Bringing down Russell Brand | The News Agents

[@EricIrl]

As a female interviewer,you know you've got to him when he replies to you with "Look, my dear....". He references the intellectual stuff because he knows it impresses certain people. I'm not altogether sure he actually knows much about Goethe or Dickens, but he flings the names about as part of the smokescreen.

[@StratsRUs]

Narcissists/Misogynists only have to utilise façades.

[@Pythagoras_was_right]

He name-drops, like Boris Johnson. It is crass, and shows that he does not read much. It reminds me of a famous anecdote about Boris Johnson during Brexit. Johnson often referred to "part X, clause Y" of a certain treaty. So an interviewer looked it up. He noted that the next clause disproved Johnson's claim. He asked Johnson about it, and it became clear that Johnson had never read it. It just sounded clever to other people who had never read the treaty either. Brand is like that with his references to Faust etc.

[@Hartley_Hare]

Brand occasionally makes inaccurate references and uses words in the wrong context, suggesting he's not half as clever as he thinks he is. Or at least, not clever enough to beguile everyone.

[@joedonnelly6721]

​@@Pythagoras_was_rightwhen Johnson came out with some Latin following a meeting with Leo V Leo came back with a relevant extension on the story and BJ just stopped. BJ is a bull s#it merchant.

[@albertbrammer9263]

It is like Boris Johnson using latin. Fake cleverness to mask the reality that both are really lazy people. Both are meant to be charismatic and charming. Both I have always thought are pathetic.

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

What a awesome investigation, can you get these awesome reporters to try and find Epsteins flight list

[@yetidodger6650]

you haven't shoe horned the vaccine into this yet?

[@fenlander7114]

Maybe they are on that list, or their bosses are?

[@henryleopard1066]

"Nah we got to take down a KZbinr because patriarchy or something." -Media 2023

[@ellenlovespain2682]

Yesssss! Please yes! ❤

[@patriciamoore51]

Exactly

[@Pappa953]

You have to be living under a rock for the past fifty years to express shock at the alleged behaviour of celebrities.

[@ilb735]

Exactly and longer!!

[@levi1929]

So should we just normalize it then? And let them be scummy to everyone who’s not famous?

[@robinmcbride4057]

So many of our 'celebrities' are little more than charismatic suppositories.

[@happinesstan]

Let's not start with "Why it took so long". Let's start with "What instigated the investigation?"

[@rickknight3823]

What or who.. just look at the powerful people he was talking about in his last few videos.. Innocent until proven guilty should alway be the case bedroom dragging a man's entire career into the gutter. Absolutely diabolical..

[@crowbar9566]

Oh come now, you sweet summer child. Thats not what the Maitlisserati want to hear.

[@Ozymandi_as]

@@crowbar9566 do you think that comment makes you one of the cognoscenti? If you cannot accept that these allegations are worthy of serious consideration, I'd suggest you may have some haring problems yourself.

[@ruthcooper9688]

Trying 2 shut him up. For letting truths put .

[@DavieBee1988]

these allegation came to light after these women have been paid to be in a documentry if they was any truth to it they would have went to the police first not a channel 4 documentry its clear to seee they only want a quick buck @@Ozymandi_as

[@loopwithers]

Shovelling Class A drugs into your face if you are already a highly sexualised, intelligent narcissist MAY lead to side effects. Always read the label

[@martacccc689]

😂😂😂what could possibly go wrong

[@rahuldahoob]

😂😅

[@loopwithers]

@@seang2700 You are saying the quiet bit out loud into a microphone. A few years ago, (possibly before you were born) a Met Chief Superintendent was asked by a news reporter from a very popular British news programme if he was in favour of introducing mandatory drug tests before his officers began their shifts. He replied: "Don't be silly. I'd lose half my officers in an instant". Within 48 hours, he was removed from his post and transferred to another position.

[@abigailweir7287]

You predictable bore and you'll find that activity at the House of Commons.

[@RodLawley-rj3rx]

Brilliant.

[@bryanfish7303]

Unfortunately, I don't believe it was "a different era" I just think Brand's star has fallen so he isn't as protected. There will be celebrities doing stuff like this and worse, but we won't hear about until 2036 or similar

[@MrBarry465]

You don't really see male celebrities trying to force themselves on women these days on talk shows etc.

[@WhichDoctor1]

@@MrBarry465 no, like RB they just do it in private instead. Is that better?

[@upfulsoul826]

Brand is still very popular and one of the few Brits to crossover in America. I think a lot of victims get paid off nowadays.

[@MrBarry465]

@@WhichDoctor1 Not sure if they do it in private, can only speak for Brand who tried to do it multiple times in public and now sounds like worse behind closed doors.

[@lylewalker5681]

Sometimes this stuff happens because the person doesn’t have as much money as they used to, and can’t afford all the payoffs/lawyers, etc to keep people quiet anymore.

[@somalilandrecognition5413]

12:31 There you have it again. The crimes that JS committed were extensively known about (particularly in Leeds) and the fact that executives at the BBC are so up themselves, they pretty much go along with their eyes clised, only jumping on the bandwagon when it is 99% safe to do so. This week is a prime example.

[@RobBCactive]

The libel laws mean journalists have to be able to prove statements made in court that may be perceived as defamatory. The people of Leeds were not subject to that standard, Furthermore IIRC Saville had protection of a Yorkshire police chief. So whilst I found Saville disconcerting and disliked him, despite that people really did not know of solid evidence and it was years later with effort by Esther Ranzen to break through the taboo, that police took such allegations more seriously despite low likelihood of swift conviction and conclusion of the case. Now think about the serious effect on the BBC of the Hutton Inquiry, where despite a huge amount of evidence essentially confirming the BBC story, some errors were used to exonerate the government by the judge to general disbelief. You're taking shots, ignoring the information that followed and without any burden of rigour. There have been false accusations made to smear people too, which is another kind of injustice.

[@BenMalleck]

Be careful not to group ‘bad behaviour’ with being a free thinker who is anti-establishment. People on the mainstream side can commit horrible crimes too. I’d like to see every guilty person go down, regardless of who they are or who they voted for.

[@outsidersongs2682]

Well said

[@harveythompson1756]

We are all guilty.

[@jamesrowe3606]

Few were as "mainstream" as Savile; fêted by Conservative government ministers and the Royal family, including the current monarch, as well as being a long-term broadcaster on the BBC. There's a case to be made that the "mainstream" media is largely in the grip of people of great wealth and unaccountable power, but it's not a corollary that anyone with a webcam and a social media presence must be a paragon of truth and virtue.

[@Talisman09]

@@harveythompson1756 Speak for yourself, scumbag

[@3ld919]

Is Brand a free thinker or did he use his, I believe largely carefully crafted message to inoculate his cult of "Awakening Wonders" from believing credible accusations against him? He's a phony.

[@evelina2363]

It is inaccurate to portray that the people who are defending Brand's position are all his "nutjob" followers of his personal conspiratory cult. It seems to me a lot of people who don't share his ideas and don't particularly like him are questioning the legitimacy of the cancellation that is happening to him based on this documentary alone. Which by the way does not equal not believing there is truth to the allegations or denying the relevance of the journalistic enquiry.

[@LeoHoxtonI]

Not job position is that Big Pharma massively profitted from covid. ok, mug!

[@TheLucanicLord]

Did these people extend the same consideration to Huw Edwards, Caroline Flack & Phillip Schofield?

