Jeremy Paxman response to Russell Brand

Jeremy Paxman talks about the centenary of WW1 and responds about his interview with Russell Brand. This was on The Graham Norton Show, BBC1 01/11/13. I do not own this content.

[@gypsy9150]

The original interview with Russell Brand and Paxman was such a thorough roasting that I had to take a break half way through

[@glennwalker5036]

So many comments about how Russell Brand converted Paxman but there was nothing that Paxman said during his interview with Russell that suggested he didn't already have the view that the public was disenchanted with politicians. The points of contention during the interview were that Paxman kept asking Russell why his opinion on political matters should hold any weight when Russell did not vote and that it was not okay for Russell to criticise politicians for not providing solutions and then not provide any solutions himself. Russell handled himself brilliantly but there was no indication Paxman went through a social metamorphosis due to the impact of Russell's words.

[@orangeturtle8730]

Paxman had an awakening thanks to his ancestry and Russell, as soon as Russell uttered “of course I care it’s where I come from it’s real to me” that was the moment that broke Paxman into aligning with his real consciousness. Paxman’s alright ❤️

[@ajaxlewis7664]

Nah, he's a knobhead he came to my workplace and was an utter nuisance. Self-important mentality and detached from reality. Also the BBC are very lucky I had enough self control that one of their producers got out of there without a scratch on them whoever that gobshite was. So no, he's not "alright", by all accounts he is an insufferable personality, extremely awkward to work with and thinks the world of himself. Oh, and he needed to be shown how to use a water cooler. Failed. Got someone else to do it for him.

[@MaggotDiggo1]

I think people didn't really understand Paxman's criticism of Russell Brand. His criticism is that Brand doesn't have a feasible alternative solution. Brand says the whole thing is a sham and people shouldn't vote but can't propose a better solution to meet the people's needs. Brand is great at speaking to a sentiment but not much good at anything else. It's easy to be a critic, the hard part is creating solutions which the people are willing to get behind.

[@kdramacrazy94]

but i dont think it's his job, i think it should be the job of the people up there, making the decisions or no?

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

​@kdramacrazy94 But that's asking that the people who _are_ the problem to solve the problem.

[@jlk760]

And 10 years on, Paxo’s comments about politicians still resonate with us today after the way politicians have behaved and left this country in the state it is today.

[@innocentbystander1621]

Indeed, I remember some years ago when he was interviewing Tony Blair and he was quizzing his relationship with George Bush and asked him 'do you pray together', it was hilarious.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

....anmd Russell Brand...

[@davidwebster3107]

Tory politicians that is. The clue lies in ‘Tory’ not politicians.

[@urasam2]

I love Elton's answer at the end

[@Kyoto_Ed]

He does a very good job a defusing the tension

[@vovindequasahi]

It must have felt great when Russell saw this after that interview and realized that he HAD made a mark.

[@jemdejager]

Yes, that interview was really powerful!

[@AH-te5gs]

I'm pretty sure that Jeremy already had this opinion before he talked to Russell Brand though...

[@thevirgohifi]

as did we all@@AH-te5gs

[@mrdainase]

People have felt more and more alienated from politics for many years. If Brand thought he was saying something remarkably insightful to Paxman then he's even more of a word-salad tosser than I took him for.

[@vovindequasahi]

@@mrdainase Trust me people need to hear it from people like Brand to "get it"!

[@jacobmortimore]

Lol Russel brand converted paxman

[@fourfundamentals210]

No he didn’t, because Paxman already had that view. He just agreed with him.

[@TheNewsBadger]

Russell just posted a video about this today.

[@leprechaun7667]

@@fourfundamentals210 oh yes he did. Go check the video of paxman and brand!

[@fourfundamentals210]

@@leprechaun7667 you can’t agree with someone and then claim you’ve converted them 😂

[@leprechaun7667]

@@fourfundamentals210 you are delusional! Where do I say I’ve converted him?

[@NIKMuzka]

Norton showcasing his amazing interview skills by getting lost with grown up talk and brining it right back with ‘so Elton, have you ever been asked rubbish questions’ the irony of that question and Elton’s perfect answer

[@kieranpatrick1182]

Hyperconsciousness you...Brilliant...I get u a year later🎉

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

For a moment, this reminded me of some of the discussions that happened on Parkinson in the 70s. As you say, grown up talk. I bet he got told to jump in quicker with a fatuous question if it ever looked like happening again.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Completely agree with John Bishop.... There should be some minimum qualifications to become an Mp, having worked for at least 5 years outside the public sector being one of them.

