserved. <\/p>\n

Yet one of his most-discussed moments this awards season isn\u2019t for his portrayal of Delta Slim or an acceptance speech. It\u2019s the BAFTAs, where Tourette\u2019s Syndrome activist John Davidson shouted the N-word<\/a> while Lindo and co-star Michael B. Jordan<\/a> presented an award. Lindo laughingly insisted \u201cno, we\u2019re not\u201d discussing the Feb. 22 incident again on NPR\u2019s Fresh Air<\/em><\/a>. In what may be the last time, he addressed the moment to share what he thought immediately after.<\/p>\n

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When host Tonya Mosley raised the topic, Lindo politely protested, \u201cWith all due respect, I\u2019m actually not going to talk about this. I\u2019m laughing because in the intro when you said, \u2018Oh, yes, we\u2019ll be talking about what happened with BAFTA<\/a>,\u2019 I chuckled because I said, \u2018No, we\u2019re not.’\u201d <\/p>\n

Eventually, the Unprisoned<\/em> star elaborated that his professionalism took over in amid the shock. \u201cI processed in the way that I process, in a nanosecond. Mike did similarly, and we went on and did our jobs,\u201d Lindo said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou have to understand, we had jobs to do. We were the first presenters of the evening. And we had to read that teleprompter, and we both did exactly that. Now, a couple of people who know \u2014 my wife says that I adjusted my glasses, and she said she knew when I adjusted my glasses that something was happening internally. But there was a nanosecond when I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Wait, did I just hear what I thought I heard?’\u201d he remembered.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the outpouring of support at the 2026 NAACP Image Awards a week later, Lindo saw a positive outcome more than anything. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fact that I could stand there in a room predominantly of our people \u2026\u00a0 and feel safe, feel loved, feel supported. I just wanted to officially, formally say thank you to our people and to all of the people who have supported us as a result of that event, that incident,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read about Delroy Lindo\u2019s Oscar optimism, post-award plans, and upcoming projects after the flip!<\/p>\n

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