[@crowbar9566]

@@TheLucanicLord Are they even all the same people and do people who have an opinion of Brand neccessarily get as exercised about other celebrities?

[@Trekker-n4f]

"Defending Brands position" - what do you mean by that?

[@shizzlenizzle98]

I understand your point, however its always been a bit of an open secret with Brand whereas it hadn't with those others. It makes it a lot more believable in my opinion.

[@frankcarter6427]

He's sitting in his mansion right now, haunted and afraid as his grifting empire collapses around him and he waits for the police to knock on his door - he'd perhaps call it 'karma'

[@jaipennycuick7993]

Yeah questioning any thing the government say is grifting but I know the kind of person you are if you believe anything

[@janineroux2398]

oh dear, the thought police think they are gaining ground...I think he will be fine

[@lutherblissett9070]

@@jaipennycuick7993 Just because you like what RB says it doesn't make him important. That's unwarranted self-importance on your part.

[@ast4127]

I guess we all will, sooner or later if we agree MSM should continue their witchhunting. Who/what is next?

[@StratsRUs]

He is the 'Establishment'.

[@annishilcock4587]

Those who are questioning the veracity of the allegations of the women and why they didn't go to the police are completely lacking in logical thinking and self awareness. They didn't because of the response they feared.....vilification, disbelief, dismissal and belittling, and thats exactly what they are getting from these people.

[@31Blaize]

This. Imagine how much worse they'd be facing if certain people knew their identity. There would be death threats without a doubt.

[@Hartley_Hare]

What they feared would happen - disbelief, allegations of a conspiracy - is exactly what is happening. They were proved correct within sixty seconds of this story breaking. What's grimly predictable is the cast of apologists, from media figures on the Right, a horde of Brand fangirls and boys who have obvious motives to conspiracy loons.

[@MegUSN52]

Not to mention that trauma of any sort sometimes takes days, weeks, months, years to process. Everyone processes trauma differently. Some men and women are very vocal and some process more inwardly. Some get help right away and with others it takes a lot longer, sometimes years after the fact. I don't know if the allegations against Russell Brand are true or not and that's not for me to decide, but rather a court of law. I do know that no 30 something year old should be having relations with a minor. I understand that the age of consent might be different in the U.K. than in the U.S., but a responsible adult does not consent to allowing a 16 year old to have relations with a 30 something. Shame on this woman's parents for allowing this to happen, shame on the network for allowing it to happen, and very disgusting of Russell Brand for even instigating having said relations. Then again, on an entirely different note, people are disgusted by a 30 y/o having relations with a 16 y/o, but have no issues with allowing children to take puberty blockers and undergo surgeries to try to change their genders. Total hypocrisy!

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@MegUSN52 If I was in Parliament, I'd be waving my order paper and saying 'hear, hear' to all of that. And I should add that my uncle was subject to ongoing SA by his music teacher as a child. He only started to talk about it in his fifties.

[@raaf4678]

This makes total sense ofcourse! But I do think if he were to be tried in court there should be actual evidence to support a conviction.

[@dimer_dozen]

Her parents drove her to the house, & her parents should be held accountable for pimping her out.

[@dimer_dozen]

@blingfire1850 Unfortunately, the accusers have no evidence that he actually did that. It's hearsay at the most.

[@dimer_dozen]

@blingfire1850 I tried to search for the facts, but i can't find any, we only have the alleged media facts to go on, & we all know how the media lies on people.

[@olly7248]

Never understood what people see in him, I’ve always thought of him as overrated, vile and not funny 🤨

[@normasarsby1350]

His early days was quite funny.

[@olly7248]

@@normasarsby1350 just didn’t do it for me

[@zombies66]

I never liked his style , and only now have I seen some of his really ridiculous stuff . The Andrew Sachs piece was enough for me . Absolute garbage !

[@1inchPunchBowl]

@@olly7248 Well, humour is subjective. Its a thing.

[@stevenicol1]

he's so creepy and full of himself.

[@somalilandrecognition5413]

14:39 There's another thing.... Some women do speak out and are listened to Many women who speak out are NOT listened to Many women who speak out are listened to but not believed or dismissed or Emily charmed off the scent But mostly women feel shamed, alone, isolated, upset, confused, try to put events behind them, feel that it is their fault. For one minute imagine being that 16 year old girl, what it would have felt like to be called out if school, pucked up in a BBC car, pursued by an older man, pursued by a celebrity... And you might understand that that 16 year old thought it was her fault, her promiscuity, her shame, her guilt and her secret. That is why bringing these dispicable acts out in the open, naming those who have acted against girls, women, boys etc has to keep happening. Setting up done sort of means where there perpetrators can admit their acts might be a plan E to start, so they can own their harms and acknowledge their behaviour.

[@maltesetony9030]

Let's wait & see if there's any evidence that will stand up in court.

[@maltesetony9030]

@blingfire1850 No, he hadn't "admitted"to anything. What he has said may have been empty boasting. I repeat: unless & until whatever "evidence" (if any) exists has been collated, & he has been charged, then the statements of alleged "victims" remain allegations. And even then, he may be acquitted. Brand - like you, me, or anyone else - is innocent until proven guilty. Otherwise, this is trial-by-media, as it was with Harvey Proctor, Cliff Richard, Paul Gambicinni, etc.

[@maltesetony9030]

@blingfire1850 Evidence? Not so far, I think. Just the piling-up of allegations. Really, the next thing you'll be saying is, "There's no smoke without fire!"

[@maltesetony9030]

@blingfire1850 I'm not "following you around" - don't flatter yourself! As for "evidence" - well, if there is any - & at the moment that's a pretty big IF - then charges will be laid against Brand. Unitl then, it's just allegations & innuendo & isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit (as the Americans say).

[@vanojoh3733]

Why do journalists think so highly of themselves? 😐

[@mbolton]

Because they are better than us...!

[@vanojoh3733]

@@mbolton Ha-ha! Yeah, according to them! 🙃

[@mbolton]

@@vanojoh3733 of course they are they have interbreed with the ruling elits they are now our lord and masters 🤣

[@jackryan2135]

Because no one else does.

[@mbolton]

Paid to lie to us

[@billgreen576]

And now Emily is an addiction expert, is she. Quote 'anybody who is addicted has a choice, they can just stop'. And you call this fair news and analysis.

[@ciaramcwilliams5291]

It's basic...your addicted to something...stop doing it. It's not a disease you have control of it

[@evelina2363]

I was put off by that comment too. Sounds quite simplistic and frankly ignorant for a journalist of her caliber.

[@Peter-hz3vs]

The definition of addiction is that someone is doing someone and they cannot stop even they want to.

[@jamieashton3835]

I stand with the victims

[@mishellian1979]

I'm actually disgusted by that comment, I could not listen any further

[@thecrankedamps]

"Conspiracy nutjobs" she says... people are see through the bullsh*t of the mainstream media I say.

[@ourroom101]

No idea if he's innocent or guilty "yet" as he's not been tried for anything..... but boy, these people are doing a character assassination with nothing more than allegations that have not been proved....... as for dismissing addiction like that.... is very disrespectful to those who suffer from addiction and addictive behaviours.... let's hope no allegations ever come out about them......

