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Russell Brand

September 22, 2023

For the sports equipment company, see Russell Brands.

Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and activist.[4] Known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner,[5][6][7] Brand has received three British Comedy Awards and nomination for a BAFTA Award.

Russell Brand
Brand in 2011
Birth nameRussell Edward Brand[1]
Born (1975-06-04) 4 June 1975 (age 48)[2]
Grays, Essex, England
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Years active1994–present
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  • Laura Gallacher
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Websiterussellbrand.com
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  • Russell Brand
Years active2006–present
Genre(s)Talk, politics
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  • 6.54 million[3]
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  • 1.08 billion[3]
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: 22 July 2023

After beginning his career as a comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter in the UK, in 2004 Brand gained a role as the host of the television show Big Brother's Big Mouth, a Big Brother spin-off. Brand had his first major film role in St Trinian's (2007) before starring in the Hollywood comedies Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Arthur (2011), and Rock of Ages (2012). He also voiced roles in the animated films Despicable Me (2010), Hop (2011), Despicable Me 2 (2013), and Trolls (2016). In 2013, he released the successful stand-up special Messiah Complex. He hosted his own radio show The Russell Brand Show (2006–2008, 2010, 2013, 2017) and also hosts the podcasts Stay Free with Russell Brand and Under the Skin with Russell Brand.

Since guest-editing an edition of British political weekly New Statesman in 2013,[8] Brand has become known as a public activist and campaigner, and has spoken on a wide range of political and cultural issues, including wealth inequality, addiction, corporate capitalism, climate change, and media bias.[9][10] In 2014, he launched his political-comedy web series The Trews on YouTube, released a book entitled Revolution, and acted in the documentary The Emperor's New Clothes. Since 2020, his online videos have promoted conspiracy theories, especially about COVID-19.

Over the course of his career, Brand has been the subject of frequent media coverage and controversy for issues such as his promiscuity, drug use, political views, provocative behaviour at various award ceremonies, his dismissal from MTV, and his resignation from the BBC. He has incorporated many of his controversial public acts into his comedic material. In March 2015, a biographical documentary was released called Brand: A Second Coming.

In September 2023, following a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4's documentary series Dispatches, five women publicly accused Brand of rape, sexual and emotional abuse.[11] The allegations concern incidents between the years 2006 and 2013 and were featured in the episode Russell Brand: In Plain Sight. Following the allegations, a further report of an alleged sexual assault was made against Brand to the Metropolitan Police, dating from 2003.[12] Brand has denied the allegations and said his relationships have always been consensual.[13]

Early life

Russell Edward Brand was born in Orsett Hospital in Grays, Essex, England. He is the only child of Barbara Elizabeth (née Nichols) and photographer Ronald Henry Brand.[1] Brand's parents separated when he was six months old, and he was raised by his mother.[14][15]

When Brand was 8, his mother was diagnosed with uterine cancer and then breast cancer one year later. While she underwent treatment, Brand lived with relatives. When he was 14, he developed bulimia nervosa. When he was 16, he left home because of disagreements with his mother's partner. Brand then started to use illegal drugs such as cannabis, amphetamines, LSD, and ecstasy.[16] Brand says he had a "strange relationship" with his father, whom he saw sporadically and who took him to visit prostitutes during a trip to Thailand when Brand was a teenager.[14][17]

He made his theatrical debut at the age of 15 in a school production of Bugsy Malone, and then began work as a film extra. Brand attended Grays School and in 1991, he was accepted to the Italia Conti Academy and had his first year of tuition funded by Essex County Council. After his first year at Italia Conti Academy, Brand was expelled for illegal drug use and poor attendance.[18][19] Brand has said that he was sexually abused by a tutor.[20]

Career

Stand-up

Brand performed stand-up at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year final in 2000. Although he finished fourth, his performance attracted the attention of Bound and Gagged Comedy Ltd agent Nigel Klarfeld.[21] That year, he also made his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut as one-third of the stand-up show Pablo Diablo's Cryptic Triptych, alongside ventriloquist Mark Felgate and Anglo-Iranian comic Shaparak Khorsandi.

In 2004, Brand took his first one-man show, the confessional Better Now, to the Edinburgh Festival, giving what he claimed was an honest account of his heroin addiction. He returned the following year with Eroticised Humour. He launched his first nationwide tour, Shame, in 2006. Brand drew on embarrassing incidents in his own life and the coverage about him in the tabloid press. The show was released on DVD as Russell Brand: Live. Brand appeared in a sketch and performed stand-up at Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball in 2006[22] and again at the 2012 edition at Radio City Music Hall.[23]

In March 2007, Brand co-hosted an evening of the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs with Noel Fielding. In December 2007, Brand performed for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as an act in the 2007 Royal Variety Performance. His second nationwide tour, in 2007, was called Russell Brand: Only Joking and released on DVD as Russell Brand: Doin' Life. Brand began performing in the US, and recorded a special for Comedy Central titled Russell Brand in New York, which aired in March 2009.[24] Brand began touring the UK, America and Australia from January to April 2009 on a tour called Russell Brand: Scandalous.[25] In October, a further four dates that were performed in November were added to raise money for Focus 12, the drug charity for which Brand was a patron until it closed.[26][27]

In 2013, Brand presented and toured his comedy show Messiah Complex, in which he tackled advertising, the laws on drug addiction and the portrayal of his heroes, such as Gandhi, Guevara, Malcolm X and Jesus, and how he is, in comically contrived ways, similar to them.[28][29]

In January 2017, Brand announced his new tour Re:Birth, which debuted in April 2017 and was meant to go through November 2018.[30] However, on 30 April 2018, he was forced to cancel the remaining dates after his mother was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident.[31] Russell Brand: Re:Birth, which was filmed in London in April 2018, was released as a standup comedy film on Netflix on 4 December 2018.

Over the years, Brand has named Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks,[32] Peter Cook, Lenny Bruce, Tony Hancock, Jack Kerouac, Stewart Lee,[33] Tenacious D,[34] Eddie Murphy,[35] and Monty Python among his comedic influences. In choosing one comedy film among his five favourite movies he picked Monty Python's Life of Brian.[36] In 2009, he appeared in the television documentary, Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut).[37]

Presenting

Brand's first presenting role came in 2000 as a video journalist on MTV: he presented Dancefloor Chart, touring nightclubs in Britain and Ibiza, and hosted the tea-time request show Select.[38] Brand was dismissed several days after coming to work dressed as Osama bin Laden the day after the 11 September 2001 attacks and bringing his drug dealer to the MTV studios.[39] After leaving MTV, Brand starred in RE:Brand, a documentary and comedy television program that aimed to take a challenging look at cultural taboos. It was conceived, written, and hosted by Brand, with the help of his comic partner on many projects, Matt Morgan. The series was shown on the now-defunct digital satellite channel UK Play in 2002.[40]

In 2004, Brand hosted Big Brother's Eforum on E4, a sister show to Big Brother 5. The show gave celebrity guests and the public the chance to have their say on the goings-on inside the Big Brother house. For Big Brother 6, the show's name changed to Big Brother's Big Mouth. Following Celebrity Big Brother 5, Brand said he would not return to host the Big Brother 8 series of Big Brother's Big Mouth. In a statement, Brand thanked all the producers for "taking the risk of employing an ex-junkie twerp" to front the show. Of his time presenting the show, he said, "The three years I've spent on Big Brother's Big Mouth have been an unprecedented joy".[41] Brand hosted a one-off special called Big Brother According to Russell Brand, in which Brand took a surreal, sideways look at Big Brother through the ages. On 8 January 2008, Brand was the fifth celebrity to "hijack" the Big Brother house, in the E4 show Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.[42]

Brand next returned to MTV in the spring of 2006 as presenter of the chat show, 1 Leicester Square, which had its broadcast time revised to allow for a more adult-oriented theme. Guests included Tom Cruise, Uma Thurman, The Mighty Boosh, and Boy George, and a second series began in September 2006 on MTV. After Big Brother 7 finished, Brand presented a debate show called Russell Brand's Got Issues, on E4. The viewing figures for the first episode were seen as disappointing, being beaten by nearly all of E4's main multi-channel rivals, despite a big publicity and promotional campaign for the show. The poor ratings prompted the network to repackage the show as The Russell Brand Show and move it to Channel 4.[43] The first episode was broadcast on 24 November on Channel 4,[44] and it ran for five weeks.[45]

Brand presented the 2006 NME Awards.[46][importance?] Brand hosted the 2007 BRIT Awards and presented Oasis with an "Outstanding Contribution to Music" award at the event.[47] He also hosted one hour of Comic Relief. On 7 July 2007, he presented at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London.[48]

 
Brand speaking with Courtney Love in Los Angeles, 2008

On 12 December 2007, BBC Four aired Russell Brand On the Road, a documentary presented by Brand and Matt Morgan about the writer Jack Kerouac and his novel On the Road. Brand returned to Channel 4 to host Russell Brand's Ponderland, in which he discussed topics like childhood and science through stand-up comedy. The show first aired on 22 October 2007 and continued for the next five nights. A second series began on 30 October 2008. The show ran for 12 episodes over the two series.[49]

Brand was later announced as the host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), which drew scepticism from the American media, as he was relatively unknown to the American public. Brand's appearance led to controversy for numerous reasons.[50] He said the night "marked the launch of a very new Britney Spears era", referring to it as "the resurrection of [Spears]". He also said, "If there was a female Christ, it's Britney".[51] Brand implored the audience to elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and later called then–U.S. President George W. Bush "a retarded cowboy fella", who, in England, "wouldn't be trusted with scissors".[51][52] He also made several references to the purity rings worn by the Jonas Brothers, but apologised for the comments later in the show.[53]

His comments at the 2008 MTV VMAs led to Brand receiving death threats from some offended viewers.[54] Brand claimed that MTV asked him to host the 2009 awards after the ratings for the 2008 show were 20 per cent higher than the previous year.[55] Also in 2008, Brand hosted a one-off stand-up comedy show called Comedy Live Presents: Russell Brand and Friends, which was shown on Channel 4 on 25 January 2008. Brand returned to host the 2009 MTV VMAs, on 13 September 2009, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.[56][57] The ratings for the 2009 show were the best since the 2004 VMAs.[58] On 12 February 2011, Brand guest hosted an episode of the hit American sketch comedy Saturday Night Live.[59] In 2012 he hosted the MTV Movie Awards[60] and Brand X with Russell Brand, a late-night talk show on FX that received lukewarm reviews and middling ratings.[61] The show was cancelled in 2013 after running for two seasons.[62]

Acting

In 1994, while still a teenager, Brand appeared in episodes of The Bill and the children's adventure series Mud.[63][64] In 2002, Brand appeared on the TV shows Cruise of the Gods and White Teeth. In 2005, he played Tommy in the BBC sitcom Blessed, which was written and directed by Ben Elton. Brand auditioned for the part of Super Hans in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show; the role eventually went to Matt King.[65] In 2007, Brand appeared in Cold Blood for ITV, playing an ex-con called Ally. Brand played a recovering crack addict named Terry in the pilot for the ITV comedy The Abbey, written by Morwenna Banks.[66] He voiced an Earth Guardian in Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind. Brand appeared in a small role in the 2006 movie Penelope; although his first major film role was as Flash Harry in the 2007 film St Trinian's.[67]

Brand achieved American fame when he starred in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which he played rock star Aldous Snow, the boyfriend of the title character (played by Kristen Bell). Brand received rave reviews for his performance as Snow, and he revealed the character was changed from an author to a rock star because of his audition.[68][69] Brand starred alongside Adam Sandler in the Disney film Bedtime Stories, which was released on 25 December 2008.[70] In 2010, he reprised the role of Aldous Snow for a buddy comedy titled Get Him to the Greek, co-starring Jonah Hill,[71] which also reunited him with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller and producer Judd Apatow for the film.[71]

Brand starred in Julie Taymor's 2010 version of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, as Trinculo.[72][73][74] In 2010, Brand voiced Dr. Nefario in the Universal movie Despicable Me,[75] and reprised the role in the 2013 sequel. Brand also guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Angry Dad: The Movie" as himself. Brand also starred in the April 2011 live action/CGI animated film Hop with James Marsden, voicing the film's protagonist E.B. Hop opened at number one at the Friday box office in the US, earning $11.4 million.[76] The same month, he played the title character in a remake of Arthur,[77] written by Peter Baynham, which was a box office disappointment. Brand starred as Lonny in a film adaptation of the 1980s-set musical Rock Of Ages, released in cinemas in June 2012.[78]

After appearing as William Carr in the Diablo Cody film Paradise (2013), Brand went on hiatus from acting. His return role was as Creek in the DreamWorks animated film Trolls (2016), followed by his portrayal of God in the comedy Army of One (2016) with Nicolas Cage. In 2018 and 2019, he portrayed Sports X Network founder Lance Klians in a recurring arc In the last two seasons of the HBO series Ballers.[79] Brand appeared as Tristan Trent in the 2020 fantasy film Four Kids and It,[80] and in 2022 played Linus Windlesham in Kenneth Branagh's remake of Death on the Nile.[81]

Other projects Brand has been tied to include a remake of Drop Dead Fred,[82] an Adam Sandler-produced film about a con-man posing as a priest tentatively entitled Bad Father, co-written by Brand and Matt Morgan;[83] and a film adaptation of the children's television programme Rentaghost a project that was picked up by Fox Studios in 2011 with Ben Stiller attached.[84]

Production

As of October 2008, Brand's own production company is called Vanity Projects.[85] The company's latest production, Russell Brand Doing Life, was released in 2009.[86]

Brand also established his own production company in 2011 with friend Nik Linnen. Called 'Branded Films', the company operates from the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, United States. The company's primary focus is to develop films that Brand stars in.[87]

Radio

Main article: The Russell Brand Show
 
Brand in April 2011

Brand's radio career began in early 2002, when he hosted a Sunday afternoon show with Matt Morgan on London's Indie Rock station Xfm. Brand was dismissed from the job after reading pornographic material live on-air.[88]

In 2005, Brand co-hosted three one-off shows on BBC Radio 6 Music with Karl Pilkington. Brand then co-hosted The Russell Brand Show beginning in April 2006 on BBC Radio 6 Music.

