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Post by cornettesracket on Sept 16, 2023 13:40:52 GMT -5
Search 'Andrew Sachs Prank Call' on Youtube for all you need to know about the sort of guy Brand is. Rumours are a few other entertainment personalities might also be named in this documentary Yeah Andrew sachs who played one of the best characters on TV ever and him having to hear the sick shit brand and Jonathan Ross said to him about his granddaughter. Yeah my level of sympathy is gone.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 16, 2023 13:41:41 GMT -5
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Post by cornettesracket on Sept 16, 2023 13:41:49 GMT -5
the articles up.. and even if a fraction of what's written is true Brand's a monster. The incident in LA and the fact the woman in question kept text messages and there are medical records.
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Post by discoelysium on Sept 16, 2023 13:52:18 GMT -5
Brand being an abuser has been an open secret for years and covered up because he was incredibly willing to lawyer up and was protected by friends and friendly media. We all knew damn well but he built a shield to try and make himself impregnable. c***.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Sept 16, 2023 13:58:22 GMT -5
There will be a lot that didn't get past the lawyers. Say what you like about them but The Times are no mugs when it comes to dealing with m'learned friends.
I have been abroad for most of his rise so have no idea if he ever was funny/talented, he is well known in the States so he must have had good PR back in the day. He only really stood out to me for ripping off Jonny Depp's look and having an obviously fake mockney accent.
He was known for political activism for a decade before he became a COVID denier. I remember appearances on Question Time and glowing Guardian pieces but I would struggle to name a single political opinion/position he took. It was just all standard "All politicians are bad/the system is rubbish" bloke down the pub fayre. Nothing really insightful and his appeal as an activist did puzzle me.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Sept 16, 2023 14:28:49 GMT -5
This guy has been a prick in plain sight his whole career.
I'm still mystified that his career even survived the Andrew Sachs incident, or the fact that his first response to it was to call the girl in question a "satanic slut"
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Post by Zombie Mod on Sept 16, 2023 14:37:28 GMT -5
not wanting to appear to be defending brand because if the accusations are 100% true he doesn't deserve anyone defending him, please remember our rules when discussing him in this thread going forward (fully expecting there to be more comes out about him after the show airs and it being worse than what has already been revealed.) I understand there will be justifiable anger at him due to the accusations but tailor anything said here to keep the right side of the rules here, I dont want to have to warn/suspend/ban anyone from here because of f***ing russell brand
seems a stupid thing to say, but please dont force any of the board staff into having to warn/suspend/ban as none of us want to have to do it over this.
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Post by eJm on Sept 16, 2023 14:55:18 GMT -5
This guy has been a prick in plain sight his whole career. I'm still mystified that his career even survived the Andrew Sachs incident, or the fact that his first response to it was to call the girl in question a "satanic slut" I mean, did it? Like, sure, he still did stuff from time to time but after that point, it wasn’t like he was used as much in things anymore and the marriage to Katy Perry only hindered his career at how that ended. You don’t become a right wing grifter and COVID denier if your career is going in any way well.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Sept 16, 2023 14:57:13 GMT -5
It's been an open secret in the standup circuit for over a decade that Brand is a massive predatory creep. Naturally, some people are rushing to defend him because they've bought into the idea that the "establishment" and the "mainstream media" want to silence him because he's an open antivaxxer. Can't even be an (alleged) rapist without the wokies trying to cancel you these days.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Sept 16, 2023 15:05:05 GMT -5
Who could imagine the incredibly promiscuous former drug addict turned crazed ultra right-winger doing something like this
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 16, 2023 15:31:18 GMT -5
I hope his victims see justice.
The guy's career was pretty much dead already and he'd lunged into the conspiracy space, likely because he saw this coming. The people who dwell in that space will view all allegations as false flags despite that region of the internet being the final refuge for grifters and scoundrels time and time again.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Sept 16, 2023 16:06:07 GMT -5
I remember reading a news article from last year about how Katherine Ryan allegedly confronted a well-known British comedian over being a sexual predator. If this story is indeed true, I do wonder if Brand was said comedian.
But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised as Rusell Brand has always been a massive c***.
Though I do find it amusing how he went from acting like he was second coming of Noam Chomsky to just another alt righter grifter in the space of a few years.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Sept 16, 2023 16:24:24 GMT -5
Wow, Dispatches have even included his video response from last night.
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Post by Kalmia on Sept 16, 2023 16:32:20 GMT -5
He's known these accusations were coming for at least three years as one of the alledged victims contacted his agent in 2020. The agent stood by him then but has dumped Brand now.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 16, 2023 16:32:28 GMT -5
I remember reading a news article from last year about how Katherine Ryan allegedly confronted a well-known British comedian over being a sexual predator. If this story is indeed true, I do wonder if Brand was said comedian. Considering the amount of abhorrent abuse being thrown at Katherine Ryan over the last 12 hours, it's safe to assume that his supporters think that's who she was talking about.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 16, 2023 16:47:06 GMT -5
Isn't it funny how his pivot into conspiracy peddler overlaps with one of his victims contacting his agent, effectively giving him a heads up that he's on borrowed time as a viable mainstream figure even in places who don't know why he was dumped by the british media? By funny, I mean agonisingly predictable. Ugh.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Sept 16, 2023 16:50:13 GMT -5
He drops the accent in the video he put up denying the accusations. Goes from Danny Dyer to David Brent in seconds. Must be difficult to keep it up (the accent!) when stressed.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 16, 2023 17:37:44 GMT -5
Isn't it funny how his pivot into conspiracy peddler overlaps with one of his victims contacting his agent, effectively giving him a heads up that he's on borrowed time as a viable mainstream figure even in places who don't know why he was dumped by the british media? By funny, I mean agonisingly predictable. Ugh. If you rob a bank, create a social media account and say "the establishment are trying to censor me. You'll see, one day the elites will say I worship the Devil, or that I've robbed a bank, or that I'm a lizard in human form"
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 16, 2023 17:43:03 GMT -5
So that scene in Hop where the Bunny is literally sniffing and stroking the girls hair without her knowing it in a sexual manner aged about as well as Miranda Sings showing up in Wreck it Ralph 2
Really didn't need a reason to throw Hop into a bin but this'll do it. I remember a reviewer also making a good point that Brand's career basically stopped after that film... guess now we know why.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Sept 16, 2023 18:08:55 GMT -5
Wow, Dispatches have even included his video response from last night. Yeah, thought that was a nice touch.
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