[@ItsAllBeenDecided]

I am of that thinking when there is one allegation, maybe two. When there are 8, 9, 10, and now 11 allegations (with more waiting in the wings) I begin to think more critically. We don't know celebrities and, because they're popular, they manipulate us quite easily, which is what I feel Russell has done. He's been preparing us for quite a long time to, "expect them to try and silence me" or "take me down", all along profiting from mainstream movie studios, AppleTV, Spotify and KZbin. In fact, KZbin may have demonetized him, but he's still there with his 6 million followers to speak, as he wishes...

[@ourroom101]

@ItsAllBeenDecided I just don't judge until things are proven.... anyone can make allegations towards someone... It's having that allegation investigated, and the evidence scrutinised and having them either being proven or disproved. Then we can pass judgement. There's a reason it's innocent until proven guilty..... mainstream medie need to work the same.... It's easy to destroy someone without proving the claims, but it's so hard to rebuild someone once found innocent as the damage is already done and the stain lasts forever.......

[@tonycowin]

You have no idea how investigative journalism works then.

[@ourroom101]

@tonycowin I am fully aware that once a narrative is established irrelevant of fact, mainstream media continue pushing that. Did you watch the Rittenhouse, or Depp vs Heard Trials? If you did, you would have realised how reporting facts is less important than reporting what supports their possition. of course, i always knew that mainstream media have their own agendas, but I also believed that although they may lean one way or another, they we're still duty bound by to report the truth..... well, it turns out that's not the case, and never has been when you look into it. So again, I wait for information to be corroborated, and someone is actually convinced of a crime before blindly accepting information collected by people who's job it is to get the big scoop story. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Call me old-fashioned, but I just don't believe ruining a person's life because of unproven accusations is okay. But thanks for your comment.

[@animeswitch]

The punishment for making up allegations to try make a bit of money doesn't exist in the UK, they always get away with it even when they are proven liars. There will definitely be people coming out trying to get easy money.@@ItsAllBeenDecided

[@Biter1975]

This show is trying to say RB had planned his defence years in advance. I am not sure who the conspiracy theorist are 😂

[@ilb735]

Apparently this has taken 4 yrs to break / of investigation!? ... what was he talking about 4yrs ago?

[@MISSYGful]

Err no? He wasn't getting much work and knew there was an investigation underway. No conspiracy 😂

[@Biter1975]

@blingfire1850 No proof of that whatsoever.

[@DavieBee1988]

please show your proof aww wait you dont have any@blingfire1850

[@electricragtime]

The clue is in the title "bringing down Russell Brand" says pretty much all you need to know about this channel

[@celloswiss]

🙈

[@ryanstark2350]

Bringing down rule of law and fair justice more like.

[@starlord2574]

I am not for him or against him. I do however believe until he is convicted in a court of law it’s ridiculous how he is crucified. Go to the proper authorities and have him investigated. That is exactly why we have laws.

[@FL3MZA]

Well Jimmy was never convicted in a court of law, do you think it's ridiculous how he's been crucified?

[@davidabaxter]

I suspect they're right that because there are women in charge at certain news organisations that there's more stories like Brand coming out (and personally I'm very glad -as we all should be, that these men are finally being challenged and hopefully prosecuted). But I'd also note that disturbingly some of the most vociferous defenders of him are also women and particularly women columnists. On the subject of men, it has always disturbed me that men don't challenge the behaviour of other men. It needs to happen (it frankly always should've happened)

[@betperrins7528]

This is so right. In my career I have witnessed plenty of men letting sexist behavior go unchallenged. Often I was fairly sure they thought the sexism was unpleasant but can’t or won’t say something right then.

[@Mako7eyes]

I think the reason most men dont "challange" other men is because the type of men who need "challanging" are usually favourable in the eyes of women/society for a very long time. Basically the men who are able to behave like that are part of the small percentage of men who are successful. If they get challanged by the type of men who would be morally sound enough to do so, they get ostracised, most morally sound men have learned this lesson by the time they are 14 and focus their energies elsewhere, let people make their own choices Furthermore, men are mostly focused on what women want, so being challanged by women would probably be much more effective, as women are the entire reason men compete

[@Leigh-ry3yb]

Clearly you've already judged Brand and found him guilty all because our totally corrupt MSM once again have told you what to think. Orwell was right "ignorance is strength" as you so nicely demonstrate..

[@Leigh-ry3yb]

@@Mako7eyes Challenge lol

[@paulroberts7544]

I'm 60 years old. I've never lived in such an utterly toxic, unhinged time as now. In my opinion (as a woman) too many men and women have got caught up some weird kind of man-hating cult. I wager that in 10 or 20 years time we'll look back in horror at the 'me too' mentality and the harm that they did to innocent people. People will be utterly horrified that supposedly sane people could support this witch hunt against Brand.

[@brenbrady]

The timing of these allegations is not purely coincidental or of no interest. Most likely, these women are being listened to now, both because Brand is no longer the toast of Tinseltown, and, perhaps even more significantly, because he has become an outspoken critic of the very corporations that once feted him. @22:52 she says "it became know to me that there were a lot of comedians that were mentioning in their sets these allegations". Surely these comedy sets are available and she can tell us who they are? If they've said it as part of their comedy set then why can't she tell us who they are and what were the allegations?

[@tenaciousduk6587]

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[@jb-zr4ez]

I don’t like Russell Brand but I feel really uneasy about the way Channel 4 has gone about this. Gather the evidence and get a water tight case first then give it to the police to decide. Channel 4 will have plenty of time to run their program later if it goes to court. You just know that Russell Brand’s solicitor will claim he won’t get a fair trial and all that research will quite possibly have been for nothing and victims might be let down again.

[@sayno4137]

Can we hear Jimmy Saville talking to anyone else like this???? Plenty of archive that Im sure wont be played. What about Epsteins list folks? Nobody mentions that

[@evelina2363]

The point though here is how Brand talked to him rather.

[@trevfindley]

Why do you think that people should be mentioning Epstein's list? What's it got to do with accusations about Russell Brand?

[@sayno4137]

@@trevfindley Has Russell Brand been arrested for any of this? No. These 2 so called Journalists are paid for stooges just like every other Journalist in UK and West.

[@ShropshireFox]

It's very curious that you would attack RBs audience rather than weigh up the validity of the accusations.

[@sally-kz7nz]

I think this lady does not really understand the true nature of addicts. The choice not to do it (whatever 'it' is - is simply not an option and it's very difficult for 'normal' people to understand. I do have considerable experience through an ex. RB changed his life around the time when he became a new father ??... he's a clever and very erudite guy and no doubt charming when he wants to be but just a human being nonetheless . That said, if the allegations turn out to be true - of course I sympathise with the ladies involved. For the moment I'm sitting on the fence ...

[@celloswiss]

🙈

[@VoidDragon82]

Ohh Sally, I don’t think Brand would touch you with a billion light year pole. So why are you defending him? You think these accusations are recent? Have you buried your head in the sand for the last 20+ years?

[@stevejw52]

How on earth is a basic reference to Scrooge "an extraordinary, erudite reference" ? Goethe is more obscure of course, but again, not at all extraordinary - or clever. Maybe Maitlis' baseline opinion of Brand is so low the fact that he's shown he can read has shocked her.

[@magicunclefergaloreilly6699]

None of them are educated.

[@serinadelmar6012]

lol this.