In November 2006, the show transferred to BBC Radio 2 and aired on Saturdays from 9–11 pm. The show regularly drew about 400,000 listeners.[89] The BBC Radio 2 show was available as a podcast.

2008 prank call controversy

Main article: The Russell Brand Show prank calls

On 18 October 2008, on The Russell Brand Show, Brand and Jonathan Ross broadcast the recording of a series of lewd phone messages for then-78-year-old actor Andrew Sachs. This infamously included Ross saying, "He fucked your granddaughter", a reference to Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie, whom Russell had dated. The comments were broadcast on the pre-recorded show.[90] After little initial interest, a media story about the calls by the Daily Mail generated a high number of complaints. Brand resigned from the BBC, while Ross was suspended without pay. The BBC was later fined £150,000 by Britain's broadcast regulator for airing the calls.[91] On 21 November 2008, the BBC Trust said that the phone calls were a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification".[92]

Brand returned to radio when he and Noel Gallagher hosted a one-off football talk show on 19 April 2009 for Talksport.[93] Brand returned to Talksport on 9 October 2010, with a Saturday night show that lasted 20 weeks. The show featured clips and back-stage recordings from his Booky Wook 2 promotional tour.[94] Brand was joined by a host of guests, including Noel Gallagher and Jonathan Ross.[95]

Podcast

On 25 February 2015, Brand launched a twice-weekly podcast called The Russell Brand Podcast through audioBoom. The podcast reunited Brand with his radio presenting team of Matt Morgan and poet Mr Gee.[96] The podcast ended after 24 episodes. In 2017, Brand launched a new podcast called Under the Skin with Russell Brand in which he interviews guests from areas such as academia, popular culture and the arts.[97]

Writing

From 2006 until 2009, Brand wrote a column for The Guardian sports section that focused on West Ham United and the England national football team. A collection of the columns from 2006 and 2007 was released in 2007 in his book Irons in the Fire.[98][99]

Brand's first autobiography, My Booky Wook, was released on 15 November 2007 and received favourable reviews. Andrew Anthony from The Observer commented that "Russell Brand's gleeful tale of drugs and debauchery in My Booky Wook puts most other celebrity memoirs to shame".[100]

Brand signed a £1.8 million two-book deal with HarperCollins in June 2008.[101][102] The first book, Articles of Faith, examined Brand's philosophy and consisted of a collection of his columns from The Guardian that first appeared there in 2007 and 2008. The book was published on 16 October 2008, and also includes Brand interviewing Noel Gallagher, James Corden, and David Baddiel about football.[103] The second book for HarperCollins, Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal, was Brand's second autobiography and was released on 30 September 2010.[104]

Brand has written articles for The Guardian that offer his perspectives on current events and pop culture, including the deaths of Amy Winehouse and Robin Williams.[105] Following the 2011 London riots, Brand wrote a column in which he criticised the government's response to the riots in Summer 2011 as a failure to address the root causes.[106]

Brand made his children's book debut in November 2014 with Russell Brand's Trickster Tales: The Pied Piper of Hamelin. It is the first instalment of an intended series, featuring illustrations by Chris Riddell.[107] In The Guardian, reviewer Lucy Mangan noted: "The on-Brand need to be noticed is there on every page, his unwillingness to get out of the way of the story tripping the reader up at every turn" and adding that Chris Riddell's illustrations "give the book a beauty it does not deserve and a coherence the text does not deliver".[108] Nicholas Tucker, in The Independent, noted the book's "wearingly offensive" language, and commented: "Brand's take on The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the first of a series of riffs on traditional fairy and folk tales. If they are all as bad as this one, British children's books will have hit a new low."[109]

His book Revolution, in which Brand develops his earlier ideas, was published by Random House in October 2014 and received much publicity. Nick Cohen of The Observer called Brand's writing "atrocious: long-winded, confused and smug; filled with references to books Brand has half read and thinkers he has half understood."[110] On the other hand, Steve Richards in The Independent commented: "Brand writes and speaks with verve, words flowing effortlessly and musically. The contrast with the tame wooden prose of elected politicians is marked."[111]

In September 2017, Macmillan published Brand's book Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions.[112] His next book, Mentors: How To Help and Be Helped, was published in January 2019. It deals with the people who have had a positive impact on his life and encourages us to look to others to become better individuals.[113]

Political activism

2009–2012: Early interventions

 
Street art by unknown artist on Hackney Street, London

In January 2009, Brand participated in a celebrity letter to The Independent—as a supporter of the Hoping Foundation—to condemn Israel's assault on Gaza, and the "cruel and massive loss of life of the citizens of Gaza".[114] In February 2009, Brand and several other entertainers wrote to The Times in defence of leaders of the Baháʼí Faith, who were on trial in Iran at the time.[115] In April 2009, he attended the 2009 G-20 London summit protests and spoke to the press.[116]

 
Brand in Regent's Park, London, September 2020

On 16 September 2010, Brand was arrested on suspected battery charges after he allegedly attacked a paparazzo who blocked his and then-fiancée Katy Perry's way to catch a flight at Los Angeles International Airport.[117] The paparazzo placed Brand under citizen's arrest until the police arrived and he was released from custody the next day after posting US$20,000 bail.[118]

On 15 March 2012, an arrest warrant was issued for Brand in New Orleans, U.S., because of allegations that he had thrown a photographer's mobile phone through a window. The paparazzo was taking pictures of Brand with an iPhone when Brand wrestled the device from his hands and tossed it at a law firm's window. The warrant cited "simple criminal damage to property", leading Brand, who offered to pay for the replacement of the window, to voluntarily appear at a police station. Brand was filming a movie in New Orleans at the time of the incident.[119]

Brand was selected by the Dalai Lama to host the Buddhist leader's 2012 youth event in Manchester. The Dalai Lama's representatives explained that Brand was selected because he had proved "the power of spirituality to effect change in his own life", while Brand stated to the BBC after the event: "I said yes because he's the living incarnation of Buddha and I thought, if you're around the Dalai Lama, that can only be good for your spiritual quest through life. He's an amazing diplomat, an incredible activist, a wonderful human being and an inspiration to us all."[120]

In April 2012, Brand testified in front of a parliamentary committee about drug addiction, sharing his experiences and view that drugs should be decriminalised. He said, "I'm not a legal expert. I'm saying that, to a drug addict, the legal aspect is irrelevant. If you need to get drugs, you will. The criminal and legal status, I think, sends the wrong message. Being arrested isn't a lesson, it's just an administrative blip."[121] Part of this testimony was included in a BBC Three documentary, Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery, that aired in December 2012. Brand said he felt compelled to make the film after the 2011 death of close friend Amy Winehouse, and he also used the opportunity to question how British society "deals with addicts and addiction".[122]

2013: New Statesman, Newsnight

 
Brand at the London Revolution Protest, June 2014

Brand has frequently campaigned for political issues.[123][124] In June 2013 he appeared in a video in support of Chelsea Manning.[125]

Brand was ejected from the GQ Awards show on 3 September 2013 after receiving the "Oracle" award. In his acceptance speech, he mentioned sponsor Hugo Boss's former business making uniforms for the Gestapo. Brand said of the Nazis, "They did look fucking fantastic, let's face it" before he goose stepped across the stage in a comical imitation of the Nazi march. Brand was eventually ejected from the event after GQ editor Dylan Jones confronted Brand with his view that the speech was "very offensive"—Brand replied by saying that the Nazis' treatment of the Jewish people was "very offensive".[126][127]

On 23 October 2013, Brand was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for the BBC's Newsnight in which he disparaged the British political system as ineffectual and encouraged the British electorate not to vote.[123] He was challenged by Paxman about his call for "revolution" and whether someone who had never voted could edit a political magazine.[128] When asked by Paxman what a revolution would look like, Brand replied:

A socialist egalitarian system based on the massive redistribution of wealth, [with] heavy taxation of corporations ... I think the very concept of profit should be hugely reduced ... I say profit is a filthy word, because wherever there is a profit there is also a deficit.[129][130]

Brand guest-edited a special issue of the New Statesman that was published on 24 October 2013 and explored the theme of Revolution, and in which he explained his objection to the destruction of Earth through greed and exploitation, and called for a change in consciousness to accompany political and economic measures to achieve a more sustainable future.[131][132]

In November that year Brand joined the Anonymous Million Mask March in London that protested against "cuts, corruption and an increase in state surveillance".[133]

2014–2017: The Trews and Revolution

 
Brand at the Cambridge Union Society in January 2014

In January 2014, Brand was invited by the Cambridge Union Society to participate in an interview, held in the Union's debating chamber with Leo Kirby, the Union's 2014 Speakers' Officer. The interview ran for more than an hour and was published on the Union's YouTube channel.[134]

Brand launched his YouTube series The Trews: True News with Russell Brand on 27 February 2014, in which he "analyses the news, truthfully, spontaneously and with great risk to his personal freedom". In addition to news analysis, he regularly has guests on the show, including economists, journalists and activists. By the end of the year, more than 200 episodes had been released on the channel.[135] The show was halted for nearly a year as he decided to be away from social media to focus on his personal and professional growth.[136]

 
Brand speaking at the People's Assembly Against Austerity rally in London, June 2014

In June 2014, he took part in the People's Assembly Against Austerity, that attracted an estimated 50,000 people marching from the BBC office to Westminster. Brand addressed the crowd, saying, "The people of this building [the House of Commons] generally speaking do not represent us, they represent their friends in big business. It's time for us to take back our power. Power isn't there, it is here, within us. The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have."[137]

 
Brand interviewed outside the Houses of Parliament, London in 2014

In October 2014, at the time Brand's book Revolution was published, John Lydon (also known as "Johnny Rotten" of the Sex Pistols), in an interview with Polly Toynbee of The Guardian, said that Brand's advocacy of non-voting is "the most idiotic thing I've ever heard".[138] In a November 2014 YouGov poll, involving a selection of celebrities, Brand was chosen as the one with the most negative influence on political debate (46%). The poll also found that 60% of poll participants disliked him and 28% liked him.[139]

Shortly afterwards, Brand appeared on Newsnight again, but was interviewed by Evan Davis on this occasion. Asked about 9/11 conspiracy theories and whether the attacks were perpetuated by the American government, Brand commented: "[w]e have to remain open-minded to [that] kind of possibility",[140][141] although this section of the interview ended with Brand stating that he did not "want to talk about daft conspiracy theories".[142][143] Hadley Freeman in The Guardian mocked the opinions he expressed in the interview: "I'm not entirely sure where he thinks he's going to go with this revolution idea because [SPOILER!] revolution is not going to happen."[144]

 
Brand at Zuccotti Park, New York City, in October 2014

BBC Three commissioned Brand to make a documentary on the global "War on Drugs", which aired on 26 November 2014. The film, titled Russell Brand: End the Drugs War, shows him exploring the illicit drug policies of other countries in search of a compassionate approach to people who use illicit drugs. Brand said in the documentary, "People think compassion is 'wet liberalism'; it's not, it's pragmatic".[145]

On 2 December 2014, Brand joined East London residents to protest over the increase in rents at the New Era housing estate.[146] During a protest for the New Era residents, Channel 4 News reporter Paraic O'Brien continually pushed Brand to answer questions about the value of his own property, which is rented. The line of questioning irritated Brand, who ended up calling the reporter a "snide"—the short clip went viral on YouTube.[147][148][149]

Later that month, on 11 December, Brand appeared on the BBC's Question Time programme which included the UK Independence Party's leader Nigel Farage as one of the other panellists. Brand called Farage "a pound shop Enoch Powell" on-air,[150] and the two men continued to trade insults after the programme had ended.[151]

In January 2015, during the television show Channel 4's Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Brand insulted politician Ed Balls. Balls responded by calling Brand a "pound shop Ben Elton".[152][153] In March, Brand announced he would use money from his Revolution book to open a café, the Trew Era Cafe on the New Era estate in the London Borough of Hackney, which would employ recovering drug addicts.[154] The café opened on 26 March 2015[155] and in September the following year Brand donated it to the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust.[156] In March, readers of Prospect magazine voted Brand the fourth-most influential thinker in the world, behind Thomas Piketty, Yanis Varoufakis, and Naomi Klein.[157]

The film documentary Brand: A Second Coming, which reflects on Brand's journey into political activism, premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, in March 2015.[158] Brand and director Michael Winterbottom worked together to produce a documentary, The Emperor's New Clothes, that had its international premiere on 24 April 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film features archival footage with appearances by Brand in London and New York City, examining the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and global economic inequality. The documentary is produced by Brand's Revolution Films company and distributed by StudioCanal UK.[159][160]

On 29 April 2015, eight days ahead of 2015 UK general election, Brand published an interview with Labour leader Ed Miliband on an episode of The Trews as part of a Trews Politics Week series.[161] Miliband stated that he took part to win over people like Brand who do not vote, although his opponent David Cameron deemed the entire interview a "joke".[162] The following day Brand released an interview with Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and Green MP Caroline Lucas, giving his support to Lucas in Brighton advising people there to vote Green.[163] He also criticised an election "set up not to represent people's wishes".[164]

Following these interviews, three days before the election, Brand released the final episode of The Trews Politics Week entitled "Emergency: VOTE To Start Revolution"[161] releasing additional material from his discussion with Ed Miliband and stating "I think we've got no choice but to take decisive action to end the danger of the Conservative party".[165] He dropped his anti-voting position and "declared the importance of voting", backing Labour and telling his fans that "You gotta vote Labour", although he admitted "that he couldn't be sure of the reality of what a Labour government would mean".[166][167] Brand was not registered to vote in the 2015 election.[166]

On 20 August 2015, Brand released episode 366 of The Trews titled "Final Episode Of The Trews – Goodbye, Good Luck", which he said would be the final episode of the series.[168] The Trews returned on 12 October 2016.

