Kirk Jones (director)

I think John was let down on many, many levels. And I think the fact that that [tic] went out for broadcast was perhaps one of the worst ways in which he was let down on the night.”

• Kirk Jones, the writer and director of I Swear, has now weighed in, telling The Telegraph
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/arts/enterta…Feb 27, 14:08

There were meetings, there were Zooms,

• Jones said
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…Feb 28, 21:58

The overriding irony is that this is the reason why we made the film in the first place."... People were saying things like, 'He must be able to stop himself, he must be racist, otherwise he wouldn't even be thinking of that word. He's putting it on. It's just a mask.... It just suddenly felt really old fashioned,

• But Jones stressed... He continued... says Jones
  BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Feb 27, 19:46

In 2025 there are so many more things that you can say which are explosive in a sentence,

• Jones has said
  Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arti…Feb 23, 15:47