[@christianschwalbach7561]

ehh.........going from investment banking to the House of Commons isnt exactly a sympathizing with the common man approach

[@plasmichoneytrip]

I completely agree with this for any politician in the world. Good intentions are not enough. You need a proper knowledge of your mandate and the community that you serve, how it works, its history, mistakes and what has worked then make an informed action out of these economic and cultural factors.

[@simonkevnorris]

I think that should include 'not working for mum or dad'.

[@iseriver3982]

No, they need a PhD in either chemistry, physics, biology or geology.

[@thelaurels13]

Gavin Williamson sold fireplaces (and he was 💩 at that too) before entering politics.

[@melodyfleck9368]

Seems like Paxman learned a thing or two from Brand, even though he called him a trivial man.

[@fourfundamentals210]

I think it’s more Russell provided a belief that Paxman already had, but recognised as correct.

[@komaki119]

Thanks for sharing this :)

[@pacpanda1]

nice one russel u even oppenend the paxmans eyes. keep it up bro.

[@spartakas659]

Any man who is willing to speak the truth. And represent the common man is by no means trying to glorify his ego.

[@robertmcandrew6361]

actually, he could be saying that TO glorify his ego... He's convinced you!

[@walkaboutswithDave]

This is more relevant now! This video is 8 years old.. 😶 Paxman is brilliant.

[@lamontcranston4436]

Easy to bash a politician, harder to actually do something about it and take part in democracy.

[@rinkadink66]

am glad we can bash politicians.. but needs to be done in a positive way.. just disagreement it pointless

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

When all the politicians of all parties have their snouts in the trough, revolution is the only option. But that'll never happen in Britain as it might mean missing Emmerdale.

[@mikeonfreeserve2926]

We don't have democracy. We have 'parliamentary democracy'. There's a big difference. Once they get in, they pretty much do what they like.

[@lamontcranston4436]

Pretty much impossible for a country of nearly 68 million people to have much less than a representative democracy. MPs can also be recalled by their local party but again that requires participation. @@mikeonfreeserve2926

[@instentheos8754]

1:26 *DAMN RIGHT!!* It's so good for the soul to start listening to it!!!! I'll dowlonad this and keep it with me.

[@prnfl]

Thank john bishop diffusing that awkward silence

[@fakiola9184]

Well said John 👏👏👏 A politicians goal is to be "the voice of the common people" how can they be that when they don't live in the real world they have no clue of how an everyday week is for most folk because they've never lived it it's so frustrating that no one seems to come up the ranks who can be a true representation that will enable them to use their life experiences to make the right decisions for the majority of the nation because they are the minority they just can't see it, it all sounds so simple but clearly it isn't

[@TheThejpmshow]

Was the audio recorded through a telephone ?

[@TM-bk9fo]

Was Paxman just touting the very ideas that he shot down Brand for having? Looks like Brand got to him, not a bad thing. What Paxman said what on the money.

[@Natashahoneypot]

on the voting cards there needs to be a box which gives the option.. " non of these" . and these votes should count.

[@lj7169]

There is that option, you cross out the card and write 'void' - the card is then actually counted and recognised as a non-vote.

[@simonkevnorris]

In Australia voting is compulsory (if you are on the electoral roll). The votes are usually on the weekend and postal voting has been available for 30 or more years. It's fairly easy to void the vote.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Just write anything you like on your ballot paper other than actually voting for a candidate and it will be counted as a spoilt vote. Then when they announce the result and 'spoilt votes' is higher than it would normally be compared to if people just did not bother to vote, it will stand out more.

[@funkyfranx]

@@seanscanlon9067 That's not actually the case in reality, spoilt ballots generally get tossed in the 'not filled out correctly' bin. Was told this by a friend who counted the votes in my borough.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@funkyfranx Are you talking about in the UK? As that is where I am from myself and so I maybe should have made it clearer that that was where I was meaning really.

[@25CarpeDiem]

Brilliant!

[@BillyBob-yb5ht]

Fantastic what’s the alternative?

[@maximisatwat]

0:35 - Jeremy leaves the studio atmosphere in party-mode

[@PhillipHilton]

God I miss Jeremy Paxman...

[@user-gh2lf1zw3r]

Has anyone ever noticed that Russell shares similar beliefs as Jesus and he also looks like him?