Brand endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election.[169] Ahead of the 2017 United Kingdom general election, he wrote in The Huffington Post that Corbyn "has the qualities I want in a strong and stable leader".[170] Regarding the 2015 election, he said: "You know I never actually said 'don't vote'? I said 'There's no point in voting when the main political parties are basically indistinguishable and the relationship between government, big business and factions of the media make it impossible for the democratic will of the people to be realised.'"[170]

2021–present: conspiracy theories and Stay Free

 
Brand in September 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brand's YouTube channel underwent an increase in activity and change in political direction, and was accused of promoting COVID denialism and conspiracy theories.[171][172] According to culture reporter Louis Chilton, his videos are usually "framed with some sort of contrarian take or calling out hypocrisy in the mainstream media", and often hint "at a vague, world-altering conspiracy".[173] Chilton questioned Brand's motives, suggesting that skeptics might "question why he advertises his stand-up tour just seconds into the start of each clip".[173]

Finn McRedmond of the New Statesman, which Brand had guest-edited in 2013, said in March 2023: "We have lost Russell Brand". The article described Brand as having now melded his "trad-socialist values" with "all the suspicions and anxieties of the new American right".[174] Brand's channel saw a rise in popularity, amassing 6.5 million subscribers and more than a billion views.[175][176] His new weekly views rose from a low of under 500,000 in November 2020 to about 14.5 million in March 2022.[177]

In September 2021, Brand told people attending his tour how they could bypass COVID-19 safety measures.[178][179] The following month, YouTube began reviewing some of Brand's videos to see if they violated the site's COVID-19 vaccine policies.[180] In 2022, Brand reacted to the World Health Organization's meetings on the pandemic treaty, saying "Your democracy is fucking finished" and that the world had "lapsed into a terrible technocratic, globalist agenda".[181] Early that year, Brand released a video decrying the media for allegedly ignoring the Canada convoy protest.[182][183]

Columnist Charlotte Lytton accused Brand of following Joe Rogan "down the rabbit hole of online misinformation" by pandering to the anti-vaccine movement and spreading pro-Russian conspiracy theories about Russia's invasion of Ukraine;[184] for example promoting unfounded claims of US bioweapon labs in Ukraine.[185]

Elon Musk defended Brand from media criticism on Twitter, saying: "I watched some of his videos. Ironically, he seemed more balanced & insightful than those condemning him! The groupthink among major media companies is more troubling. There should be more dissent."[186]

When YouTube took down one of his videos in September 2022, citing its policy on medical misinformation,[187] he moved his channel to Rumble, where he launched a new daily live show, Stay Free with Russell Brand.[188][189]

Personal life

Brand has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder.[190][191] He also had bulimia[46] and pornography addiction[192] and experienced a period of self-harming.[193] Brand has described the concept of fame as "like ashes" in his mouth.[134]

Brand used to be a Buddhist; speaking to The Guardian in 2017 he said he believes in a higher power as described by Alcoholics Anonymous.[20] Brand has shown interest in the Hare Krishna Movement and wrote in a 2007 Guardian column: "I say Hare Krishna as often as possible, sometimes even when I'm not being filmed".[194] Additionally, during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2010, Brand talked about his love of Transcendental Meditation (TM).[195] This love of TM was reaffirmed in a 2013 New Statesman editorial he wrote: "Through Transcendental Meditation, twice daily I feel the bliss of the divine..... I connect to a boundless consciousness that has no palpable relationship with my thoughts, fears or desires."[196] He has also gravitated towards Christian spirituality and practice by daily reciting the Lord's Prayer and attempting to have Christ consciousness.[197]

In 2011, Brand served as best man at Noel Gallagher's wedding to Sara MacDonald.[198]

Since 2016, Brand has been training in the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has earned a purple belt in the discipline.[199] He credits the art with improving his life in several ways.[200]

At the time of his 2017 wedding, Brand lived near Henley-on-Thames.[201] He is a lifelong supporter of the West Ham United football club.[202] As of 2019, he is a vegan.[203]

Brand is the owner of The Crown Inn pub in Pishill, a village near his Henley-on-Thames home.[204]

Relationships

Brand first met American singer Katy Perry in mid-2009 when she filmed a cameo for his film Get Him to the Greek, although the cameo was cut from the film.[205] They began dating after meeting again at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in September.[206] The two became engaged on New Year's Eve 2009 during a holiday in India,[207] and married there on 23 October 2010 in a Hindu ceremony, near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan.[208]

In October 2011, Brand and Perry announced via Twitter that they had switched to a vegan diet after watching the documentary Forks Over Knives which explores ways that plant-based diets can reduce risks for cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions.[209] On 30 December 2011, Brand filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences,[210] and their divorce was finalised in July 2012.[211] Perry's July 2012 autobiographical documentary, Katy Perry: Part of Me, showed the couple having conflicting career schedules and Perry not feeling ready to have children.[212] Perry also later said in an interview that Brand did not like the idea of her "being the boss" of things, and that the last time she had heard from him was on 31 December 2011, when he text-messaged that he was divorcing her.[213]

Days after his divorce was finalised, Brand said in an interview with Howard Stern that he was extremely in love with Perry, but after marrying her realised "this isn't really working out ... I was really, really in love with her, but it was difficult to see each other ... it mostly didn't work for practical reasons."[214] While Stern pressed for details, Brand declined, saying: "I don't want anything to hurt her. She's younger than me, she's a young woman and she's beautiful and she's sensitive and I care about her deeply."[214] Brand, who married Perry without a prenuptial agreement, was eligible to claim half of the estimated $44 million she earned during their marriage, but declined.[215]

In 2012, he briefly dated singer Geri Halliwell.[216][217] From 2013 to 2014, Brand was in a relationship with Jemima Goldsmith (formerly known as Jemima Khan), a daughter of financier James Goldsmith.[218] In May 2014, Brand received libel damages from The Sun after the paper had printed a story in November 2013 alleging that he had been unfaithful to Khan. Brand said he would be donating the unspecified damages to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign.[219] Brand and Khan ended their relationship in September 2014.[220][221]

In the October 2014 issue of Vanity Fair, Brand said of the allegations of misogyny made against him:

I have lived a life and had a frame of cultural references that make that charge quite legitimate... But as a person who's trying to live a decent, spiritual life, misogyny is not part of my current palette of behaviors... In a way, redemption is a great part of my narrative. I'm talking about disavowing previous lives, previous beliefs, previous behaviours.[222]

Since 2015, Brand has been in a relationship with Scottish blogger and former restauranteur Laura Gallacher, the sister of television presenter Kirsty Gallacher and daughter of Bernard Gallacher. Brand and Gallacher first dated in 2007, when Gallacher was 19 and Brand was 30.[223] Their first daughter was born in November 2016.[224] Brand married Gallacher in Henley-on-Thames on 26 August 2017.[225] In July 2018, Brand and Gallacher had a second daughter.[226]

Illegal drug use

The media published articles on Brand during his drug-using period, typically in relation to incidents, and his public profile has since been associated with this era. Drug-related issues led to Brand's arrest on twelve occasions.[46] Brand was ejected from The Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh and following a subsequent show in the city in 2004, a reviewer stated that "you'd rather hug him than hit him", as he had embraced recovery by this point. Following the cessation of his use, Brand revealed through his stand-up performances that he introduced his drug dealer to Kylie Minogue during his time at MTV[227] and said he had masturbated a male stranger in a public toilet for a television programme, adding: "I must say, it wasn't for me. I didn't really enjoy it. My tendencies and inclinations towards women are very, very powerful. I like them very much. It's just a biological urge."[228]

In January 2014, Brand described his first experience with heroin as "blissful".[134] Brand said on Twitter in 2014 that he has abstained from drug use since 13 December 2002.[229] He was a patron of the Focus 12 drug treatment programme and rehabilitation charity after his own use of the service; the charity closed in 2018.[230][27] Brand's sobriety was instigated by his agent, John Noel, after Brand was apprehended using heroin in a bathroom during a Christmas party. Brand cites his practice of transcendental meditation as a significant factor in his recovery from drug dependence.[231] Brand organised three fundraisers for Focus 12 in London, Dublin and Belfast in 2009, and has also acted as a "sponsor" for numerous people during the rehabilitation stage of their treatment process.[230]

Sexual misconduct allegations

2006 incident

In a 2006 tabloid interview, Dannii Minogue accused Brand of sexual harassment after she appeared on his TV show. She described him as "a bit of a vile predator", adding, "I certainly don't think he has cured his sex addiction." She said that Brand "wouldn't take no for an answer" and "throughout the whole interview he kept making shocking remarks that I can't even repeat".[19][232]

2007 Jimmy Saville call

In 2007, on Brand's BBC Radio 2 comedy show, he called former Jim'll Fix It host Jimmy Savile and asked to meet him. Savile answered that that would only happen if Brand brought along his sister if he had one. In response, Brand joked, "I've got a personal assistant [...] and part of her job description is that anyone I demand she greet, meet, massages, she has to do it. She's very attractive, Jimmy."[233] When he asked Savile what she should wear, Savile replied he would "prefer her to wear nothing".[233][234] Savile died in 2011 before his extensive crimes of sexual abuse and child sexual abuse were made public. The exchange was featured in the 2023 Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Russell Brand: In Plain Sight.[235]

2014 Jordan Martin allegations

In the book kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity, published in 2014,[a] Jordan Martin accused Brand of sexual assault, and physical and emotional abuse, during their six-month relationship in 2007.[236][237] She accused Brand of assaulting her at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester when he became angry after discovering she had spoken to an ex-boyfriend.[237]

2019–2023 Sunday Times / Dispatches investigation

Early in 2019, The Sunday Times began inquires after being made aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Russell Brand.[238] In 2022, Channel 4's Dispatches began working with The Sunday Times and The Times to investigate the allegations. On 16 September 2023, allegations were published from five women, four anonymously, accusing Brand of rape, sexual assaults, and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, following the joint investigation.[239][240][241] One of the women alleging abuse was 16 (the age of consent in the UK) at the time while Brand was 31. Most of the women, who The Times said do not know each other, have chosen to remain anonymous in fear of public harassment.[242] The Sunday Times noted that several of the accusers "felt compelled" to speak out "given Brand's newfound prominence as an online wellness influencer".[12][243][244]

The reports noted that complaints about Brand's behaviour had been made to Lesley Douglas, then controller of BBC Radio 2, in 2007, after Brand allegedly urinated into a bottle "in full view of everyone" in the BBC Radio 2 studio and hurled objects "in fits of rage".[245] Brand allegedly pursued female audience members for sex and exposed himself to a crew member on the shows EFourum and Big Brother's Big Mouth.[245] Production company Endemol and Channel 4 released statements of regret, saying in part, "We are sorry these women did not feel supported and protected while working on these productions and in light of these serious allegations encourage to them to contact us in confidence."[245]

Brand responded with a video denying the "serious criminal allegations", saying his relationships have "always been consensual".[246] He said he had been contacted by both The Sunday Times and Channel 4 prior to the publication of the story, and said their reporting contained "a litany" of "astonishing, rather baroque attacks", saying at the report's core were "some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute".[12]

On 16 September 2023, Brand was dropped by his agent Tavistock Wood amid the accusations.[247] Wood released a statement, writing in part, "Russell Brand categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020, but we now believe we were horribly misled by him."[248] The Metropolitan Police stated they are aware of "media reporting of a series of allegations" and encourage anyone "who believes themself to have been a victim of sexual assault" to come forward.[249]

That same night, Brand performed at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. Brand told the audience, "I really appreciate your support. I love you. There are obviously some things I absolutely cannot talk about – and I appreciate that you will understand."[250] On 18 September 2023, all remaining dates on the tour were postponed.[251]

On 17 September 2023, the Metropolitan Police received an allegation of sexual assault against Brand said to have taken place in Soho, London, in 2003. The allegation arose after the Met "[approached] The Sunday Times and Channel 4 to ensure that anyone who believes they have been the victim of a sexual offence is aware of how to report this to the police."[252] The alleged incident predates the period of alleged incidents covered in The Sunday Times and Channel 4 investigations.[253][254][255]

YouTube said on 19 September that it had suspended Brand's ability to make money from his YouTube account; a spokesperson said, "This decision applies to all channels that may be owned or operated by Russell Brand."[256] The director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, announced an internal review of complaints against Brand during his time working for the organisation.[257] The BBC had already removed some material featuring Brand from its archive.[257] The CEO of the media platform Rumble, Chris Pavlovski, on 21 September, instead said the company would not "join a cancel culture mob". Pavlovski rejected a House of Commons Media Committee request to join YouTube in removing the monetisation from Brand's channels "based solely on these media accusations"; he also stated that the parliament's request was "extremely disturbing".[258]

In September 2023, Vanessa Feltz released a clip of her appearance on Brand's TV show in 2006, where he asked if he could "have it off" with her or her daughters, which left her "deeply offended".[259]

Lorraine Kelly said in September 2023 that she felt "uncomfortable" during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show after Brand touched her thigh and called her a "slut" in 2007.[260][261][262]

On 21 September 2023, a woman accused Brand of exposing himself to her at the BBC's Los Angeles office in 2008, and then laughing about it minutes later on his BBC Radio 2 show.[263]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Penelope Sam
2007 St Trinian's Flash Harry
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Aldous Snow
2008 Bedtime Stories Mickey
2010 Get Him to the Greek Aldous Snow
2010 Despicable Me Dr. Nefario (voice)
2010 The Tempest Trinculo
2011 Hop E.B. (voice) / Production Assistant
2011 Arthur Arthur Bach
2012 Rock of Ages Lonny Barnett
2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me Himself Uncredited cameo
2013 Despicable Me 2 Dr. Nefario (voice)
2013 Paradise William
2014 A Royal Hangover Himself
2015 Brand: A Second Coming Himself
2015 The Emperor's New Clothes Himself
2016 Army of One God[264][265]
2016 Trolls Creek (voice)
2018 The Fight The Guru
2020 Four Kids and It Tristan Trent III[266]
2022 Death on the Nile Windlesham
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Dr. Nefario (voice)
2022 Catherine Called Birdy Suitor from Kent

