AdvertisementInstead, the BBC failed to remove or bleep the slur from its initial broadcast, even though it had a two-hour delay before the show aired on BBC One in the U.K. Even after the outcry over the inclusion of the N-word in its initial broadcast, the network waited almost 15 hours before removing the slur from BBC’s iPlayer streaming service. Google apologized Tuesday after a computer-generated news alert about BAFTA’s racial slur incident included the word. How anyone in the BBC edit bay, or otherwise, could miss such a hateful, loaded slur is frankly unbelievable. Trump earlier this month posted a video on Truth Social depicting former President Obama and wife Michelle Obama as apes.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 26, 2026 12:27 UTC