[@Ciaranmch]

Jesus' interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu is now legendary

[@garsm2290]

Is that a wax model of Elton John?

[@reversoworld5348]

Gosh! Brand’s startling insight that people are disenchanted with politics. Staggering! Who knew? (Clot).

[@bilalc4415]

If it was possible, I would Jeremy Paxman's beard!!! What a fucking gem!

[@potatoe21cr]

Bilal C pmsl

[@larjkok1184]

Bilal C What?

[@80s_kid.]

Paxman and Brand are both fantastic,i love both of them,and now paxman has kind of woke up a bit more and warmed to brands idea's,i like him even more..Paxman Brand and David Icke,they should get together and form a new government lol..

[@Johnsmith-fz2dm]

david icke? that conspiracy fucking crackpot?

[@JonB1995]

80s_kid paxman brand and icke, weirdest boyband ever?

[@user-pj8ed8il9s]

EXCELLENT COUCH. JUST EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!

[@craigworkman4653]

Its now 2017 and the German finance minister is talking about the end to the debt growth economic system. And people are absolutely fed the fuck up.

[@crusadeagainstgreedyentert4865]

The Brits hate their politicians but don't scrutinise their royalty, regarding the latter as a golden calf.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

Yes well, welcome indeed to 2022.

[@theresamcghee8362]

I love John Bishop straight up awesome

[@jayhamiltonwild]

Eyes open, indeed well said. Russell strikes again 👍🙏

[@debzep44]

That comment hits different now

[@jayhamiltonwild]

@@debzep44 lol 😂 true, to be totally honest I used to dislike brand, he was a not funny idiot and egomaniac, but he definitely changed into a good person! His past haunts him if guilty, but hey Tyson has made his mistakes and has paid for them to be reinstated as a popular figure by waking up to being a good man! Time will tell, trial by media isn't fair but at this point he hasn't been found guilty of anything to my knowledge?

[@johnmc3862]

Didn’t age well. 😂

[@nedlambton6602]

2:09- Elton moves his arm closer to Paxman. 2:14- Paxman notices this and moves away.

[@generalkota6190]

No he is being polite and turns and gives his attention to (completely forgot his name ahha)

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

People require qualifications for pretty much all higher salary bracket jobs. And usually one has to be a member of a guild or institute (CIMA, ACCA ICAEW for accountants, RIBA for architects etc). There should definitely be a professional qualification, and possibly a licence, in order for someone to become a politician. That would weed out the likes of Therese Coffey and Liz Truss.

[@mikeeyre7315]

Best comment is Elton's at the end!

[@benbensenuk]

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[@kenrehill8775]

I once asked Andrew Neil the same question, his response “the ,ajority are utter lying bastards”

[@38dragoon38]

The public are fed up with posturing politicians... And grandstanding journalists and so-called "celebrities."

[@fatyowls]

Do you think you're incompetent, a basic inability to your job properly. Sums up how I feel about most politicians.

[@stash.]

-Groucho Marx I Don't Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member.

[@J.Harry.T]

So, politicians make promises they can’t keep. I thought we all knew that.

[@JulienStaheli]

Go Paxman!

[@lunymoony4062]

Sir Elton, should have been a comedian, he would have enjoyed just the same success, has he as had in his music career!

[@mikeonfreeserve2926]

Tea please, Parker

[@neilchetwood4625]

Paxman jumped in and got his WW1 book out to cash in?

[@casualbreakin]

These things always age well....

[@gonnahavemesomefun]

it's 2022 and Paxman has aged a LOT in just under 10 years! --comparing him to his appearance the other night on UC.

[@jgh548]

Parkinson’s

[@booboo61]

​@jgh548 just to clarify. Paxman is suffering from Parkinsons disease...poor guy.

[@mr.jamesdavidrobert2115]

Elton John - BOOM!

[@darin001]

WOW! he thinks people are fed up with politics and politicians!!!! WOW! WHAT A REVALATION!!!!!! WOW!

[@SGTHBK]

darryl diggins just more sugercoating lies and condescending

[@JRA73]

TAKE TO THE STREETS AND PROTEST POSITIVELY AND DON'T VOTE BECAUSE NOTHING WILL CHANGE OTHERWISE.