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Bill Billy Case Episode: "Land of The Blind"
1994 Mud Shane 6 episodes
2002 White Teeth Merlin Episode: "The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones"
2002 RE:Brand Host 7 episodes
2002 Cruise of the Gods Woolly Hat Fan TV film
2004 A Bear's Christmas Tail Mr. Wolf TV film
2004–2006 Big Brother's Big Mouth Host 53 episodes
2005–2007 Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth Presenter 16 episodes
2006 Russell Brand's Got Issues Host 6 episodes
2006, 2007
2009, 2015 		The Big Fat Quiz of the Year Himself TV special
2007 The Abbey Terry TV film
2007 Cold Blood Ally Parkins Episode: "Interference"
2007–2009 Russell Brand's Ponderland Host 12 episodes
2008 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Host TV special
2009 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Host TV special
2011 Big Time Rush Himself Episode: "Big Time Beach Party"
2011 Saturday Night Live Himself/host Episode: "Russell Brand/Chris Brown" (Season 36)
2012 2012 MTV Movie Awards Host TV special
2012–2013 Brand X with Russell Brand Host 25 episodes
2012 Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery Himself BBC Three Documentary
2014 Russell Brand: End the Drugs War Presenter BBC Three Documentary
2017 Hospital People Tyler Watt Episode: "The Health Guru"
2018 Celebrity Juice Panelist Episode: "#19.1"
2018–2019 Ballers Lance Klians 14 episodes
2020 Neighbours Himself Episode: "#1.8385"

Awards

Award Award category Year Result Refs.
Time Out Best Stand-Up 2006 Won [267]
Loaded Laftas Best Stand-Up 2006 Won [268]
British Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2006 Won [269]
33rd Annual Television and Radio Awards Best Television Performer in a Non-Acting Role 2007 Won [270]
British Comedy Awards Best Live Stand-Up 2008 Won [271]
Variety's Power of Comedy Award 2010 Won [272]
British Comedy Awards Outstanding Contribution to Comedy 2011 Won [273]
GQ Men of the Year Awards Oracle 2013 Won [127]
Foot in Mouth Award Quote[b] 2014 Won [274]

Stand-up DVDs

  • Live (20 November 2006)
  • Doing Life – Live (26 November 2007)
  • Scandalous – Live at the O2 (9 November 2009)
  • Live in New York City (21 November 2011)
  • Messiah Complex (25 November 2013)
  • Brandemic (15 March 2023)

Written works

  • My Booky Wook. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 2007. ISBN 978-0-340-93615-3.
  • Irons in the Fire. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 2007. ISBN 978-0-340-96136-0.
  • Articles Of Faith. London: HarperCollins. 2008. ISBN 978-0-00-729881-5.
  • Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal. London: HarperCollins. 2010. ISBN 978-0-00-729882-2.
  • Revolution. New York: Ballantine. 2014. ISBN 978-1-10-188291-7.
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Russell Brand's Trickster Tales. Simon & Schuster/Atria. 2014. ISBN 978-1476791890.
  • Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions. London: Picador. 2018. ISBN 978-1250182456.
  • Mentors: How To Help and Be Helped. London: Pan Macmillan. 2019. ISBN 978-1509850884.

Notes

  1. ^ Martin, J P (2014). kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity: a memoir by a woman. ISBN 978-1980426301.
  2. ^ "The internal mayhem I'm feeling is spilling out everywhere. I loved it, and felt very connected to activism – particularly activism that feels loaded with potential. Not the oppositional activism that seems like there's a stasis around it – earnestly sincere, but a monolith equal to the establishment."

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Further reading

Interviews

  • Caroline Frost, "Russell Brand Talks, Love, Sex, Ambition and Revolution", Herald Sun, 27 March 2009 (audio)
  • Russell Brand on Revolution, Fighting Inequality, Addiction, Militarized Policing & Noam Chomsky. Democracy Now! 14 November 2014 (video)

