Baylen Out Loud Star Baylen Dupree Flooded With Support After Issuing Emotional Statement — Fans Rally Around Her in Powerful Show of Love!
Reality TV star Baylen Dupree has been flooded with support from fans as she leapt to the defence of Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, who shouted out a racial slur during the 2026 BAFTAs ceremony.
John’s struggles growing up with Tourette syndrome inspired the film I Swear, and its star, Robert Aromayo, took home the event’s Best Actor gong for his portrayal of the disability advocate. The condition is characterised by sudden sounds or movements, known as tics, which sufferers can’t control.
Baylen, 23, has now weighed in on the events, hot on the heels of the BBC issuing an apology for not editing out the remark from its broadcast.
The TikTok star has built a huge audience as a result of documenting her life with the condition and even has her own reality show, Baylen Out Loud, showcasing life as a young woman with Tourette’s. In one episode she tries to cook her fiancé a meal, but is at high risk of burning and cutting herself due to one of her common tics being involuntary movements.
“I need to speak on this as someone who lives with Tourette’s,” her lengthy Instagram statement began. “When you live with this disorder, you lose control of your own voice sometimes And that is a terrifying thing.”
She continued: “Tics are not thoughts. They are not opinions. They are not secret beliefs hiding underneath the surface. They are involuntary neurological impulses -like a sneeze or hiccup except sometimes they attach themselves to words that carry weight history, and pain.
“Can you imagine how heartbreaking it is to say something you don’t mean? To hear a word come out of your own mouth and feel immediate shame? To want to crawl out of your own body because your brain betrayed you? People think if a slur comes out, it must reflect what’s in your heart. But Tourette’ doesn’t pull from hatred – it often pulls from anxiety, from fear, from the very thing you’re most scared of saying. The brain misfires on what feels charged or taboo.
“It doesn’t excuse the hurt a word carries. Words matter. History matters. Pair matters. But so does neurological reality. There is a difference between intent and impulse.
