“Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe curling non interviews.
I resigned my membership.”
(Cribbins, Davis' fellowDoctor Whoactor,passed away in 2022.)
Richard E. Grant and Ariana DeBose at the 2023 BAFTA Awards.
EW Has reached out to representatives for BAFTA for comment and confirmation on Davis' status as a member.
“I think it’s incredibly unfair, to be frank,“he toldVariety.
“I absolutely loved it.
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Everybody I’ve spoken to who was in the room absolutely loved it.
She’s a huge star, she was amazing.”
“And here is a woman of color who is at the absolute top of her game.
And she’s opening the BAFTAs with a song that said so much on so many levels.”
BAFTA seemingly edited the error out of the eventual broadcast, which aired later in the evening.
Read Davis' full tweet slamming the 2023 BAFTA Awards above.