[@silenusut]

If you come ‘recommended’ again hopefully you won’t use such rather misleading headlines

[@thomgeorge276]

I came to this video after watching the classic Russell Brand interveiw, and ended up fan girling over Elton John like usual :I

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Says this lot, 😂😂😂😂John Bishop the U funniest man worth millions. Elton John amd mullionsr8paxman.

[@pilotpat86]

Looks like an older Ben Fogle

[@Jimmie16]

Too many politicians are upper class twits, we need working class people running this country.

[@solitarianihilista1454]

They tried something like that in Russia for a while. Didn't turn out they way it was supposed to.

[@Phil_Mitchell]

Yep, I'd love to see a chav running the country...

[@ChubbyChecker182]

...and then we got Boris 😮

[@IMOLDGREGG252]

"People are fed up of posturing politicians"- Paxman predicting the rise of Trump.

[@billyoneill742]

Paxman... probably still hasn't recovered from his interviews with Blair. Couldn't touch him.

[@gmonkey808]

This is below 'pub level' political debate hahaha

[@seamusoflatcap]

It's the Graham Norton show. What else can you expect?

[@orangewarm1]

Took him 50 years to understand that

[@calderarecords]

People aren't dumb. They are aware that they are affected by their environment. If you ask an Eskimo.. You can have anything, what do you want? He isn't going to say "A Nice Brand Spanking New Stainless Steel Fridge Freezer please" is he? He is confined to his environment. But we have the skills, the resources, & the technology to CONTROL our environment. We can build a better world. One without Money, Politics, Poverty or War if ONLY we work together by first admitting "I don't know", & then looking into solutions on a practical, Scientific, Engineering direction. That is not a belief. That is information. To take part in this project, look up *"The Choice is Ours"* documentary to introduce you to an alternative to destroying ourselves in nuclear war, which the odds currently favour. Only you can change that.

[@stitcha123]

putting up a shelf soozie?

[@donaloflynn]

It's hilarious to read so many comments fawning over Russell Brand, who isn't even in this clip, in light of his long overdue downfall as I write this almost ten years later. I never liked him and remain baffled by his popularity even as it gratifyingly wanes. He didn't "get through" to Jeremy Paxman, their interview and the reaction to it merely involved Paxman voicing opinions he likely held long before he'd ever heard of him. Back in 2013, Brand wasn't some savant making strong new arguments, he was just a savvy self-promoter using the political apathy of the time coupled with his facility with language, charm and wit to boost his career. As Paxman points out, he never articulated any solutions to the issues of the day. Talking about not voting and in doing so tacitly encouraging others to follow his example was only ever going to make things worse. Why? Because Tories are never apathetic about politics. They're never complacent about getting into power and remaining in power. Today the Labour Party are even more useless, but voting for them is the obvious first step to turning things around and fixing the mess that consecutive Conservative governments have left the UK in.

[@onelonelydude6243]

watch elton john the whole interview...funny as

[@NickJay]

response to Russell Brand? Have I been watching a completely different clip to the rest of the commentators below? I heard NOTHING about Russell Brand at all - unless it was he who said about celebrating WWI? But as we didn't get to hear the start, I've no idea. Oh well.

[@NFawc]

In the Paxman Brand interview, Paxman came across rather poorly...

[@SilkyClanger]

Then just 4 years later everyone voted brexit because of the disenfranchisement… the warning signs were there

[@stitcha123]

2:52 haha what????????????????????/

[@jamesfagan7823]

Jeremy I've know that since I was 12 years old how is the maid doing

[@lyndontomasi5026]

Multimillionaires always have the answers

[@FreddieShreddieTV]

drop the bass mate.... aint a dj supposed to isolated the bass out for a drop.... i kept waiting for the bass drop. it didn't happen

[@killerace7174]

now look. Everyone is involved in politics

[@DoneDunning]

If only people voted as they clapped?

[@amandadonegan2137]

Should have listened to Russell a bit harder there Jezza...🙄🙄

[@DjAlanBarratt]

This was 8 years ago and still the people are too stupid to do anything about it even tho in present times it's worse

[@samuelfoster]

Funny how nothing has changed in 8 years.

[@lesleybrown1583]

yes must be very hard for these celebrities feigning concern for the ordinary guy on the street --he is just manipulating the audience to get them on slde ---silly

[@johnmc3862]

Russell Bland.

[@Scott-dy5ox]

Elton John trying desperately to hold in a fart.

[@gsxr-er8jz]

Scott Lyft lol! I cracked up at that mate!!