[@roberthubbard3302]

Using the term 'Faustian' is not exactly indicative of an acquaintance with Goethe, any more than someone using the term 'Kafkaesque' entails that they have actually read Kafka.

[@jr5993]

He used flowery language to create a smoke screen just like how Jimmy used "humour" and "charisma".

[@kjetilknyttnev3702]

News and media need to tell these anonymous people to go to the police, instead of function as cancel culture. Everyone deserves a fair trial.

[@MISSYGful]

They did go to the police. That's why a MET investigation is ongoing. As for "cancel culture"🙄 I've found it's just a term people use when people don't like criticism or contradicting opinions they receive.

[@tborody]

such an ignorant comment...

[@OliverWoodphotography]

It's weird how these flimsy allegations against Brand are kicking up a larger media storm with more (faux) soul searching than the Lucy Letby case?

[@aoifebooth4273]

Emily believes that addiction is a choice, how ignorant.

[@stephenglasse2743]

It is a choice! People choose to take drugs, they choose to take them again and they carry on choosing until they become 'addicted' and then they don't make serious enough efforts to break their 'addiction'

[@tunptl18]

I think I understand her point - addiction itself, real diagnosed addiction, is an illness. It a choice to leave destructive addictions unchecked, not surround yourself with accountability, not seek any kind of support or help.

[@EdwardLindon]

No. She thinks that RB was using "addiction" as a bad faith justification/excuse for his bad voluntary behaviour.

[@aoifebooth4273]

@@EdwardLindon bad choices go hand in hand with addiction, yes you need to repent and make up for it but it’s not an excuse it’s a reason for behaving poorly. Nobody “chooses” addiction it’s the luck of the draw. It’s a predisposition you are not aware of until it’s too late. Billions of people can try drink or drugs and do and don’t become addicted.

[@euanfitzhugh2023]

7 minutes in and her opinion on addiction made me clock out. People with addictions cannot simply “choose not to do” whatever it is they’re addicted too. Especially people with trauma from childhood. I’m not defending him or saying he’s innocent. I also don’t believe 100% of the documentary. I believe it was very dramatised

[@rainbows9060]

Yes,.that was a massive fail! If one cld just STOP ! there wld be no rehabs clinics ect.

[@timellis7724]

My Dad chose to book himself into rehab after over twenty years of alcoholism. It was not an easy or pleasant choice. Not or choices are. But it was his choice. Emily's comments do demonstrate a lack of understanding about addiction but at some level her argument is valid. Addicts understand something is wrong before they build up the courage to do something about it. During that phase, they choose their addiction.

[@EdwardLindon]

It's not "her opinion on addiction". It's her opinion on RB, namely that he wasn't an addict, just a predator.

[@elijahmichaels175]

ITS NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE BUT HOW U LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE ..THIS IS WHY TRIALS SHOULD BE ALONE DONE BY PROFESSIONAL BARRISTERS AND NOT AMATEUR JOURNALISTS

[@knowledgeispower6726]

@elijahmichaels175 100% agree! It's also about which evidence you look at. Having a narrative that you are trying to prove can colour that. Hence the importance of the presentation of prosecution evidence AND defence evidence.

[@patriciamoore51]

Exactly Amateur journalists they are

[@naukadladzieci]

What a nasty manipulative piece of work to Dig out his chat with Jimmy Savile to put them in one bag. The Putin level of journalism. Not to mention the reasoning for the investigation was jokes about Brand presuming that somehow they knew more than... the women and other sources that knew him more than comedians. It's a feminist hit piece done because quite rightly one can even assume that among reported a 1000 of women he slept with must have been at least a few rough situations. He should answer for those but the way it is dug out is really 'Bringing Down' task before you even knew you will find some unhappy women hoping for compensation since he's rich now.

[@patriciaburgess1066]

He is charming, he has it! He is also seeking redemption but unfortunately he hugely popular and this will not do. Judged and found guilty without trail. Many people would prefer to put their trust in Russel rather than Main Street media who can say absolutely anything without the possibility of the victim clearing their name

[@fr526]

Put their trust in Russel lol 😂 wake up please.

[@maureenrhysjones4643]

@@fr526 you must be one of the 'cotton wool brigade'....toughen up and get real!

[@Lynnefromlyn]

He is using EXACTLY the same defence as Dan Wootton main stream media is trying to bring me down . Speaking of which , time for MSM to grow a backbone and start reporting on the Wootton scandals. Or does he have dirt on too many important people?

[@antsly]

It is disgusting the media silence on this. Dan Wootton *still* presents the flagship show on one of Britains "major" networks and the reporting on it has been timid to say the least. And in comparison to how the media are reporting the Brand allegations. It is very revealing as to the state of the media in this country and where power lies.

[@estebancomulet]

Well he literally filmed the dirt didn’t he?

[@girowinters]

Who's he?

[@eileenpatterson2606]

If hypothetically the mainstream we’re trying to bring you down… which defence would you use exactly that would be different to “the mainstream media are trying to bring me down”?

[@estebancomulet]

I wouldn't use such a thin defence. I'd go through the allegations one by one and explain why none of them could be true. This wishy-washy argument 'the establishment were out to get me' would not hold up in court lol. He is a wealthy elite, with very establishment lawyers, who he was not afraid to use to censor others, especially powerless victims he claims to champion.@@eileenpatterson2606

[@tt-ew7rx]

If you are a social media personality, trial by social media is inevitable if you have skeletons in your closet.

[@paulroberts7544]

If the people are the jury Brand has been found not guilty. The trouble is, the media, police, big corporations, social media companies all work together. They THOUGHT they could get the people to turn on him - they failed. But they're still doubling down and attempting to destroy him. I hope they've bitten off more than they can chew this time. I am praying this is what brings the whole corrupt establishment to it's knees. And yes, I know that means utter carnage, but I choose carnage over tyranny.

[@crowbar9566]

Well thats not justice and I don't accept your premise anyway.

[@tt-ew7rx]

@@crowbar9566 This is not about justice. It is practicality and pragmatism. You make a life on social media, therefore you need to protect your brand by not living dangerously. Nothing to do with justice. Justice almost never gets anybody's livelihood back on track to an "as before" state.

[@crowbar9566]

@@tt-ew7rx This is absolutely about justice and due process, just becasue he's a prominent KZbinr with 6 million subscribers (yes, a lot more than channel 4 Dispatches or the News Agents will ever have), dooesn't mean the rules go out the window. They need to hand their evidence over to the police and let them decide if there is a case to answer.

[@tt-ew7rx]

@@crowbar9566 Not at all. For instance, the Duke of York decided to pay a large quantity of money instead of pursuing "justice", simply as a recognition of reality. You choose to live in the public eye and take risk having this life of yours severely disrupted if you have skeletons in the closet. Justice, decided either way, will have far less consequence to you than the publicity. Another example is Kevin Spacey, who won some degree of "justice" in his favour, but where is his career now? Huw Edwards is pretty much cleared by now, but will he ever get his job back?

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

It should be illegal for a TV channel to broadcast claims such as those against Brand BEFORE the police are involved. It will ensure, whether he’s guilty or not, that he won’t receive a fair trial. Channel 4 have polluted the course of justice and have sent the wrong message to victims. Yes if the police can’t help THEN go to the media and NOT the other way around.

[@eskylent7962]

What happens to RB? Nothing. Nothing happens with these abusers.

[@SuperThompo]

How has it come to be that people see the likes of Savile and Brand as charismatic, fun, family figures!?