External links

  • Official website  
  • Russell Brand at IMDb
Media offices
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russell, brand, sports, equipment, company, this, article, about, person, involved, current, event, information, change, rapidly, event, progresses, initial, news, reports, unreliable, last, updates, this, article, reflect, most, current, information, please, . For the sports equipment company see Russell Brands This article is about a person involved in a current event Information may change rapidly as the event progresses and initial news reports may be unreliable The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information Please feel free to improve this article but note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed or discuss changes on the talk page September 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met March 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Russell Edward Brand born 4 June 1975 is an English comedian actor writer and activist 4 Known for his flamboyant loquacious style and manner 5 6 7 Brand has received three British Comedy Awards and nomination for a BAFTA Award Russell BrandBrand in 2011Birth nameRussell Edward Brand 1 Born 1975 06 04 4 June 1975 age 48 2 Grays Essex EnglandMediumStand uptelevisionfilmradioAlma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre ArtsDrama Centre LondonYears active1994 presentGenresObservational comedyblack comedyblue comedyimprovisational comedySpouseKaty Perry m 2010 div 2012 wbr Laura Gallacher m 2017 wbr Children2Relative s Bernard Gallacher father in law Kirsty Gallacher sister in law SignatureWebsiterussellbrand wbr comYouTube informationChannelsRussell BrandYears active2006 presentGenre s Talk politicsSubscribers6 54 million 3 Total views1 08 billion 3 Creator Awards100 000 subscribers20171 000 000 subscribers2020Last updated 22 July 2023After beginning his career as a comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter in the UK in 2004 Brand gained a role as the host of the television show Big Brother s Big Mouth a Big Brother spin off Brand had his first major film role in St Trinian s 2007 before starring in the Hollywood comedies Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 Get Him to the Greek 2010 Arthur 2011 and Rock of Ages 2012 He also voiced roles in the animated films Despicable Me 2010 Hop 2011 Despicable Me 2 2013 and Trolls 2016 In 2013 he released the successful stand up special Messiah Complex He hosted his own radio show The Russell Brand Show 2006 2008 2010 2013 2017 and also hosts the podcasts Stay Free with Russell Brand and Under the Skin with Russell Brand Since guest editing an edition of British political weekly New Statesman in 2013 8 Brand has become known as a public activist and campaigner and has spoken on a wide range of political and cultural issues including wealth inequality addiction corporate capitalism climate change and media bias 9 10 In 2014 he launched his political comedy web series The Trews on YouTube released a book entitled Revolution and acted in the documentary The Emperor s New Clothes Since 2020 his online videos have promoted conspiracy theories especially about COVID 19 Over the course of his career Brand has been the subject of frequent media coverage and controversy for issues such as his promiscuity drug use political views provocative behaviour at various award ceremonies his dismissal from MTV and his resignation from the BBC He has incorporated many of his controversial public acts into his comedic material In March 2015 a biographical documentary was released called Brand A Second Coming In September 2023 following a joint investigation by The Times The Sunday Times and Channel 4 s documentary series Dispatches five women publicly accused Brand of rape sexual and emotional abuse 11 The allegations concern incidents between the years 2006 and 2013 and were featured in the episode Russell Brand In Plain Sight Following the allegations a further report of an alleged sexual assault was made against Brand to the Metropolitan Police dating from 2003 12 Brand has denied the allegations and said his relationships have always been consensual 13 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Stand up 2 2 Presenting 2 3 Acting 2 4 Production 2 5 Radio 2 5 1 2008 prank call controversy 2 6 Podcast 2 7 Writing 3 Political activism 3 1 2009 2012 Early interventions 3 2 2013 New Statesman Newsnight 3 3 2014 2017 The Trews and Revolution 3 4 2021 present conspiracy theories and Stay Free 4 Personal life 4 1 Relationships 4 2 Illegal drug use 5 Sexual misconduct allegations 5 1 2006 incident 5 2 2007 Jimmy Saville call 5 3 2014 Jordan Martin allegations 5 4 2019 2023 Sunday Times Dispatches investigation 6 Filmography 6 1 Film 6 2 Television 7 Awards 8 Stand up DVDs 9 Written works 10 Notes 11 References 12 Further reading 12 1 Interviews 13 External linksEarly lifeRussell Edward Brand was born in Orsett Hospital in Grays Essex England He is the only child of Barbara Elizabeth nee Nichols and photographer Ronald Henry Brand 1 Brand s parents separated when he was six months old and he was raised by his mother 14 15 When Brand was 8 his mother was diagnosed with uterine cancer and then breast cancer one year later While she underwent treatment Brand lived with relatives When he was 14 he developed bulimia nervosa When he was 16 he left home because of disagreements with his mother s partner Brand then started to use illegal drugs such as cannabis amphetamines LSD and ecstasy 16 Brand says he had a strange relationship with his father whom he saw sporadically and who took him to visit prostitutes during a trip to Thailand when Brand was a teenager 14 17 He made his theatrical debut at the age of 15 in a school production of Bugsy Malone and then began work as a film extra Brand attended Grays School and in 1991 he was accepted to the Italia Conti Academy and had his first year of tuition funded by Essex County Council After his first year at Italia Conti Academy Brand was expelled for illegal drug use and poor attendance 18 19 Brand has said that he was sexually abused by a tutor 20 CareerStand up Brand performed stand up at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year final in 2000 Although he finished fourth his performance attracted the attention of Bound and Gagged Comedy Ltd agent Nigel Klarfeld 21 That year he also made his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut as one third of the stand up show Pablo Diablo s Cryptic Triptych alongside ventriloquist Mark Felgate and Anglo Iranian comic Shaparak Khorsandi In 2004 Brand took his first one man show the confessional Better Now to the Edinburgh Festival giving what he claimed was an honest account of his heroin addiction He returned the following year with Eroticised Humour He launched his first nationwide tour Shame in 2006 Brand drew on embarrassing incidents in his own life and the coverage about him in the tabloid press The show was released on DVD as Russell Brand Live Brand appeared in a sketch and performed stand up at Amnesty International s Secret Policeman s Ball in 2006 22 and again at the 2012 edition at Radio City Music Hall 23 In March 2007 Brand co hosted an evening of the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs with Noel Fielding In December 2007 Brand performed for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as an act in the 2007 Royal Variety Performance His second nationwide tour in 2007 was called Russell Brand Only Joking and released on DVD as Russell Brand Doin Life Brand began performing in the US and recorded a special for Comedy Central titled Russell Brand in New York which aired in March 2009 24 Brand began touring the UK America and Australia from January to April 2009 on a tour called Russell Brand Scandalous 25 In October a further four dates that were performed in November were added to raise money for Focus 12 the drug charity for which Brand was a patron until it closed 26 27 In 2013 Brand presented and toured his comedy show Messiah Complex in which he tackled advertising the laws on drug addiction and the portrayal of his heroes such as Gandhi Guevara Malcolm X and Jesus and how he is in comically contrived ways similar to them 28 29 In January 2017 Brand announced his new tour Re Birth which debuted in April 2017 and was meant to go through November 2018 30 However on 30 April 2018 he was forced to cancel the remaining dates after his mother was critically injured in a hit and run accident 31 Russell Brand Re Birth which was filmed in London in April 2018 was released as a standup comedy film on Netflix on 4 December 2018 Over the years Brand has named Richard Pryor Bill Hicks 32 Peter Cook Lenny Bruce Tony Hancock Jack Kerouac Stewart Lee 33 Tenacious D 34 Eddie Murphy 35 and Monty Python among his comedic influences In choosing one comedy film among his five favourite movies he picked Monty Python s Life of Brian 36 In 2009 he appeared in the television documentary Monty Python Almost the Truth Lawyers Cut 37 Presenting Brand s first presenting role came in 2000 as a video journalist on MTV he presented Dancefloor Chart touring nightclubs in Britain and Ibiza and hosted the tea time request show Select 38 Brand was dismissed several days after coming to work dressed as Osama bin Laden the day after the 11 September 2001 attacks and bringing his drug dealer to the MTV studios 39 After leaving MTV Brand starred in RE Brand a documentary and comedy television program that aimed to take a challenging look at cultural taboos It was conceived written and hosted by Brand with the help of his comic partner on many projects Matt Morgan The series was shown on the now defunct digital satellite channel UK Play in 2002 40 In 2004 Brand hosted Big Brother s Eforum on E4 a sister show to Big Brother 5 The show gave celebrity guests and the public the chance to have their say on the goings on inside the Big Brother house For Big Brother 6 the show s name changed to Big Brother s Big Mouth Following Celebrity Big Brother 5 Brand said he would not return to host the Big Brother 8 series of Big Brother s Big Mouth In a statement Brand thanked all the producers for taking the risk of employing an ex junkie twerp to front the show Of his time presenting the show he said The three years I ve spent on Big Brother s Big Mouth have been an unprecedented joy 41 Brand hosted a one off special called Big Brother According to Russell Brand in which Brand took a surreal sideways look at Big Brother through the ages On 8 January 2008 Brand was the fifth celebrity to hijack the Big Brother house in the E4 show Big Brother Celebrity Hijack 42 Brand next returned to MTV in the spring of 2006 as presenter of the chat show 1 Leicester Square which had its broadcast time revised to allow for a more adult oriented theme Guests included Tom Cruise Uma Thurman The Mighty Boosh and Boy George and a second series began in September 2006 on MTV After Big Brother 7 finished Brand presented a debate show called Russell Brand s Got Issues on E4 The viewing figures for the first episode were seen as disappointing being beaten by nearly all of E4 s main multi channel rivals despite a big publicity and promotional campaign for the show The poor ratings prompted the network to repackage the show as The Russell Brand Show and move it to Channel 4 43 The first episode was broadcast on 24 November on Channel 4 44 and it ran for five weeks 45 Brand presented the 2006 NME Awards 46 importance Brand hosted the 2007 BRIT Awards and presented Oasis with an Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the event 47 He also hosted one hour of Comic Relief On 7 July 2007 he presented at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium London 48 nbsp Brand speaking with Courtney Love in Los Angeles 2008On 12 December 2007 BBC Four aired Russell Brand On the Road a documentary presented by Brand and Matt Morgan about the writer Jack Kerouac and his novel On the Road Brand returned to Channel 4 to host Russell Brand s Ponderland in which he discussed topics like childhood and science through stand up comedy The show first aired on 22 October 2007 and continued for the next five nights A second series began on 30 October 2008 The show ran for 12 episodes over the two series 49 Brand was later announced as the host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards VMAs which drew scepticism from the American media as he was relatively unknown to the American public Brand s appearance led to controversy for numerous reasons 50 He said the night marked the launch of a very new Britney Spears era referring to it as the resurrection of Spears He also said If there was a female Christ it s Britney 51 Brand implored the audience to elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and later called then U S President George W Bush a retarded cowboy fella who in England wouldn t be trusted with scissors 51 52 He also made several references to the purity rings worn by the Jonas Brothers but apologised for the comments later in the show 53 His comments at the 2008 MTV VMAs led to Brand receiving death threats from some offended viewers 54 Brand claimed that MTV asked him to host the 2009 awards after the ratings for the 2008 show were 20 per cent higher than the previous year 55 Also in 2008 Brand hosted a one off stand up comedy show called Comedy Live Presents Russell Brand and Friends which was shown on Channel 4 on 25 January 2008 Brand returned to host the 2009 MTV VMAs on 13 September 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 56 57 The ratings for the 2009 show were the best since the 2004 VMAs 58 On 12 February 2011 Brand guest hosted an episode of the hit American sketch comedy Saturday Night Live 59 In 2012 he hosted the MTV Movie Awards 60 and Brand X with Russell Brand a late night talk show on FX that received lukewarm reviews and middling ratings 61 The show was cancelled in 2013 after running for two seasons 62 Acting In 1994 while still a teenager Brand appeared in episodes of The Bill and the children s adventure series Mud 63 64 In 2002 Brand appeared on the TV shows Cruise of the Gods and White Teeth In 2005 he played Tommy in the BBC sitcom Blessed which was written and directed by Ben Elton Brand auditioned for the part of Super Hans in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show the role eventually went to Matt King 65 In 2007 Brand appeared in Cold Blood for ITV playing an ex con called Ally Brand played a recovering crack addict named Terry in the pilot for the ITV comedy The Abbey written by Morwenna Banks 66 He voiced an Earth Guardian in Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind Brand appeared in a small role in the 2006 movie Penelope although his first major film role was as Flash Harry in the 2007 film St Trinian s 67 Brand achieved American fame when he starred in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall in which he played rock star Aldous Snow the boyfriend of the title character played by Kristen Bell Brand received rave reviews for his performance as Snow and he revealed the character was changed from an author to a rock star because of his audition 68 69 Brand starred alongside Adam Sandler in the Disney film Bedtime Stories which was released on 25 December 2008 70 In 2010 he reprised the role of Aldous Snow for a buddy comedy titled Get Him to the Greek co starring Jonah Hill 71 which also reunited him with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller and producer Judd Apatow for the film 71 Brand starred in Julie Taymor s 2010 version of William Shakespeare s The Tempest as Trinculo 72 73 74 In 2010 Brand voiced Dr Nefario in the Universal movie Despicable Me 75 and reprised the role in the 2013 sequel Brand also guest starred in The Simpsons episode Angry Dad The Movie as himself Brand also starred in the April 2011 live action CGI animated film Hop with James Marsden voicing the film s protagonist E B Hop opened at number one at the Friday box office in the US earning 11 4 million 76 The same month he played the title character in a remake of Arthur 77 written by Peter Baynham which was a box office disappointment Brand starred as Lonny in a film adaptation of the 1980s set musical Rock Of Ages released in cinemas in June 2012 78 After appearing as William Carr in the Diablo Cody film Paradise 2013 Brand went on hiatus from acting His return role was as Creek in the DreamWorks animated film Trolls 2016 followed by his portrayal of God in the comedy Army of One 2016 with Nicolas Cage In 2018 and 2019 he portrayed Sports X Network founder Lance Klians in a recurring arc In the last two seasons of the HBO series Ballers 79 Brand appeared as Tristan Trent in the 2020 fantasy film Four Kids and It 80 and in 2022 played Linus Windlesham in Kenneth Branagh s remake of Death on the Nile 81 Other projects Brand has been tied to include a remake of Drop Dead Fred 82 an Adam Sandler produced film about a con man posing as a priest tentatively entitled Bad Father co written by Brand and Matt Morgan 83 and a film adaptation of the children s television programme Rentaghost a project that was picked up by Fox Studios in 2011 with Ben Stiller attached 84 Production As of October 2008 Brand s own production company is called Vanity Projects 85 The company s latest production Russell Brand Doing Life was released in 2009 86 Brand also established his own production company in 2011 with friend Nik Linnen Called Branded Films the company operates from the Warner Bros studios in Burbank California United States The company s primary focus is to develop films that Brand stars in 87 Radio Main article The Russell Brand Show nbsp Brand in April 2011Brand s radio career began in early 2002 when he hosted a Sunday afternoon show with Matt Morgan on London s Indie Rock station Xfm Brand was dismissed from the job after reading pornographic material live on air 88 In 2005 Brand co hosted three one off shows on BBC Radio 6 Music with Karl Pilkington Brand then co hosted The Russell Brand Show beginning in April 2006 on BBC Radio 6 Music In November 2006 the show transferred to BBC Radio 2 and aired on Saturdays from 9 11 pm The show regularly drew about 400 000 listeners 89 The BBC Radio 2 show was available as a podcast 2008 prank call controversy Main article The Russell Brand Show prank calls On 18 October 2008 on The Russell Brand Show Brand and Jonathan Ross broadcast the recording of a series of lewd phone messages for then 78 year old actor Andrew Sachs This infamously included Ross saying He fucked your granddaughter a reference to Sachs granddaughter Georgina Baillie whom Russell had dated The comments were broadcast on the pre recorded show 90 After little initial interest a media story about the calls by the Daily Mail generated a high number of complaints Brand resigned from the BBC while Ross was suspended without pay The BBC was later fined 150 000 by Britain s broadcast regulator for airing the calls 91 On 21 November 2008 the BBC Trust said that the phone calls were a deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification 92 Brand returned to radio when he and Noel Gallagher hosted a one off football talk show on 19 April 2009 for Talksport 93 Brand returned to Talksport on 9 October 2010 with a Saturday night show that lasted 20 weeks The show featured clips and back stage recordings from his Booky Wook 2 promotional tour 94 Brand was joined by a host of guests including Noel