Broadcaster Piers Morgan has launched a blistering attack on Jamie Foxx, branding the Hollywood star “shockingly ill-informed” as the fallout from the BAFTA N-word controversy continues to explode.

The storm erupted on Sunday night when Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, whose life inspired the film I Swear, was heard shouting the racial slur while actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the first award at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

While the moment left millions stunned, Morgan has now turned his fire on Foxx, who fumed online that, “Out of all the words you could’ve said Tourette’s makes you say that. Nah he meant that s**t. Unacceptable.”

Taking to social media midweek, Morgan revealed he had watched I Swear and found it “incredibly powerful and inspiring.” He added that it “might have been wise for all those gobbing off about the BAFTA N-word saga to have watched it too before making so many shockingly ill-informed comments. I’m looking at the likes of you, Jamie Foxx!”

Davidson, who has lived with a severe form of Tourette’s since the age of 12, suffers from coprolalia — a condition that causes involuntary utterances of socially inappropriate words or phrases. In 2019, he famously shouted “f*** the Queen” while receiving his MBE, a moment he later described as mortifying.

Despite a two-hour delay on the BBC broadcast, the slur was aired on BBC One and remained available on iPlayer the following morning. The Corporation has since admitted the word should have been edited out prior to transmission and temporarily removed the ceremony from its streaming service.

During the live broadcast, host Alan Cumming told viewers that Tourette’s syndrome is a disability and that the tics heard were involuntary, apologising if offence had been caused.

Davidson himself has said he is “deeply mortified” by the outburst.

The row has sharply divided opinion. Charity Tourette’s Action stressed that while such words “can cause hurt,” they are “not a reflection of a person’s beliefs, intentions or character.” Meanwhile, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the BBC of making a “horrible mistake” by failing to initially bleep the slur.

Adding fuel to the fire, actor Wendell Pierce argued that “the first reaction wasn’t complete and full-throated apologies to Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan,” insisting that the insult to the presenters “takes priority.”

In a further twist, critics noted that the BBC edited out the phrase “Free Palestine” from filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr’s acceptance speech after My Father’s Shadow won Outstanding British Debut — intensifying scrutiny over editorial decisions.

As the backlash rages on, Morgan’s intervention has ensured the controversy shows no sign of dying down — with free speech, disability awareness and racial sensitivity now colliding on one of Britain’s biggest cultural stages.