[@VoidDragon82]

People also say Trump and Johnson are also charismatic; therefore now I have absolutely no idea what actual charisma is.

[@jonathanhayward9401]

I'd hate to think what the fake tan budget is for this show! 😮

[@selmahare]

Lol Right?! I mean why?! 😂 The Brits and their fake tan fad. I honestly thought that we were over that already.

[@tabitha4135]

We British also go on holiday to Spain 🇪🇸 etc some of us even own holiday homes abroad

[@marilynbishop6684]

I remember when the Catholic Church stood by their men… it was victimising their wonderful priests, they said. Truth does come out eventually, but many people have to suffer before it does. Men in positions of power always have someone covering their backs.

[@sycksyngyrl]

As a person who was SA'd ..all allegations need to be looked at and police/ court need to happen going to be a long arduous process but as of right now we dont have enough evidence to make 100percent judgment upon him these are life ruining allegations and niether side should be taken lightly....

[@janepower6842]

They will only have presented the water tight evidence that would stand up in court. Russel can sue them with if they are false claims....

[@sycksyngyrl]

@@janepower6842 from what i hear the law is different from the usa I would like to find out more about that

[@sareedoahmed1751]

Sorry it happened to you. Am teaching my daughter we should believe in the justice system. Even if you weren't heard, then use media maybe straight away or years later. Life is all about having receipts. This is super sad...

[@zininoo]

Can we judge him on the fact that he had a relationship with a 16 year old? He hasn't denied that one, and you can't tell me that's ok, the difference in life experience is monumental, if he's ok targetting young girls then you know this is someone sus.

[@nicolasmith1460]

@@zininooit’s distasteful but it’s not illegal. And the mother dropped her off at his hotel. We need to leave this to the judicial system not destroy and cancel someone who is pretty obnoxious but is innocent until proven guilty by a jury. That’s UK democracy. Let it run otherwise a fair trial for both sides will be impossible. No one else can have an opinion. As only two people know the truth.

[@johnking5174]

If you could stomach it, watching GB News and Talk TV all sided with Russell Brand - especially interesting considering GB News has Dan Wootton on air, a man who is still under a dark cloud of scandal and still being investigated for misconduct and bullying himself.

[@Adam-sy3wu]

You can hear russells side of the phone laughing. As in he keeps going on with jimmy just to hear what jimmy has to say. It would have been better if you had a video of the phone call to see his reaction not just his voice. To me it seemed like he couldnt believe what he was hearing

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

I’m concerned how Dispatches and the Times didn’t take their findings to the police before they run the story. That leaves a bad taste for me. Do things properly if you care about things. But no they went for ratings first.

[@31Blaize]

You didn't listen the whole way through then. They couldn't: it's not up to them. The women it happened to are the ones who have to do that (if they want to put themselves through that circus which is a whole other matter).

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

@@31Blaize But now the police are investigating so what’s the difference ? There’s a circus happening now with the media. And as much as I dislike brand there has to be proceedings before the media get to enjoy their ratings dividend.

[@serinadelmar6012]

@@31Blaizeyeah very nice when contacted by the media.

[@chrismckernan6945]

Listen to it !!!

[@ericamee5285]

​@@31Blaizesurely c4 will have told each of them that there were others though 🤔 wouldn't safety in numbers have been an option? As a woman I know I would certainly consider it if I knew I wasn't alone and had support from others ? Maybe even from the media ? .does make you wonder ??

[@funkimunky1]

Why is the content on his channel being conflated with his historical behaviour. While I do not condone what he has allegedly done I don't think this invalidates the material the channel has been presenting. It now turns out that You Tube has cancelled the Russel Brand channel which does seem a lot like the channel is being silenced. Can you not see why this looks like a stitch up to stop him talking.

[@BasketballJones1977]

Absolutely appalling journalism. No bias here. It's all very objective coverage.

[@ryanstark2350]

No, most people were not immediately jumping to Brand's defence, they are coming to the defence of law, order and justice unlike this show.

[@paulwally9007]

There is something very unpleasant about these two presenters.

[@michaeloleary2248]

How did Emily feel about being addressed as my dear?

[@MaggieFuchs]

They want us to look at Russel Brand and not the BBC and Channel 4, because they have such clean hands.

[@martincroker490]

Get a band of woman to bring a man down..channel 4 loved Russell when he earnt them fortunes and they condoned and probably encouraged his behaviour.

[@ciaramcwilliams5291]

Your misogyny is showing

[@NG-wx4kw]

He earned fortunes himself. Fed off mainstream he loathes so much for years. No one gives a hoot about the reinvented conspiracy theorist. Had he not become popular thanks the dreadful media, you wouldn’t either.

[@martincroker490]

@@ciaramcwilliams5291 no its just what i believe.

[@asphaltpilgrim]

I love how this is actually diving into how Brand uses his linguistic abilities - which are great - but how is it a form of deflection sometimes? (Not always - but sometimes)

[@loftyradish6972]

Its a way of confusing the conversation. He speaks very quickly, uses a lot of big words with obscure references, and it makes it difficult to follow. By the time you work out he just said basically nothing in linguistic calligraphy, the conversation has moved on and he has exerted his intellectual dominance over the conversation.

[@martincroker490]

So Philip scofield 60 carrying on with a 15 yr old is swapped under the carpet.

[@carolfletcher2601]

As is Prince Andrews behaviour

[@estebancomulet]

Err…yes, he’s been cancelled. No longer on telly. Where you been?

[@jr5993]

Swept under the carpet? He's gone now wdym

[@somalilandrecognition5413]

20:50 women feel alone. They may convince themselves (which may or may not be supported by family, friends, the police, advice centres, JOURNALISTS) that individual acts are not illegal and therefore not criminal and not worth pursuing.

[@richardhadley6243]

Social standards adjust and evolve as they should do. I don’t know if Brand is guilty or not but social standards have improved, enormously but lewd behaviour isn’t illegal. What are we actually talking about, then? This man has been completely assassinated, without having had his day in court, and a frightening number of people are relieved that they don’t require the tedium nor inconvenience of due process. Since when was it ‘guilty until proven innocent’? I hope that non of you find a friend or relative who’ve been mutilated & destroyed so efficiently & effectively in every manner of his/her being. I mourn for the loss of patient, courageous, honourable, critical thinkers who’re prepared to discuss how they may be wrong. This lynching mob sings as one & we revel in our own glory as we stone this man without mercy or second thought. The scales of justice are nothing more than a memory

[@eileenpatterson2606]

Well said. And for the record Russell is one of those thinkers who is prepared to discuss how he may be wrong and has occasionally stated his mind has been changed on an issue and why it was when interviewing a guest with an opposing opinion. He would frequently talk to those who took a different position if there appeared to be some merit or they were speaking to an important topic currently in contention. This is an admirable way to conduct yourself if your ideology is to be seeking truth above all.

[@cinziam457]

enabler

[@cinziam457]

@@eileenpatterson2606 enabler

[@StratsRUs]

It's how dumbed-down the times became. Russell says " Do Not Vote " What a genius.

[@Dannyboy0202]

Vote for what? A political party that is controlled by the corporate elite?