Gallagher and Jonathan Ross 95 Podcast On 25 February 2015 Brand launched a twice weekly podcast called The Russell Brand Podcast through audioBoom The podcast reunited Brand with his radio presenting team of Matt Morgan and poet Mr Gee 96 The podcast ended after 24 episodes In 2017 Brand launched a new podcast called Under the Skin with Russell Brand in which he interviews guests from areas such as academia popular culture and the arts 97 Writing From 2006 until 2009 Brand wrote a column for The Guardian sports section that focused on West Ham United and the England national football team A collection of the columns from 2006 and 2007 was released in 2007 in his book Irons in the Fire 98 99 Brand s first autobiography My Booky Wook was released on 15 November 2007 and received favourable reviews Andrew Anthony from The Observer commented that Russell Brand s gleeful tale of drugs and debauchery in My Booky Wook puts most other celebrity memoirs to shame 100 Brand signed a 1 8 million two book deal with HarperCollins in June 2008 101 102 The first book Articles of Faith examined Brand s philosophy and consisted of a collection of his columns from The Guardian that first appeared there in 2007 and 2008 The book was published on 16 October 2008 and also includes Brand interviewing Noel Gallagher James Corden and David Baddiel about football 103 The second book for HarperCollins Booky Wook 2 This Time It s Personal was Brand s second autobiography and was released on 30 September 2010 104 Brand has written articles for The Guardian that offer his perspectives on current events and pop culture including the deaths of Amy Winehouse and Robin Williams 105 Following the 2011 London riots Brand wrote a column in which he criticised the government s response to the riots in Summer 2011 as a failure to address the root causes 106 Brand made his children s book debut in November 2014 with Russell Brand s Trickster Tales The Pied Piper of Hamelin It is the first instalment of an intended series featuring illustrations by Chris Riddell 107 In The Guardian reviewer Lucy Mangan noted The on Brand need to be noticed is there on every page his unwillingness to get out of the way of the story tripping the reader up at every turn and adding that Chris Riddell s illustrations give the book a beauty it does not deserve and a coherence the text does not deliver 108 Nicholas Tucker in The Independent noted the book s wearingly offensive language and commented Brand s take on The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the first of a series of riffs on traditional fairy and folk tales If they are all as bad as this one British children s books will have hit a new low 109 His book Revolution in which Brand develops his earlier ideas was published by Random House in October 2014 and received much publicity Nick Cohen of The Observer called Brand s writing atrocious long winded confused and smug filled with references to books Brand has half read and thinkers he has half understood 110 On the other hand Steve Richards in The Independent commented Brand writes and speaks with verve words flowing effortlessly and musically The contrast with the tame wooden prose of elected politicians is marked 111 In September 2017 Macmillan published Brand s book Recovery Freedom from Our Addictions 112 His next book Mentors How To Help and Be Helped was published in January 2019 It deals with the people who have had a positive impact on his life and encourages us to look to others to become better individuals 113 Political activism2009 2012 Early interventions nbsp Street art by unknown artist on Hackney Street LondonIn January 2009 Brand participated in a celebrity letter to The Independent as a supporter of the Hoping Foundation to condemn Israel s assault on Gaza and the cruel and massive loss of life of the citizens of Gaza 114 In February 2009 Brand and several other entertainers wrote to The Times in defence of leaders of the Bahaʼi Faith who were on trial in Iran at the time 115 In April 2009 he attended the 2009 G 20 London summit protests and spoke to the press 116 nbsp Brand in Regent s Park London September 2020On 16 September 2010 Brand was arrested on suspected battery charges after he allegedly attacked a paparazzo who blocked his and then fiancee Katy Perry s way to catch a flight at Los Angeles International Airport 117 The paparazzo placed Brand under citizen s arrest until the police arrived and he was released from custody the next day after posting US 20 000 bail 118 On 15 March 2012 an arrest warrant was issued for Brand in New Orleans U S because of allegations that he had thrown a photographer s mobile phone through a window The paparazzo was taking pictures of Brand with an iPhone when Brand wrestled the device from his hands and tossed it at a law firm s window The warrant cited simple criminal damage to property leading Brand who offered to pay for the replacement of the window to voluntarily appear at a police station Brand was filming a movie in New Orleans at the time of the incident 119 Brand was selected by the Dalai Lama to host the Buddhist leader s 2012 youth event in Manchester The Dalai Lama s representatives explained that Brand was selected because he had proved the power of spirituality to effect change in his own life while Brand stated to the BBC after the event I said yes because he s the living incarnation of Buddha and I thought if you re around the Dalai Lama that can only be good for your spiritual quest through life He s an amazing diplomat an incredible activist a wonderful human being and an inspiration to us all 120 In April 2012 Brand testified in front of a parliamentary committee about drug addiction sharing his experiences and view that drugs should be decriminalised He said I m not a legal expert I m saying that to a drug addict the legal aspect is irrelevant If you need to get drugs you will The criminal and legal status I think sends the wrong message Being arrested isn t a lesson it s just an administrative blip 121 Part of this testimony was included in a BBC Three documentary Russell Brand From Addiction to Recovery that aired in December 2012 Brand said he felt compelled to make the film after the 2011 death of close friend Amy Winehouse and he also used the opportunity to question how British society deals with addicts and addiction 122 2013 New Statesman Newsnight nbsp Brand at the London Revolution Protest June 2014Brand has frequently campaigned for political issues 123 124 In June 2013 he appeared in a video in support of Chelsea Manning 125 Brand was ejected from the GQ Awards show on 3 September 2013 after receiving the Oracle award In his acceptance speech he mentioned sponsor Hugo Boss s former business making uniforms for the Gestapo Brand said of the Nazis They did look fucking fantastic let s face it before he goose stepped across the stage in a comical imitation of the Nazi march Brand was eventually ejected from the event after GQ editor Dylan Jones confronted Brand with his view that the speech was very offensive Brand replied by saying that the Nazis treatment of the Jewish people was very offensive 126 127 On 23 October 2013 Brand was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for the BBC s Newsnight in which he disparaged the British political system as ineffectual and encouraged the British electorate not to vote 123 He was challenged by Paxman about his call for revolution and whether someone who had never voted could edit a political magazine 128 When asked by Paxman what a revolution would look like Brand replied A socialist egalitarian system based on the massive redistribution of wealth with heavy taxation of corporations I think the very concept of profit should be hugely reduced I say profit is a filthy word because wherever there is a profit there is also a deficit 129 130 Brand guest edited a special issue of the New Statesman that was published on 24 October 2013 and explored the theme of Revolution and in which he explained his objection to the destruction of Earth through greed and exploitation and called for a change in consciousness to accompany political and economic measures to achieve a more sustainable future 131 132 In November that year Brand joined the Anonymous Million Mask March in London that protested against cuts corruption and an increase in state surveillance 133 2014 2017 The Trews and Revolution nbsp Brand at the Cambridge Union Society in January 2014In January 2014 Brand was invited by the Cambridge Union Society to participate in an interview held in the Union s debating chamber with Leo Kirby the Union s 2014 Speakers Officer The interview ran for more than an hour and was published on the Union s YouTube channel 134 Brand launched his YouTube series The Trews True News with Russell Brand on 27 February 2014 in which he analyses the news truthfully spontaneously and with great risk to his personal freedom In addition to news analysis he regularly has guests on the show including economists journalists and activists By the end of the year more than 200 episodes had been released on the channel 135 The show was halted for nearly a year as he decided to be away from social media to focus on his personal and professional growth 136 nbsp Brand speaking at the People s Assembly Against Austerity rally in London June 2014In June 2014 he took part in the People s Assembly Against Austerity that attracted an estimated 50 000 people marching from the BBC office to Westminster Brand addressed the crowd saying The people of this building the House of Commons generally speaking do not represent us they represent their friends in big business It s time for us to take back our power Power isn t there it is here within us The revolution that s required isn t a revolution of radical ideas but the implementation of ideas we already have 137 nbsp Brand interviewed outside the Houses of Parliament London in 2014In October 2014 at the time Brand s book Revolution was published John Lydon also known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols in an interview with Polly Toynbee of The Guardian said that Brand s advocacy of non voting is the most idiotic thing I ve ever heard 138 In a November 2014 YouGov poll involving a selection of celebrities Brand was chosen as the one with the most negative influence on political debate 46 The poll also found that 60 of poll participants disliked him and 28 liked him 139 Shortly afterwards Brand appeared on Newsnight again but was interviewed by Evan Davis on this occasion Asked about 9 11 conspiracy theories and whether the attacks were perpetuated by the American government Brand commented w e have to remain open minded to that kind of possibility 140 141 although this section of the interview ended with Brand stating that he did not want to talk about daft conspiracy theories 142 143 Hadley Freeman in The Guardian mocked the opinions he expressed in the interview I m not entirely sure where he thinks he s going to go with this revolution idea because SPOILER revolution is not going to happen 144 nbsp Brand at Zuccotti Park New York City in October 2014BBC Three commissioned Brand to make a documentary on the global War on Drugs which aired on 26 November 2014 The film titled Russell Brand End the Drugs War shows him exploring the illicit drug policies of other countries in search of a compassionate approach to people who use illicit drugs Brand said in the documentary People think compassion is wet liberalism it s not it s pragmatic 145 On 2 December 2014 Brand joined East London residents to protest over the increase in rents at the New Era housing estate 146 During a protest for the New Era residents Channel 4 News reporter Paraic O Brien continually pushed Brand to answer questions about the value of his own property which is rented The line of questioning irritated Brand who ended up calling the reporter a snide the short clip went viral on YouTube 147 148 149 Later that month on 11 December Brand appeared on the BBC s Question Time programme which included the UK Independence Party s leader Nigel Farage as one of the other panellists Brand called Farage a pound shop Enoch Powell on air 150 and the two men continued to trade insults after the programme had ended 151 In January 2015 during the television show Channel 4 s Big Fat Anniversary Quiz Brand insulted politician Ed Balls Balls responded by calling Brand a pound shop Ben Elton 152 153 In March Brand announced he would use money from his Revolution book to open a cafe the Trew Era Cafe on the New Era estate in the London Borough of Hackney which would employ recovering drug addicts 154 The cafe opened on 26 March 2015 155 and in September the following year Brand donated it to the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust 156 In March readers of Prospect magazine voted Brand the fourth most influential thinker in the world behind Thomas Piketty Yanis Varoufakis and Naomi Klein 157 The film documentary Brand A Second Coming which reflects on Brand s journey into political activism premiered at the South by Southwest SXSW festival in Austin Texas in March 2015 158 Brand and director Michael Winterbottom worked together to produce a documentary The Emperor s New Clothes that had its international premiere on 24 April 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival The film features archival footage with appearances by Brand in London and New York City examining the financial crisis of 2007 2008 and global economic inequality The documentary is produced by Brand s Revolution Films company and distributed by StudioCanal UK 159 160 On 29 April 2015 eight days ahead of 2015 UK general election Brand published an interview with Labour leader Ed Miliband on an episode of The Trews as part of a Trews Politics Week series 161 Miliband stated that he took part to win over people like Brand who do not vote although his opponent David Cameron deemed the entire interview a joke 162 The following day Brand released an interview with Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and Green MP Caroline Lucas giving his support to Lucas in Brighton advising people there to vote Green 163 He also criticised an election set up not to represent people s wishes 164 Following these interviews three days before the election Brand released the final episode of The Trews Politics Week entitled Emergency VOTE To Start Revolution 161 releasing additional material from his discussion with Ed Miliband and stating I think we ve got no choice but to take decisive action to end the danger of the Conservative party 165 He dropped his anti voting position and declared the importance of voting backing Labour and telling his fans that You gotta vote Labour although he admitted that he couldn t be sure of the reality of what a Labour government would mean 166 167 Brand was not registered to vote in the 2015 election 166 On 20 August 2015 Brand released episode 366 of The Trews titled Final Episode Of The Trews Goodbye Good Luck which he said would be the final episode of the series 168 The Trews returned on 12 October 2016 Brand endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election 169 Ahead of the 2017 United Kingdom general election he wrote in The Huffington Post that Corbyn has the qualities I want in a strong and stable leader 170 Regarding the 2015 election he said You know I never actually said don t vote I said There s no point in voting when the main political parties are basically indistinguishable and the relationship between government big business and factions of the media make it impossible for the democratic will of the people to be realised 170 2021 present conspiracy theories and Stay Free nbsp Brand in September 2020During the COVID 19 pandemic Brand s YouTube channel underwent an increase in activity and change in political direction and was accused of promoting COVID denialism and conspiracy theories 171 172 According to culture reporter Louis Chilton his videos are usually framed with some sort of contrarian take or calling out hypocrisy in the mainstream media and often hint at a vague world altering conspiracy 173 Chilton questioned Brand s motives suggesting that skeptics might question why he advertises his stand up tour just seconds into the start of each clip 173 Finn McRedmond of the New Statesman which Brand had guest edited in 2013 said in March 2023 We have lost Russell Brand The article described Brand as having now melded his trad socialist values with all the suspicions and anxieties of the new American right 174 Brand s channel saw a rise in popularity amassing 6 5 million subscribers and more than a billion views 175 176 His new weekly views rose from a low of under 500 000 in November 2020 to about 14 5 million in March 2022 177 In September 2021 Brand told people attending his tour how they could bypass COVID 19 safety measures 178 179 The following month YouTube began reviewing some of Brand s videos to see if they violated the site s COVID 19 vaccine policies 180 In 2022 Brand reacted to the World Health Organization s meetings on the pandemic treaty saying Your democracy is fucking finished and that the world had lapsed into a terrible technocratic globalist agenda 181 Early that year Brand released a video decrying the media for allegedly ignoring the Canada convoy protest 182 183 Columnist Charlotte Lytton accused Brand of following Joe Rogan down the rabbit hole of online misinformation by pandering to the anti vaccine movement and spreading pro Russian conspiracy theories about Russia s invasion of Ukraine 184 for example promoting unfounded claims of US bioweapon labs in Ukraine 185 Elon Musk defended Brand from media criticism on Twitter saying I watched some of his videos Ironically he seemed more balanced amp insightful than those condemning him The groupthink among major media companies is more troubling There should be more dissent 186 When YouTube took down one of his videos in September 2022 citing its policy on medical misinformation 187 he moved his channel to Rumble where he launched a new daily live show Stay Free with Russell Brand 188 189 Personal lifeBrand has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD and bipolar disorder 190 191 He also had bulimia 46 and pornography addiction 192 and experienced a period of self harming 193 Brand has described the concept of fame as like ashes in his mouth 134 Brand used to be a Buddhist speaking to The Guardian in 2017 he said he believes in a higher power as described by Alcoholics Anonymous 20 Brand has shown interest in the Hare Krishna Movement and wrote in a 2007 Guardian column I say Hare Krishna as often as possible sometimes even when I m not being filmed 194 Additionally during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2010 Brand talked about his love of Transcendental Meditation TM 195 This love of TM was reaffirmed in a 2013 New Statesman editorial he wrote Through Transcendental Meditation twice daily I feel the bliss of the divine I connect to a boundless consciousness that has no palpable relationship with my thoughts fears or desires 196 He has also gravitated towards Christian spirituality and practice by daily reciting the Lord s Prayer and attempting to have Christ consciousness 197 In 2011 Brand served as best man at Noel Gallagher s wedding to Sara MacDonald 198 Since 2016 Brand has been training in the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has earned a purple belt in the discipline 199 He credits the art with improving his life