United Kingdom, March 3 -- BAFTAs host Alan Cumming has branded the 2026 ceremony a "trauma triggering s***show".

The Traitors host took to the stage to from the prizegiving in London on February 22 but the ceremony was engulfed in controversy after Tourette's campaigner John Davidson - whose life inspired acclaimed movie I Swear - involuntarily blurted out the N-word while Sinners co-stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were onstage presenting a prize.

The incident prompted an apology from BAFTA bosses and now Alan has taken to social media to say sorry. He wrote: "It's now a week since I hosted the BAFTAs.

"What should have been an evening celebrating creativity as well as diversity and inclusion turned into a trauma triggering s*...