[@michaelwallden7261]

well that is not tru, there were a lot of expertis and proffesors who had differebt view on this. It is up to every person to look up sources and get information. Wehave 1 million people in UK and of them nearly 50 000 are doctors who wrote a declaration about how to tackle this. Sweden were one of few countries who laughed at the rest of the world. no genius just common sense @LiamHerriot

[@lylewalker5681]

@@Wherethereisnodarknessyou guys lie like normal people breathe.

[@maltesetony9030]

30% of us never vote anyway. Looks like Brand is onto something . . . .

[@GM-qz9fo]

@LiamHerriot Really? When?

[@JimFarrand]

It's really interesting that he interpreted that question about his daughter as though it were ab question about the consequences for him, rather than something bad for her. He answer was basically, no I don't worry about that - because I'd be totally fine.

[@anomalousoddity]

Typical narcissist, makes everything about him and how it affects his own life

[@mikebalazy8256]

There are lots of women who have “had relationships” with Brand who are speaking up to defend him, yet they are not remaining anonymous. I find this interesting.

[@NG-wx4kw]

Lots of women?!

[@mikebalazy8256]

@@NG-wx4kw I’m not defending the guy, but Andrew Sachs’ granddaughter, and several other women appeared on TV defending him. Not for me to decide, that is for the jury.

[@NG-wx4kw]

@@mikebalazy8256 How many women who had a relationship with him have defended him? Andrew Sach’s granddaughter didn’t even have a relationship with him.Sure. There are women who’ve defended him and will defend him. Do they outnumber those who haven’t? How many women who knew him and had a relationship with him have spoken in public? Being a woman doesn’t preclude you from defending him. Also, he could possibly have been nice to some women and horrendous to others.

[@stefanjohansson2373]

7:49 Total incompetence. Who is she to define what’s and addiction or not? She doesn’t even understand the definition and clearly focus on clickbaiting. 🤮

[@nidh1109]

Listened to less than 2 minutes. Yes Brand may have had a sick sense of humour to some but humour it was! In fact it was the type of joke that exposed JS, which may have been what he was doing? Could these people really take this conversation for real? I'm out!

[@miniman2132]

Given the allegations against him and the evidence that supports them, the conversation with Savile is disturbing.

[@exeuropean]

innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

He’s a media luvvie. It’s fine that the allegations are being discussed by the media. No one has thrown him into prison. See the difference?

[@justhannah3960]

Okay, but we're not on a jury and we're at liberty to look at the evidence and make our own minds up as we please. Something Brand and his free speech warrior friends will be all for, I'm sure.

[@deniece.anastassia]

@@Lynnefromlynbecause what they ARE DOING is much worse. They are destroying the life of a man who has yet to be found (proven) guilty. This is also destroying the lives of his children, family, loved ones and friends… the ripple effect of the destruction being done by these media outlets is ignored, never talked about, and universally accepted. The media isn’t doing this by spreading facts and truth- they are doing it by sharing opinions and passing judgement. Neither of which should be considered actual news media.

[@nomasnofuss8393]

did jimmy saville get a trial ?? ...do you think he's guilty ??

[@ciaramcwilliams5291]

Exactlyyyyyy these people cannot really open their minds to this...

[@gemaine7]

Terrible reporting ; 2 questions that should have been asked and are obvious to inquire about are; 1. How many females did you reach out to ? (I guess over 3000, and 4 is all you could find negative comments from that wore worthy of compiling a report) 2. What or who initiated this investigation ? Was it financiers of the media group for example ? Or who or what was it ? Ask and be specific with answers, these questions are true Jounalism and totally lacked on this interview: shameful of you @ news agents.

[@DNW28]

When did the newsagents interview the Times, Sunday Times and Chanel 4 to ask them the " 2 questions that should have been asked " ?

[@chrismckernan6945]

Oh grow up and watch the documentary

[@rahuldahoob]

Only four victims of abuse. How great for him!!

[@Dannyboy0202]

Whatever happened to presumed innocent until proven guilty in this country 🤔

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

Jimmy savile happened.

[@Dannyboy0202]

@@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769 true

[@Dannyboy0202]

@blingfire1850 Yes by his own words he was a scumbag but the British government and the media are a propaganda machine. Their sins are immense and unfathomable. They are the last people who should be throwing stones.

[@MickyMonteCarlo]

The effort to create a narrative around a brand pivot in 2019 that is in alignment to this investigation is unfair. He had his podcast Trews from 2014, his new podcast is just an extension of that.

[@justhannah3960]

When he first started that podcast it was quite sensible and rather left-leaning. The shift in content that everyone is referring to is when he went from leftist content to the cosmic alt-right/anti-vaxx conspiracy stuff. It was probably the pandemic that caused this shift, tbh, and it's just a happy coincidence that Brand's new followers are, to him, useful idiots that'll believe anything he says and will defend him to the hilt.

[@Eurobin]

TrewNews & Trews were very different from the stuff he has been putting out in the past 3-4 years. It used to be about helping ordinary people, he helped run a drop in cafe, assisted people being forced out of their homes and wanting to change the system. But it became more snide, jumping on bandwagons, as if Trump wasn't mainstream and part of the system continuation. It seemed to me he was saying stuff just to grow & please his (new) audience. I think the production team for Trews and his current content are different also. I unsubsribed during the pandemic because of his obvious change in direction.

[@MickyMonteCarlo]

@@Eurobin I agree, it’s moved significantly on, however the same direction just taking more extreme positions. It has always been anti capitalist systems, many would argue it has reached a cynical and irrational level. But I maintain if a pivot happened it was in 2014

[@estebancomulet]

@@Eurobinyes I do get that point, but the pivot was quite dramatic. It was less traditional left-wing values as per the trews and much more outlandish Q-ANON type conspiracies and toddler-level sloganeering. Yes we know Big Pharma bad, thanks Russ. The difference is he grew an audience conditioned in credulity who wouldn’t question this when it emerged. He definitely knew this was in the post. We all know what happened with Katharine Ryan.

[@rolandrothwell4840]

It is vile and very frightening these people "hide" in plain sight!

[@somalilandrecognition5413]

Listening (rather than watching) to the Emily interview at the beginning, omg! It's all there, right there, "... my dear...", I could well imagine Jimmy Saville himself saying this exact same words. Emily an extremely capable, bright, challenging interviewer...and female. BUT, Emily you were had.

[@queenvickyv]

She's terrible. She dismisses addiction. Not very understanding

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Brand has slept with 4,000 women. Often while himself drug addled. To get just three complaints is pretty incredible.

[@marlonblade007]

There's much more.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

HE CLAIMS to have slept with 4,000 women.

[@hypatia4754]

4000? Is that what HE says?

[@MOGGS1942]

" 4000 ". Only in his sordid dreams. What a loathsome individual he is.

[@doloresduff3236]

JusticeforRussellBrand we love you Russell! You will win!

[@georgeatkinson759]

Never liked him...inventor of the A level student's word salad...popular in many 6th form college dining rooms

[@mrtambourineman6107]

FREEDOM was just too MAINSTREAM for Russel Brand - now they're gonna throw the BOOKY-WOOK at him!

[@See-through-The-Veil]

Yes that worked out well.. Trust me you don't get to have 40 million sheets in your account, without protection from your handler...

[@hodgie5321]

So if Russell Brand's KZbin subscribers are members of a cult, does that make subscribers of this channel cult members also??