in several ways 200 At the time of his 2017 wedding Brand lived near Henley on Thames 201 He is a lifelong supporter of the West Ham United football club 202 As of 2019 he is a vegan 203 Brand is the owner of The Crown Inn pub in Pishill a village near his Henley on Thames home 204 Relationships Brand first met American singer Katy Perry in mid 2009 when she filmed a cameo for his film Get Him to the Greek although the cameo was cut from the film 205 They began dating after meeting again at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in September 206 The two became engaged on New Year s Eve 2009 during a holiday in India 207 and married there on 23 October 2010 in a Hindu ceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan 208 In October 2011 Brand and Perry announced via Twitter that they had switched to a vegan diet after watching the documentary Forks Over Knives which explores ways that plant based diets can reduce risks for cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions 209 On 30 December 2011 Brand filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences 210 and their divorce was finalised in July 2012 211 Perry s July 2012 autobiographical documentary Katy Perry Part of Me showed the couple having conflicting career schedules and Perry not feeling ready to have children 212 Perry also later said in an interview that Brand did not like the idea of her being the boss of things and that the last time she had heard from him was on 31 December 2011 when he text messaged that he was divorcing her 213 Days after his divorce was finalised Brand said in an interview with Howard Stern that he was extremely in love with Perry but after marrying her realised this isn t really working out I was really really in love with her but it was difficult to see each other it mostly didn t work for practical reasons 214 While Stern pressed for details Brand declined saying I don t want anything to hurt her She s younger than me she s a young woman and she s beautiful and she s sensitive and I care about her deeply 214 Brand who married Perry without a prenuptial agreement was eligible to claim half of the estimated 44 million she earned during their marriage but declined 215 In 2012 he briefly dated singer Geri Halliwell 216 217 From 2013 to 2014 Brand was in a relationship with Jemima Goldsmith formerly known as Jemima Khan a daughter of financier James Goldsmith 218 In May 2014 Brand received libel damages from The Sun after the paper had printed a story in November 2013 alleging that he had been unfaithful to Khan Brand said he would be donating the unspecified damages to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign 219 Brand and Khan ended their relationship in September 2014 220 221 In the October 2014 issue of Vanity Fair Brand said of the allegations of misogyny made against him I have lived a life and had a frame of cultural references that make that charge quite legitimate But as a person who s trying to live a decent spiritual life misogyny is not part of my current palette of behaviors In a way redemption is a great part of my narrative I m talking about disavowing previous lives previous beliefs previous behaviours 222 Since 2015 Brand has been in a relationship with Scottish blogger and former restauranteur Laura Gallacher the sister of television presenter Kirsty Gallacher and daughter of Bernard Gallacher Brand and Gallacher first dated in 2007 when Gallacher was 19 and Brand was 30 223 Their first daughter was born in November 2016 224 Brand married Gallacher in Henley on Thames on 26 August 2017 225 In July 2018 Brand and Gallacher had a second daughter 226 Illegal drug use The media published articles on Brand during his drug using period typically in relation to incidents and his public profile has since been associated with this era Drug related issues led to Brand s arrest on twelve occasions 46 Brand was ejected from The Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh and following a subsequent show in the city in 2004 a reviewer stated that you d rather hug him than hit him as he had embraced recovery by this point Following the cessation of his use Brand revealed through his stand up performances that he introduced his drug dealer to Kylie Minogue during his time at MTV 227 and said he had masturbated a male stranger in a public toilet for a television programme adding I must say it wasn t for me I didn t really enjoy it My tendencies and inclinations towards women are very very powerful I like them very much It s just a biological urge 228 In January 2014 Brand described his first experience with heroin as blissful 134 Brand said on Twitter in 2014 that he has abstained from drug use since 13 December 2002 229 He was a patron of the Focus 12 drug treatment programme and rehabilitation charity after his own use of the service the charity closed in 2018 230 27 Brand s sobriety was instigated by his agent John Noel after Brand was apprehended using heroin in a bathroom during a Christmas party Brand cites his practice of transcendental meditation as a significant factor in his recovery from drug dependence 231 Brand organised three fundraisers for Focus 12 in London Dublin and Belfast in 2009 and has also acted as a sponsor for numerous people during the rehabilitation stage of their treatment process 230 Sexual misconduct allegations2006 incident In a 2006 tabloid interview Dannii Minogue accused Brand of sexual harassment after she appeared on his TV show She described him as a bit of a vile predator adding I certainly don t think he has cured his sex addiction She said that Brand wouldn t take no for an answer and throughout the whole interview he kept making shocking remarks that I can t even repeat 19 232 2007 Jimmy Saville call In 2007 on Brand s BBC Radio 2 comedy show he called former Jim ll Fix It host Jimmy Savile and asked to meet him Savile answered that that would only happen if Brand brought along his sister if he had one In response Brand joked I ve got a personal assistant and part of her job description is that anyone I demand she greet meet massages she has to do it She s very attractive Jimmy 233 When he asked Savile what she should wear Savile replied he would prefer her to wear nothing 233 234 Savile died in 2011 before his extensive crimes of sexual abuse and child sexual abuse were made public The exchange was featured in the 2023 Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Russell Brand In Plain Sight 235 2014 Jordan Martin allegations In the book kNot Entanglement with a Celebrity published in 2014 a Jordan Martin accused Brand of sexual assault and physical and emotional abuse during their six month relationship in 2007 236 237 She accused Brand of assaulting her at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester when he became angry after discovering she had spoken to an ex boyfriend 237 2019 2023 Sunday Times Dispatches investigation Early in 2019 The Sunday Times began inquires after being made aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Russell Brand 238 In 2022 Channel 4 s Dispatches began working with The Sunday Times and The Times to investigate the allegations On 16 September 2023 allegations were published from five women four anonymously accusing Brand of rape sexual assaults and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013 following the joint investigation 239 240 241 One of the women alleging abuse was 16 the age of consent in the UK at the time while Brand was 31 Most of the women who The Times said do not know each other have chosen to remain anonymous in fear of public harassment 242 The Sunday Times noted that several of the accusers felt compelled to speak out given Brand s newfound prominence as an online wellness influencer 12 243 244 The reports noted that complaints about Brand s behaviour had been made to Lesley Douglas then controller of BBC Radio 2 in 2007 after Brand allegedly urinated into a bottle in full view of everyone in the BBC Radio 2 studio and hurled objects in fits of rage 245 Brand allegedly pursued female audience members for sex and exposed himself to a crew member on the shows EFourum and Big Brother s Big Mouth 245 Production company Endemol and Channel 4 released statements of regret saying in part We are sorry these women did not feel supported and protected while working on these productions and in light of these serious allegations encourage to them to contact us in confidence 245 Brand responded with a video denying the serious criminal allegations saying his relationships have always been consensual 246 He said he had been contacted by both The Sunday Times and Channel 4 prior to the publication of the story and said their reporting contained a litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks saying at the report s core were some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute 12 On 16 September 2023 Brand was dropped by his agent Tavistock Wood amid the accusations 247 Wood released a statement writing in part Russell Brand categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020 but we now believe we were horribly misled by him 248 The Metropolitan Police stated they are aware of media reporting of a series of allegations and encourage anyone who believes themself to have been a victim of sexual assault to come forward 249 That same night Brand performed at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London Brand told the audience I really appreciate your support I love you There are obviously some things I absolutely cannot talk about and I appreciate that you will understand 250 On 18 September 2023 all remaining dates on the tour were postponed 251 On 17 September 2023 the Metropolitan Police received an allegation of sexual assault against Brand said to have taken place in Soho London in 2003 The allegation arose after the Met approached The Sunday Times and Channel 4 to ensure that anyone who believes they have been the victim of a sexual offence is aware of how to report this to the police 252 The alleged incident predates the period of alleged incidents covered in The Sunday Times and Channel 4 investigations 253 254 255 YouTube said on 19 September that it had suspended Brand s ability to make money from his YouTube account a spokesperson said This decision applies to all channels that may be owned or operated by Russell Brand 256 The director general of the BBC Tim Davie announced an internal review of complaints against Brand during his time working for the organisation 257 The BBC had already removed some material featuring Brand from its archive 257 The CEO of the media platform Rumble Chris Pavlovski on 21 September instead said the company would not join a cancel culture mob Pavlovski rejected a House of Commons Media Committee request to join YouTube in removing the monetisation from Brand s channels based solely on these media accusations he also stated that the parliament s request was extremely disturbing 258 In September 2023 Vanessa Feltz released a clip of her appearance on Brand s TV show in 2006 where he asked if he could have it off with her or her daughters which left her deeply offended 259 Lorraine Kelly said in September 2023 that she felt uncomfortable during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show after Brand touched her thigh and called her a slut in 2007 260 261 262 On 21 September 2023 a woman accused Brand of exposing himself to her at the BBC s Los Angeles office in 2008 and then laughing about it minutes later on his BBC Radio 2 show 263 FilmographyFilm Year Title Role Notes2006 Penelope Sam2007 St Trinian s Flash Harry2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Aldous Snow2008 Bedtime Stories Mickey2010 Get Him to the Greek Aldous Snow2010 Despicable Me Dr Nefario voice 2010 The Tempest Trinculo2011 Hop E B voice Production Assistant2011 Arthur Arthur Bach2012 Rock of Ages Lonny Barnett2012 Katy Perry Part of Me Himself Uncredited cameo2013 Despicable Me 2 Dr Nefario voice 2013 Paradise William2014 A Royal Hangover Himself2015 Brand A Second Coming Himself2015 The Emperor s New Clothes Himself2016 Army of One God 264 265 2016 Trolls Creek voice 2018 The Fight The Guru2020 Four Kids and It Tristan Trent III 266 2022 Death on the Nile Windlesham2022 Minions The Rise of Gru Dr Nefario voice 2022 Catherine Called Birdy Suitor from KentTelevision Year Title Role Notes1994 The Bill Billy Case Episode Land of The Blind 1994 Mud Shane 6 episodes2002 White Teeth Merlin Episode The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones 2002 RE Brand Host 7 episodes2002 Cruise of the Gods Woolly Hat Fan TV film2004 A Bear s Christmas Tail Mr Wolf TV film2004 2006 Big Brother s Big Mouth Host 53 episodes2005 2007 Celebrity Big Brother s Big Mouth Presenter 16 episodes2006 Russell Brand s Got Issues Host 6 episodes2006 20072009 2015 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year Himself TV special2007 The Abbey Terry TV film2007 Cold Blood Ally Parkins Episode Interference 2007 2009 Russell Brand s Ponderland Host 12 episodes2008 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Host TV special2009 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Host TV special2011 Big Time Rush Himself Episode Big Time Beach Party 2011 Saturday Night Live Himself host Episode Russell Brand Chris Brown Season 36 2012 2012 MTV Movie Awards Host TV special2012 2013 Brand X with Russell Brand Host 25 episodes2012 Russell Brand From Addiction to Recovery Himself BBC Three Documentary2014 Russell Brand End the Drugs War Presenter BBC Three Documentary2017 Hospital People Tyler Watt Episode The Health Guru 2018 Celebrity Juice Panelist Episode 19 1 2018 2019 Ballers Lance Klians 14 episodes2020 Neighbours Himself Episode 1 8385 AwardsAward Award category Year Result Refs Time Out Best Stand Up 2006 Won 267 Loaded Laftas Best Stand Up 2006 Won 268 British Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2006 Won 269 33rd Annual Television and Radio Awards Best Television Performer in a Non Acting Role 2007 Won 270 British Comedy Awards Best Live Stand Up 2008 Won 271 Variety s Power of Comedy Award 2010 Won 272 British Comedy Awards Outstanding Contribution to Comedy 2011 Won 273 GQ Men of the Year Awards Oracle 2013 Won 127 Foot in Mouth Award Quote b 2014 Won 274 Stand up DVDsLive 20 November 2006 Doing Life Live 26 November 2007 Scandalous Live at the O2 9 November 2009 Live in New York City 21 November 2011 Messiah Complex 25 November 2013 Brandemic 15 March 2023 Written worksMy Booky Wook London Hodder amp Stoughton 2007 ISBN 978 0 340 93615 3 Irons in the Fire London Hodder amp Stoughton 2007 ISBN 978 0 340 96136 0 Articles Of Faith London HarperCollins 2008 ISBN 978 0 00 729881 5 Booky Wook 2 This Time It s Personal London HarperCollins 2010 ISBN 978 0 00 729882 2 Revolution New York Ballantine 2014 ISBN 978 1 10 188291 7 The Pied Piper of Hamelin Russell Brand s Trickster Tales Simon amp Schuster Atria 2014 ISBN 978 1476791890 Recovery Freedom from Our Addictions London Picador 2018 ISBN 978 1250182456 Mentors How To Help and Be Helped London Pan Macmillan 2019 ISBN 978 1509850884 Notes Martin J P 2014 kNot Entanglement with a Celebrity a memoir by a woman ISBN 978 1980426301 The internal mayhem I m feeling is spilling out everywhere I loved it and felt very connected to activism particularly activism that feels loaded with potential Not the oppositional activism that seems like there s a stasis around it earnestly sincere but a 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2013 Retrieved 25 October 2013 via YouTube Russell Brand With Jeremy Paxman On Newsnight 2013 Archived from the original on 9 August 2017 Retrieved 9 August 2017 Russell Brand Attacks Capitalism 2013 Archived from the original on 11 November 2020 Retrieved 16 January 2021 Russell Brand to guest edit the New Statesman New Statesman 14 October 2013 Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 Retrieved 26 February 2022 Brand Russell 24 October 2013 Russell Brand on revolution We no longer have the luxury of tradition New Statesman Archived from the original on 24 October 2013 Retrieved 25 October 2013 Russell Brand joins thousands to protest for Anonymous Million Mask The Independent 6 November 2013 Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 Retrieved 26 February 2022 a b c Russell Brand at the Cambridge Union Society The Cambridge Union Society on YouTube 16 January 2014 Archived from the original on 7 April 2014 Retrieved 8 April 2014 Brand Russell 31 December 2014 What Will Make Politicians Take Notice Russell Brand The Trews E222 The Trews Archived from the original on 8 January 2015 Retrieved 27 January 2015 via YouTube Alemoru Kemi Jackson Jasper 20 August 2015 Russell Brand halts The Trews and takes Facebook and Twitter break The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on 13 June 2017 Retrieved 5 April 2017 Rawlinson Kevin 21 June 2014 Tens of thousands march in London against coalition s austerity measures The Guardian Archived from the original on 13 February 2015 Retrieved 26 January 2015 Toynbee Polly 15 October 2014 Johnny Rotten and I agree neither of us wants Russell Brand s revolution The Guardian Archived from the original on 26 September 2016 Dahlgreen Will 21 November 2014 British public revolt against Russell Brand YouGov Archived from the original on 19 March 2015 Retrieved 23 November 2014 Selby Jenn 24 October 2014 Russell Brand admits he s open minded about 9 11 conspiracy theories in Newsnight interview with Evan Davis The Independent Archived from the original on 18 July 2015 Brand Russell 24 October 2014 I don t trust politicians amp corporations in this country Newsnight 11 24 Archived from the original on 10 April 2016 via YouTube Russell Brand says Newsnight presenter Evan Davis is insidious and rude ITV News 25 October 2014 Archived from the original on 10 April 2016 Meredith Charlotte 24 October 2014 Russell Brand Reveals He Is Open To 9 11 Conspiracy Theories In Combative Newsnight Interview The Huffington Post Archived from the original on 26 June 2016 Freeman Hadley 24 October 2014 Britain don t put your faith in Russell Brand s revolution The Guardian Archived from the original on 10 April 2016 Russell Brand End the Drugs War BBC Three BBC 26 November 2014 Archived from the original on 16 December 2014 Retrieved 18 December 2014 Phipps Claire 1 December 2014 New Era estate Russell Brand joins residents protest against eviction The Guardian Archived from the original on 4 December 2014 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Russell Brand on the New Era Estate rent row Channel 4 News 1 December 2014 Archived from the original on 7 December 2014 Retrieved 12 December 2014 via YouTube Rickman Dina 1 December 2014 Don t ever ask Russell Brand how much his house costs The Independent Archived from the original on 2 December 2014 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Vale Paul 1 December 2014 Russell Brand Calls Reporter A Snide Over Hostile Questions About The Price Of His Property HuffPost Archived from the original on 3 December 2014 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Sparrow Andrew 12 December 2014 Russell Brand vs Nigel Farage on Question Time as it happened The Guardian Archived from the original on 12 December 2014 Retrieved 12 December 2014 Farage and Brand trade post Question Time insults BBC News 12 December 2014 Archived from the original on 12 December 2014 Retrieved 12 December 2014 Ed Balls responds to Russell