[@msthang5366]

Scott Lyft 🤣🤣🤣he does look like it Oopsies

[@RickSanchez-mp8ou]

I thought he was a knob head but he's a top bloke not a knob head

[@malkismuseum]

People aren’t wise though are they

[@Paleos1000]

Watching this just after the 2023 NZ elections. Hah.

[@caeserromero3013]

That didn't age well...

[@alanmetcalfe831]

This lost credibility as soon as Bishop opened his mouth.

[@sheumais63]

Just come across this. Cameron's clumsy use of language wasn't clumsy, he knows what celebrate means, Paxman obviously doesn't.

[@mr.popoiscool]

GUIDE TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT LEADER: 1- find the poorest person in your country and make them your leader. Why you might ask? Because being a leader requires having a heart and knowing how it feels to be homeless and hungry every night, that way you take care of your people, not neglect them as if they were garbage. Being a leader requires a bigger heart than a bigger brain. the day you all stop voting is the day we can make a real change in this world and the mafia will become irrelevant.

[@umbraguise2188]

John Bishop. Jesus. Does he have the mind of a twelve year old? Russel is the man. Even if he doesn't have the solution for everything, it doesn't mean he hasn't contributed to OUR solution. Sooner or later it will happen.

[@bodhisattva99]

2:07 Do they? Why do they vote for these people then?

[@StefanClift]

Hhehkegiskaks

[@bodhisattva99]

fuck off

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

lots of interesting body language in this lol, pause at 1:33 for example... what is elton doing... why is judy dench looking like a nun, and only that liverpool comedian- working class roots, really looks comfortable

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

i mean of course to what paxman is saying (and paxman had just had a go at the liverpool comic)

[@TallPoe]

Yes, and we all know how politicians love to make mountains out of mole hills. By the way BBC employee's definitely are paid too much, some of them. And then you get harassment telephone calls with people who speak to you like you are a complete moron criminal. We are the only EU country that forces people to pay for a tv licence. Yes it's nice to have a film not interrupted by millions of ads all the way through, but now we have really good recording devices where you can just skip through them, or pause and go and make a beverage. If they keep paying people silly money and fail to make good tv I will start refusing to pay. Plus so much is missing these days. BBC news... Shows very little footage and some guy sits in a chair and tells you what to think whilst using dubbing instead of subtitles. Then the rest of the channel focuses on crap to buy, like gadgets and fashion. And when are they going to show the films made in 2010 like 'The Whistleblower' Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Rachel Weiss based on actual events leading up to 9/11. Or 'Fair Game' about what happened to Valerie Plame CIA operative when she questioned the legality of the dossier that led to the war in Iraq. Fat cat tv is all it is.

[@BANKO007]

I think we have every reason to mourn and commemorate the deaths of those who fought for us and every reason to celebrate the freedom they won too. Paxman is just making a cheap, populist point.

[@britishfreeliberationparty5634]

communism get Russell to get his few quid n redistribute it,....I bet he won't....its easy t say when money ain't n issue in ur life..should of stuck to comedy bra

[@liamrooney3776]

+Che Jamison why should he give this money away, when the system is corrupt and it wouldn't go to a better place.

[@bennylaines1170]

+Liam Rooney I just believe u should put your money were your mouth is?

[@teehee1604]

The thing that irks me most about Russell Brand is that he's clearly done absolutely no research into any of the things he bangs on about. He criticises what he doesn't understand, which for someone who is commenting on politics is completely unforgivable. You don't see journalists (proper ones, not those who work for rags like the sun) writing pieces based purely on their own interpretation, they use facts and reasoning before drawing conclusions. The problem is that Brand's target audience is even less clued up than he is!

[@Slibey]

How clued up are you

[@Slibey]

TeeHee?

[@teehee1604]

Slibey If I was going to put myself out there, spouting on about everything from bankers to the conflict in the Middle East, I would at the very least make sure I'd done some research into the matters. "Research" for Brand appears to consist of reading "The Socialist" and listening to people's rants in the street.

[@Slibey]

Elaborate on reading 'The Socialist'

[@Slibey]

The new era estate victory was a direct result of action from people on the street, some rich conglomerate from America were on the brink of taking the block over & our pathetic govt & council couldn't give a shit, direct action had them running away

[@georgedonaldson1516]

Wee Graham so out of his depth. 😂 keep it shallow Graham 😂