[@hodgie5321]

@blingfire1850 much like yourself then

[@hodgie5321]

So, again, much like yourself@blingfire1850

[@hodgie5321]

sorry, blingfire, bit slow, have understood what you meant now@blingfire1850

[@Dylanesque]

And what shocks me about this entire scandal is this, those in support of Brand are now dredging up septic Saville's name saying he's innocent of any crimes because his accusers came forward after his death. And, as we all know, dead men can't talk. A real can of festering worms.

[@serinadelmar6012]

Nonsense.

[@zx7-rr486]

41:00 "One of the criticisms we get for doing stories like this is, "Oh you should have handed this dossier over to the police". Well 1), I have no right to do that ..." No, of course not. There should be no obligation to involve the proper authorities whatsoever, and to have the evidence tested in court. Instead, naturally, you have the absolute right to further your career, make lots of money, bask in the glory of your "brilliant" and infallible investigation, and drag the name of an individual through the mud. Who gives a cr@p about due process.....

[@garymck5181]

My goodness the difference between your coverage of Huw Edwards and and your coverage of Russell Brand... Utterly craven.

[@lutherblissett9070]

There wasn't a victim in the Edwards case was there?

[@charmainepriestman915]

Russell Brand is cruel to animals by his own admission ! He is a sociapath! I 100% believe his accusers !!!!

[@garymck5181]

@lutherblissett9070 there was an 'alleged' victim until The Sun were caught out in their bullshitting. My point is the Brand ACCUSERS are, at this stage, just that. Accusers. Not victims. The News Agents overtly and deliberately (rightly so) made that distinction with Edwards.

[@belindathorne9784]

@@garymck5181 It's just common sense to treat anything written in the sun as fake news unless proven otherwise.

[@rahuldahoob]

The coverage of Huw Edwards was continous

[@glynnwadeson5605]

Quoting Dickens and Goethe does not make him erudite. Many people know little titbits from such authors without ever having read the texts.

[@bortstanson2034]

Neither does snide comments like yours make you a sage

[@David-f5i1m]

Can anybody explain why dispatches felt it necessary to play scary music when the "alleged" victims were telling their story?

[@miniman2132]

I think they’d argue that these stories where scary to them, so it was used to communicate the uneasiness of the story being told. It’s not really a big deal.

[@David-f5i1m]

@@miniman2132 for dramatic effect? Like in a movie type thing?

[@ciaramcwilliams5291]

Girl shut up lol

[@sychosid5119]

Probably because the subject matter was very dark and something like the Benny Hil theme would be out of place.

[@David-f5i1m]

Why is any music needed?

[@TheWiZeguide]

After seeing this interview I’m starting to shift even more so to guilt. He had to have known the word on the street was people are asking a lot of questions. Still, due process must prevail.

[@sonofsomerset1695]

Are you serious? This is an obvious smear campiagn, he hasnt even been charged yet and they are assuming his guilt and Parliament has written to all of his platforms to get him removed, proving it is a conspiracy, they didnt care what he was getting up to while he was an establishment lefty pushing their propaganda, as soon as he starts to wake up and go on Joe Rogan and begins exposing media/establishment corruption, suddenly they open an investigation decades after the events he has stopped doing with their money, wake up and smell the B.S.!

[@matthewstrange3754]

Charges and conviction please before condemnation. If Brand is guilty so be it. Excellent timing for biden fauci etc.

[@upfulsoul826]

The admission of guilt texts and dating a school girl at 30 are enough for public opinion to form. How could Brand win a libel trial if these facts are concrete? I would respect him, if he comes clean and he admits his guilt.

[@lylewalker5681]

Yeah, you guys know all about resisting making condemnations before there’s a conviction when it comes to Fauci, don’t you? And Biden. You are all habitual liars.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

So you want to censor people’s opinions? How useful to Brand, Wootton etc.

[@JakeWhitehead-q2u]

why would brand admit his guilt and sorrows over text? knowing full well that’s him done and finished sounds like a set up.

[@zbigniewmaleszak1310]

@@upfulsoul826Brand is all for free, totally uncontrolled fee speech, except when it’s against him 😂

[@nathancrombie6629]

Excellent conversation. Thank you both.

[@thirdeyeblind6369]

Imagine having to look into that for four years, That has to have a deep impact on you by the time you are done.

[@markcrocker8645]

Four thin allegations by women insisting on remaining anonymous after four years of investigation?....This is not justice, just hysterical "poppy cropping"

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@markcrocker8645 Thin allegations?

[@clarecrawford9677]

@@markcrocker8645Well, Brand can always sue The Sunday Times et al if he is innocent.

[@llsspp]

@@clarecrawford9677I actually don’t think he can. Listen to Shaun Atwood’s recent interview with the media lawyer, I think his name is Jonathan Coad? Because they informed him within 8 days of the dispatches programme, I believe he has no legal right to sue.

[@bortstanson2034]

​@@clarecrawford9677 Give it time

[@geraldinecowan8301]

Bad discussion. She talks in the present tense but should talk in the past tense when discussing his PAST bad behaviour. Any person, who can change their behaviour and attitudes, as he did , should be accepted by society. Is this woman trying to groom us into jabbing ourselves with poison and denying us the opportunities to thibk critically.

[@jacobfield4848]

All these fellow comedian's and TV bosses should have reported Brand to the police.

[@zapkvr]

Comedians'es

[@timowayne6993]

Comedy should be banned. Jokes today can be very inappropriate in the future

[@miniman2132]

Ultimately it’s not the responsibility of individual comedians to combat this sort of behaviour. Russell Brand was HUGE at the time, at the peak of his professional powers, and in all likelihood the only comedians that would have seen the true face of his depravity were women. I’m not sure if you know, but there were far more male comedians in 2006 then female, so for a female comedian to risk their entire career for this was a huge ask, and not something that should be expected. TV Bosses? Yes, it absolutely was their job to challenge this behaviour. They should face consequences for not doing so if it’s proved they knew.

[@dapawap]

Great interview! Although not talking about Truss, will turn it off now.

[@pfernandez5565]

Its so refreshing to see two great and professional journalists who have read the reports and undertand the severity of the allegations. There have been so many TV channels such as Talk TV with Piers Morgan who is saying oh its a trial by media and its unfair to accuse him etc. Russell Brand lives in a mansion and has been preying on 16 year olds and school children and it was an known secret with many Channel 4 employees to not be around Russel Brand because of his behaviour!

[@MickyMonteCarlo]

Lives in a mansion 🤷🏻

[@GM-qz9fo]

I think they were saying.. Not unfair to accuse him of course, but unfair to 100% judge him just yet. Language is slippery.

[@Peter-hz3vs]

Prosecute him then. Get solid evidence out. Even recordings of him inappropriately inviting 16 years old girls can get him penalised by jobs. Very simple and also this will protect future victims. If there is no evidence, then just don't do it.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

How about I make anonymous allegations about YOU to a bunch of paying journalists? I’ll not bother with filing a police report or bothering with the legal system… can’t be bothered with that. I’ll just make some spurious anonymous allegations about 16 years ago and get your name and reputation swept through the gutter and ruin your career and any chances of earning a living until you’re effectively unpersoned. Maybe then you’ll understand WHY we have due process and innocence until proven guilty in this country. What’s happened to Brand should be setting off alarm bells for us all - it’s a Stalinesque show trial.

[@TheStanley1000]

I heard you eat little babies for breakfast with Tony Blair, is that true ?