Brand s clicky wristed snidey c comment and the result is priceless The Independent 5 January 2015 Archived from the original on 25 September 2015 Retrieved 11 September 2017 Walker Peter 5 January 2015 Russell Brand is a pound shop Ben Elton says Ed Balls The Guardian Archived from the original on 8 August 2016 Retrieved 13 December 2016 Ellis Petersen Hannah 26 March 2015 Russell Brand donates Revolution book profits to New Era cafe The Guardian Archived from the original on 27 March 2015 Retrieved 27 March 2015 Russell Brand outlines vision for new economic enterprise Warrington Guardian Press Association 26 March 2015 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 4 June 2015 Russell Brand donates Trew Era cafe to charity BBC News 25 September 2016 Archived from the original on 15 March 2022 Retrieved 15 March 2022 Russell Brand Voted 4th Most Influential Thinker In The World Inquisitr News 27 March 2015 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 28 March 2015 Smith Nigel M 13 March 2015 SXSW Ondi Timoner on Why Russell Brand Will Never Be at Peace with the Film She Made About Him IndieWire Archived from the original on 18 March 2022 Retrieved 18 March 2022 Richford Rhonda 27 October 2014 StudioCanal Adds Michael Winterbottom Documentary Ahead of AFM The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 28 March 2015 Hipes Patrick 5 March 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Sets Spotlight Midnight amp Special Screening Sidebars Deadline Hollywood Archived from the original on 28 March 2015 Retrieved 28 March 2015 a b Brand Russell 4 May 2015 Emergency VOTE To Start Revolution Archived from the original on 13 June 2015 Retrieved 13 June 2015 via YouTube Election 2015 Ed Miliband tells Russell Brand he s wrong on politics BBC News 29 April 2015 Archived from the original on 1 May 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2015 Stone Jon 30 April 2015 Russell Brand drops his anti voting stance and says people should vote for Caroline Lucas of the Green Party Independent Retrieved 13 June 2015 Green Revolution Beyond Brighton It ll Take One Russell Brand The Trews E310 30 April 2015 Archived from the original on 13 December 2021 Retrieved 11 March 2016 via YouTube De Peyer Robin 4 May 2015 Russell Brand reveals unseen Ed Miliband interview footage and urges voters to back Labour Evening Standard Archived from the original on 16 January 2021 Retrieved 13 June 2015 a b Nianas Helen 4 May 2015 Russell Brand backs Ed Miliband You gotta vote Labour Independent Archived from the original on 16 January 2021 Retrieved 13 June 2015 Brand Backtracks On Voting To Back Labour Sky News 5 May 2015 Archived from the original on 14 June 2015 Retrieved 13 June 2015 Final Episode Of The Trews Goodbye Good Luck Russell Brand The Trews E366 20 August 2015 Archived from the original on 22 August 2015 Retrieved 22 August 2015 via YouTube Khomami Nadia 19 August 2015 Russell Brand backs Jeremy Corbyn in Labour leadership race The Guardian Archived from the original on 13 June 2017 Retrieved 7 June 2017 a b Brand Russell 31 May 2017 Jeremy Corbyn Won t Be Perfect But He Has The Qualities I Want In A Strong And Stable Leader HuffPost Archived from the original on 11 July 2017 Retrieved 7 June 2017 Merlan Anna 12 September 2022 Russell Brand Tries to Promote Ivermectin Gets Instantly Fact Checked by His Own Followers Vice Archived from the original on 4 October 2022 Retrieved 4 October 2022 Will accusations dent Russell Brand s popularity with conspiracy theory fans The Guardian 16 September 2023 Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 a b Chilton Louis 25 March 2022 How did Russell Brand go from stand up stardom to peddling YouTube conspiracy theories The Independent Archived from the original on 9 July 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 McRedmond Finn 7 March 2023 We have lost Russell Brand New Statesman Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Russell Brand Look into my eyes and see if you think I m telling you the truth The Big Issue 28 March 2022 Archived from the original on 22 May 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2022 Russell Brand YouTube YouTube Archived from the original on 4 July 2023 Retrieved 4 July 2023 YouTube User Analytics Statistics for Russell Brand 2023 06 05 2023 07 04 SocialBlade Archived from the original on 4 July 2023 Retrieved 4 July 2023 Russell Brand slammed for sharing ways to avoid Covid safety measures news 17 September 2021 Archived from the original on 20 September 2021 Retrieved 19 September 2021 Russell Brand slammed for sharing ways to avoid Covid 19 safety measures NZ Herald Archived from the original on 19 September 2021 Retrieved 19 September 2021 Roundtree Cheyenne 3 October 2021 Comedian Russell Brand Has Become a Powerful Voice for Anti Vaxxers The Daily Beast Archived from the original on 12 October 2021 Retrieved 12 October 2021 Taylor Adam 22 May 2022 Global health talks clouded by conspiracy theories about pandemic treaty The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Archived from the original on 31 May 2022 Retrieved 5 June 2022 American media personalities have jumped onto the convoy story Here s what that could mean for Canada OurWindsor ca 28 January 2022 Archived from the original on 29 January 2022 Retrieved 29 January 2022 Comedian Russell Brand voices support for Canadian truckers National Post 28 January 2022 Archived from the original on 18 September 2023 Retrieved 29 January 2022 Lytton Charlotte 17 March 2022 How Russell Brand became the Mad Hatter of conspiracy theories The Telegraph Archived from the original on 24 March 2022 Retrieved 24 March 2022 Scott Francesca 24 March 2022 Double Check Is Russell Brand Pushing the Ukraine Biolab Narrative Logically Archived from the original on 9 July 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Elon Musk Defends Russell Brand after Newspaper Calls the Comedian Conspiracy Theorist News18 20 March 2022 Archived from the original on 24 March 2022 Retrieved 24 March 2022 Russell Brand quits YouTube after spreading Covid misinformation Metro 29 September 2022 Archived from the original on 4 October 2022 Retrieved 4 October 2022 Hall Alexander 28 September 2022 Russell Brand says YouTube taking down his video for misinformation looks like censorship Fox News Archived from the original on 28 September 2022 Retrieved 29 September 2022 he is moving to Rumble and will be livestreaming from there going forward Russell Brand Jumps to Rumble After YouTube Flags COVID 19 Video Mistake as Misinformation 28 September 2022 Archived from the original on 15 October 2022 Retrieved 15 October 2022 Barnes Anthony 10 September 2006 Russell Brand s got issues The Independent London Archived from the original on 9 July 2013 Retrieved 17 June 2013 Fernandes Kasmin 25 June 2015 Things you didn t know about Russell Brand The Times of India India Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 Retrieved 15 March 2016 Puente Maria 3 March 2015 Russell Brand stars as anti porn crusader USA Today Archived from the original on 27 September 2016 Retrieved 25 September 2016 Singh Anita 31 October 2008 Russell Brand controversy will only increase his popularity experts say The Telegraph London Archived from the original on 7 December 2013 Retrieved 6 September 2013 Barkham Patrick 30 October 2008 Has Russell Brand turned to Hare Krishna The Guardian Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 Retrieved 8 April 2014 Russell Brand Monday October 18 2010 Ellen warnerbros com Archived from the original on 17 October 2010 Retrieved 1 November 2010 Why Richard Dawkins is the best argument for the existence of God New Statesman Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 Retrieved 27 October 2013 Carey Jesse 8 October 2017 The Second Coming of Russell Brand Relevant Archived from the original on 6 January 2018 Retrieved 7 January 2018 Noel Gallagher of Oasis Weds Brother Liam MIA as Russell Brand Assumes Best Man Duties E Online 20 June 2011 Archived from the original on 15 August 2018 Retrieved 14 August 2018 BjjTribes 10 October 2021 Russell Brand promoted to BJJ Purple Belt BjjTribes Archived from the original on 10 October 2021 Retrieved 10 October 2021 Russell Brand Explains 5 Ways That BJJ Changed His Life 5 April 2021 Archived from the original on 5 April 2021 Retrieved 5 April 2021 Stars arrive in Remenham for Russell Brand s wedding www henleystandard co uk Archived from the original on 6 October 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2020 Brand Russell 15 September 2006 Bog standard banter proved my fan credentials The Guardian Archived from the original on 15 January 2016 Retrieved 12 December 2020 PowerfulJRE 20 April 2019 Joe Rogan Experience 1283 Russell Brand archived from the original on 16 January 2021 retrieved 11 June 2019 Brown David 1 September 2021 Russell Brand angers locals with YouTube podcast studio plan The Times Retrieved 19 September 2023 Katy Perry Explains Why She Was Cut From Get Him To The Greek MTV 5 June 2010 Archived from the original on 18 February 2012 Retrieved 18 February 2012 Ziegbe Mawuse 4 September 2010 Katy Perry Russell Brand s Love Story Began At The VMAs Music Celebrity Artist News MTV Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 Retrieved 1 November 2010 Katy Perry And Russell Brand A Timeline Of Their Love MTV 6 January 2010 Archived from the original on 20 September 2010 Retrieved 1 September 2010 Ganguly Prithwish 26 October 2010 Katy affirms Brand loyalty The Times of India Archived from the original on 28 October 2010 Retrieved 1 November 2010 Percival Amy 13 March 2019 Russell Brand Is Loving Vegan Baking After Appearing on GBBO Livekindly co Archived from the original on 5 September 2019 Retrieved 8 April 2019 Hughes Sarah Anne 31 December 2011 Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce The Washington Post Archived from the original on 31 December 2011 Retrieved 30 December 2011 Koonse Emma 16 July 2012 Katy Perry and Russell Brand Divorce Finalized I m Happy Again Says Perry The Christian Post Archived from the original on 3 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014 Cutforth Dan Lipsitz Jane directors Perry Katy autobiographer 5 July 2012 Katy Perry Part of Me Paramount Pictures Motion picture United States filmed in studios Insurge Pictures Imagine Entertainment Perry Productions et la Woods Vicki June 2013 Katy Perry s First Vogue Cover Vogue Archived from the original on 26 July 2013 a b Kaufman Gil 18 July 2012 Russell Brand Opens Up About Katy Perry Divorce MTV Archived from the original on 8 February 2015 Retrieved 26 January 2015 Russell Brand says no to Katy Perry s 44 million fortune in amicable divorce News com au 9 February 2012 Archived from the original on 8 February 2015 Retrieved 26 January 2015 She s not an orange yeti Russell Brand describes what Geri Halliwell looks like in the bedroom Mirror 6 September 2012 Archived from the original on 24 April 2023 Retrieved 3 March 2023 Russell Brand termina com Geri Halliwell E 5 September 2012 Archived from the original on 24 April 2023 Retrieved 3 March 2023 Williams Rhiannon 16 September 2013 Russell Brand IS dating Jemima Khan The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on 15 May 2014 Retrieved 8 April 2014 Russell Brand accepts damages from Sun on Sunday BBC News 8 May 2014 Archived from the original on 8 May 2014 Retrieved 8 May 2014 It s over Russell Brand and Jemima Khan split The Independent Eire 21 September 2014 Eizabeth Beynon No Khan do Jemima and Russell Brand split after a year The Sunday Times 21 September 2014 Kamp David 29 October 2014 Russell Brand Seriously Vanity Fair Archived from the original on 21 January 2015 Retrieved 17 April 2020 Who is Russell Brand s wife Laura Gallacher Inside marriage with kids and baby on way Mirror September 2023 Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 18 September 2023 Russell Brand Is a Dad Actor s Fiancee Laura Gallacher Gives Birth E Online 7 November 2016 Archived from the original on 8 November 2016 Russell Brand marries partner Laura Gallacher Bbc co uk 27 August 2017 Archived from the original on 27 August 2017 Retrieved 27 August 2017 Russell Brand becomes a dad for the second time Daily Mirror 21 July 2018 Archived from the original on 6 September 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 Brand Russell Russell Brand on Heroin Time Out Sydney Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Wilstein Matt 11 June 2013 Russell Brand Did What In A Public Bathroom When He Was A Crack And Heroin Addict Mediaite Archived from the original on 15 December 2014 Retrieved 13 December 2014 Brand Russell 13 December 2014 Today I am 12 years clean from drugs amp alcohol Twitter Archived from the original on 13 February 2016 Retrieved 26 January 2015 a b Russell Brand Focus 12 2014 Archived from the original on 7 March 2014 Retrieved 8 April 2014 Aleksander Irina 20 March 2011 Look Who s Meditating Now The New York Times Archived from the original on 15 March 2017 Retrieved 25 February 2017 Minelle Bethany 18 September 2023 Russell Brand Dannii Minogue and Katy Perry s past warnings about comedian resurface Sky News Retrieved 20 September 2023 a b Davis Barney 18 September 2023 Russell Brand offers to take naked assistant to see Jimmy Savile in resurfaced clip The Independent Retrieved 19 September 2023 Russell Brand In Plain Sight review so many red flags ignored for so long The Guardian Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Listen Russell Brand offers naked assistant to meet Jimmy Savile in resurfaced audio The Independent Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Taylor Tom 17 September 2023 Russell Brand accused of rape sexual assault by four women Far Out Magazine Retrieved 20 September 2023 a b Murray Jessica 17 September 2023 A timeline of sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand The Guardian Retrieved 19 September 2023 How The Times and The Sunday Times investigated Russell Brand The Sunday Times 16 September 2023 Urwin Rosamund Wace Charlotte Morgan Bentley Paul 16 September 2023 Russell Brand accused of rape sexual assaults and abuse Sunday Times Archived from the original on 16 September 2023 Russell Brand In Plain Sight Dispatches 16 September 2023 Channel 4 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Rawlinson Kevin Badshah Nadeem 16 September 2023 Russell Brand accused of rape sexual assault and emotional abuse The Observer ISSN 0029 7712 Archived from the original on 16 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Russell Brand accused of rape and sexual assault 17 September 2023 Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 BBC Stays Silent On Russell Brand Complaints Banijay Asked To Probe Claims He Pursued Audience Members For Sex While Hosting Big Brother Deadline Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Russell Brand allegations mean entertainment industry has questions to answer Cleverly BBC News Archived from the original on 17 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 a b c BBC Stays 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Deadline Hollywood Archived from the original on 16 September 2023 Retrieved 17 September 2023 Russell Brand latest news Shows postponed as police look into 2003 claim BBC News Retrieved 18 September 2023 Met Police receives Russell Brand sex assault claim dating back to 2003 Sky News Archived from the original on 18 September 2023 Retrieved 18 September 2023 Met Police refers to 2003 allegation a different year from those so far reported BBC News Archived from the original on 18 September 2023 Retrieved 18 September 2023 U K Police Urged to Investigate Russell Brand Allegations Time Magazine Archived from the original on 18 September 2023 Retrieved 18 September 2023 Conspiracy theories about Russell Brand sexual assault allegations go viral with help from Musk NBC news YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off the streaming site after sex assault claims AP News 19 September 2023 Retrieved 19 September 2023 a b Youngs Ian Glynn Paul 19 September 2023 Russell Brand BBC pledges full transparency in internal review BBC News Russell Brand Rumble rejects MP s disturbing letter over income BBC News 21 September 2023 Leeson Lucy 19 September 2023 Vanessa Feltz shares deeply offensive clip of Russell Brand asking to sleep with her and her daughters The Independent Retrieved 19 September 2023 Robertson Adam 20 September 2023 Lorraine Kelly left uncomfortable at old clip with Russell Brand The National Retrieved 21 September 2023 Thompson Dan 20 September 2023 Lorraine Kelly recalls uncomfortable moment Russell Brand touched her thigh on TV ok co uk Retrieved 21 September 2023 Elon Musk Faces Scrutiny Over Russell Brand s Twitter Status Amid Sexual Assault Allegations Outlook India Russell Brand Woman says star exposed himself to her then laughed about it on Radio 2 show BBC News Retrieved 21 September 2023 Nicolas Cage Shooting a Movie in Morocco Morocco World News No 28 March 2015 Archived from the original on 6 April 2015 Retrieved 12 April 2015 Brand appearance on Alan Carr Chatty Man 10 April 2015 Season 14 Episode 4 Flood Alex 13 August 2018 Russell Brand turns silver fox as he rocks grey flecked beard on Four Kids And It set in Dublin Metro UK Archived from the original on 15 August 2018 Retrieved 15 August 2018 20th Time Out Live Awards Winners Comedy by Time Out Archived 21 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine Loaded Laftas Loaded co uk 27 May 2010 Archived from the original on 3 June 2010 Retrieved 31 May 2010 Past Winners 2006 Britishcomedyawards com Archived from the original on 28 September 2013 Retrieved 6 September 2013 Broadcasting Press Guild Broadcasting Press Guild Archived from the original on 5 December 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2010 Brand wins British Comedy Award BBC News 7 December 2008 Archived from the original on 14 February 2009 Retrieved 31 May 2010 Russell Brand to be honored at Variety s Power of Comedy Los Angeles Times 10 November 2010 Archived from the original on 26 April 2014 Retrieved 23 January 2014 British Comedy Awards Russell Brand pulls out last minute to visit friend in hospital OK 23 January 2011 Archived from the original on 27 November 2011 Retrieved 17 January 2012 Russell Brand wins award for making the least sense of all The Independent 3 December 2014 Archived from the original on 25 March 2017 Retrieved 31 December 2014 Further readingStone Dave 2007 Russell Brand Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know London John Blake Publishing ISBN 978 1 84454 396 0 Carey Tanith 2007 Russell Brand London Michael O Mara Books ISBN 978 1 84317 240 6 Interviews Caroline Frost Russell Brand Talks Love Sex Ambition and Revolution Herald Sun 27 March 2009 audio Russell Brand on Revolution Fighting Inequality Addiction Militarized Policing amp Noam Chomsky Democracy Now 14 November 2014 video External linksRussell Brand at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Data from Wikidata Official website nbsp Russell Brand at IMDbMedia officesPreceded byno host MTV Video Music Awards host20082009 Succeeded byChelsea HandlerPreceded byJason Sudeikis MTV Movie Awards host2012 Succeeded byRebel Wilson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Russell Brand amp oldid 1176557447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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