[@NarcBoxTheory]

Comedians? You mean comedian. Just Daniel Sloss, who to be honest I’ve never ever heard of.

[@estebancomulet]

Did you not follow the whole Katharine Ryan saga? She famously tried to name him multiple times, but his very expensive legal team came crashing down on her. She still came forward and talked abt him without naming him. It was all there to see. Brand just had a very effective PR and legal team.

[@NarcBoxTheory]

@@estebancomulet I’m Sorry but that’s not naming him for anything. She’s a nut job, that’s for sure.

[@CosmosClive]

I'm 17 minutes into this show and it's nothing more than tittle tattle. These so-called journalists ought to take a long hard look at themselves in the mirror. It's such cheap talk.

[@roe9396]

When are you going to discuss Dan Wotton and his victims who have come forward and spoken up? Is it because he's a journalist (I say that lightly) why have you all been silent

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

👌

[@Lynnefromlyn]

I am mentioning this EVERYWHERE! He must have dirt on some very prominent people. I honestly don’t think it’s because he’s a journalist.

[@bobbyd5167]

I’m astonished by the fact that this story is being pushed everywhere yet Dan seems to go on as usual🤔 he surely has some serious dirt on some high up players!

[@mohassan1581]

A brilliant piece on Brand. I think the mainstream media should be equally blamed for tolerating his disgusting behaviour for such a long time. It probably happens in the mainstream media on daily basis today that we don't know about.

[@rickknight3823]

What disgusting behaviour? He's a comedian, that's his style, people are free to turn him off or listen.. With regards to all this media coverage on these allegations is absolutely appalling.. It should always be innocent until proven guilty...

[@ohwellwhateverr]

There’s a difference between disgusting behaviour and criminal behaviour. Just as there’s a difference between allegations and what actually happened.

[@mohassan1581]

@@ohwellwhateverr I don't dispute that it wasn't the criminal behaviour but the mainstream media looked the way when it suited them and they probably continue to so in their studios...!

[@Donkeater1]

"Wellness tends to mean conspiracy and anti-vaxx". Most ridiculous quote of the day there.

[@john_mega]

you are the one being ill-informed here - there is an established path followed by many from wellness to conspiracy nonsense

[@Donkeater1]

@@john_mega sure John. Sure.

[@bobbyd5167]

@@john_megawhat a ridiculous thing to say! Where is the proof of this gobbledygook?

[@vomo767]

​@@john_megawhat is the source of this nonsense please?

[@PeaceDweller]

I never even remember Russell telling people not to take the vaccine, he would present the news and cite his sources and then asked his audience what they thought. So I don't know why people call him Anti-Vax

[@energy5289]

Fabulous description of the man. It is great that some people have the ability to see straight through the narcissist that is Russell Brand.

[@uv77mc85]

Its amazing that anyone is fooled by him

[@Tom-wd5bs]

Zero proof at present - why do you think we should believe Murdoch's Times ?

[@hatfullofsky2470]

2 things can be true at the same time I guess

[@happinesstan]

Honestly, these journalists are so self important. Until I'm on the jury of twelve of his peers, I'm perfectly entitled, in fact it is my legal responsibility, to dismiss every reported word, jut in case I AM on the jury.

[@stephenclarke2206]

Didn't he call Farage a "pound shop Enoch Powell" when he was a lefty a few years ago?

[@GM-qz9fo]

True though still.

[@stephenclarke2206]

@@GM-qz9fo It wasn't that long ago but he plays to a completely different audience now

[@eileenpatterson2606]

Don’t call me a nut job just because I follow someone. You don’t actually know anything if you feel comfortable influencing your viewers with inane and unfounded emoting like that with absolutely nothing factual at hand when casting your judgement upon us. And whoosh … there goes your credibility flying out the window. Do you really think that this is insightful commentary and that Russell’s followers have no insight or ability to discern the facts for themselves? Laughable. Truly it is almost funnier than Russell himself. I’m not sure if you do not see what you are or if you do. Just WOW. And I’m sorry but noone should ever be tried and accused by “journalists”. You abuse your public privileges by doing so and you are not qualified to have people’s lives in your hands like that. It is not journalism and it is very wrong. This is what is actually dangerous. History has proven time and again that this sort of behaviour does not ever end well for anybody. Now let’s be clear. We are not talking about conspiracies here but about rampant corruption. This has become more than clearly evident to people everywhere and not to be dismissed any further by insulting the intelligence of anyone who speaks about it. Or do we no longer have the right to be free thinkers and question things which are enacted upon our lives? I question that any of this baloney is free thinking. It’s very limited and highly pompous thinking. That much is not in doubt.

[@philipritson8821]

Addictions are not habits. Habits are more ammeanble to change. Too many celebrities use the word "addiction'" to avoid responsibility for their actions. As long as he was doing what he was doing with censenting adults; then its between him, his employers and his audience as to whether he should have a role in public life. Personally, I don't see why he was elevated to the status of celebrity in the first place. If there's evidence of an absence of consent or that minors are involved; then prescute him in a court of law.

[@Biter1975]

It’s such nonsense that they need to use footage of Brand performing to add emotion to the allegations.

[@anomalousoddity]

The majority of the piece was just them talking. What are you on?

[@CJ-ft9yo]

I still remember Brand interviewing a woman GP about prescribing methadone to addicts. He was vile to her, haranguing her to the point of tears .. no one stopped it. I remember thinking what a controlling narcissistic. Then the rebrand. Behaviour trumps words to me.

[@DavieBee1988]

share the link to the video if there is one

[@chrismckernan6945]

All narcissists have that aura - he charmed you - he sells himself - they constantly re invent themselves to suit their agenda

[@miniman2132]

When Brand went to America he tried to position himself as some sort of leftist hero. About the time the investigation took place 3-4 years ago he clearly made a conscious effort to pivot towards an audience that would be more distrusting of allegations of that sort. I read an article recently of a female journalist who broke news about him and his ex wife seeking counselling. Brand established contact with the journo and was persistent in trying to wit and charm her into giving up her source. He is clearly paranoid, and clearly someone that would have been aware of such an investigation.

[@estebancomulet]

Nailed it.

[@dalek604]

Russell is alt right at this stage, I wish you didn't water him down as just a wellness conspiracy theorist, he was doing a puff peace for Desantis a month or 2 back.

[@magicunclefergaloreilly6699]

Alt right don't call for peeps to vote Labour mate.

[@dalek604]

@magicunclefergaloreilly6699 that's pre 2020 Brand take it you've not been up to scratch of with Brands online activity 2020 onwards he's done a massive pivot to the alt right. Probably because he knew his past was going to catch up with him, and the alt right would try and protect him if he told them what they want to hear.

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

@@dalek604 Because he has perceived where the money is, He was always incoherent and full of it though.

[@queenvickyv]

He's left wing.

[@dalek604]

@queenvickyv Sorry if you're friends with the Trumps, do a puff interview with Desantis, don't say anything negative about the Republicans and go on about how sad everybody should be when the queen died you're not leftwing. It's not 2015 anymore.

[@pascaledowling6309]

Brand at the time was bipolar and off his face on whatever most of the time. I'm totally surprised that producers were lining up to sign him.

[@miniman2132]

He was popular, despite how utterly shameless and disgusting the whole country thought he was.

[@jimimased1894]

bipolar ??? RIGHT. youve been conned by his shtick