are any of these meant to be new revelations?
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Saturday, 16 September 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Yes, it's a researched and properly reported piece.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 September 2023 21:28 (eight months ago) link
I don't really get the relevance of how new the information is. He was committing these rapes, sexual assaults and child abuse offences over a 20 year period. The timescale of the crimes within this period has zero bearing on witness credibility or how evil the crimes were. This cunt used his lawyers to intimidate victims.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 16 September 2023 22:23 (eight months ago) link
never before heard of this essay, thankfully, but quick perusal shows that any good points it might make are eradicated by a long defence of Brand that makes my eyes cross.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 16 September 2023 22:27 (eight months ago) link
Jesus @ the clips of this odious cunt performing his stand up, why were the audiences laughing? What a revolting specimen.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 September 2023 22:29 (eight months ago) link
"why were the audiences laughing?"
that's a question for the ages for about 99.9% of stand up comedy
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 16 September 2023 22:43 (eight months ago) link
i have long known he is scum of the highest order. hiding in plain sight with a Saville-esque level of stories circulating about him, for years.
he stalked an ex lover of mine; sent her literally thousands of text messages and threatened to kill himself unless she had sex with him. it's a great loss to humanity that he didn't follow through with that threat.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 17 September 2023 04:41 (eight months ago) link
Christ on a bike
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 17 September 2023 05:42 (eight months ago) link
jesus. sorry stirm.
― kinder, Sunday, 17 September 2023 07:14 (eight months ago) link
What was the profanityswan tweet above - I think it's gone now?
I think it was about him offering to take his female PA in a naked state to meet Savile on his radio show.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 17 September 2023 07:28 (eight months ago) link
his agent, Tavistock Wood, has only just dropped him yesterday. Three years after first hearing about the allegation that he had raped a school aged child. Claims that he was misled by Brand.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 17 September 2023 07:40 (eight months ago) link
Xp
https://x.com/streetphantom/status/1703105042343993362?s=61&t=AL5DD_4iz350KGtptOz8ew
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 17 September 2023 07:58 (eight months ago) link
https://x.com/snlhostsintro/status/1703186137374916710?s=46
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 17 September 2023 08:46 (eight months ago) link
Replace 'x' with 'twitter' in the URL and it will post here.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 17 September 2023 09:21 (eight months ago) link
Trial by media can ruin people's lives.This so-called documentary had all the hallmarks of a smear operation against someone with a big following who challenges the neoliberal status quo and the war machine.The same playbook was used against Julian Assange, Jeremy Corbyn et…— Chris Williamson (@DerbyChrisW) September 17, 2023
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 17 September 2023 12:34 (eight months ago) link
Wish I didn't.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 September 2023 12:55 (eight months ago) link
I think in this case, you can actually blame Corbyn!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 17 September 2023 12:59 (eight months ago) link
*retch*
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/russell-brand-gets-standing-ovation-214438421.html
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 September 2023 13:07 (eight months ago) link
The kind of people who have followed this guy into his anti-vax rants and fawning Ron DeSantis interviews are unlikely to abandon him over this.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Sunday, 17 September 2023 13:10 (eight months ago) link
Who do you think are going to his shows in 2023? Fantasists and flat earthers.
― ydkb (gyac), Sunday, 17 September 2023 13:11 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, ppl have been suggesting that the turn to right wing conspiracy shit was a calculated move from Brand to cultivate an audiencd that would not be affected at all by these kinds of revelations. I don't think he's that smart tbh.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 17 September 2023 14:44 (eight months ago) link
Things are not going too well for DL either
You literally went out of your way to smear people who came forward about Nick Cohen. You are the problem.— Bottle Opener (@BottleOpenerMan) September 17, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 17 September 2023 14:49 (eight months ago) link
xp i think its all of a piece with how wonderfully exceptional he is and how everything that occurs to him and that he does is brilliant
any pushback against that will drive a person like that to weird fucking places very quickly
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 September 2023 14:58 (eight months ago) link
Good to see Dorian getting cooked on Twitter.https://i.postimg.cc/1zp826pQ/IMG-9591.jpg
― ydkb (gyac), Sunday, 17 September 2023 15:02 (eight months ago) link
Think it's much more likely his turn to right wing conspiracy shit is because he makes shitloads of money from it xps
― groovypanda, Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:04 (eight months ago) link
let's just say that deep long-term plan or not he's certainly making use of the army of marks he's built up
― whatever happened to gravy brain? (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:08 (eight months ago) link
and perhaps more importantly his fellow travellers in the celebrity/journo culture wars axis
― whatever happened to gravy brain? (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:10 (eight months ago) link
he may also believe all that bunk which is even worse
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:11 (eight months ago) link
i don't think the extent to which he believes this stuff is particularly knowable or important, but i think that about a lot of belief. it's functionally useful to think you believe in things that are making you money, but why would he need to think deeply about it as long the money rolls in?
― whatever happened to gravy brain? (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:14 (eight months ago) link
I think another reason for his shift to social media guru, or whatever the fuck he was doing, was simply that his career in showbusiness was going nowhere. The phone had stopped ringing.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:28 (eight months ago) link
In US terms, he basically played himself in a couple of movies here and was married to Katy Perry and that was about it, as far as I can remember.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:43 (eight months ago) link
Facebook lefties liked sharing his quote memes.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:52 (eight months ago) link
I watched Catherine Called Birdy just a few weeks ago and forgot he has a cameo. At least he wasn't playing Paul Kaye's character I guess :/
― nashwan, Sunday, 17 September 2023 16:55 (eight months ago) link
Of course Russell Brand's followers deny the allegations. He has groomed an audience to deny/disbelieve everything they see and hear, which is very different from healthy skepticism. This knee-jerk denialism is precisely why people with plenty of skeletons in the closet love…— Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) September 18, 2023
Wow. Naomi Wolf sounding reasonable for once.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 18 September 2023 15:28 (eight months ago) link
lol
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 September 2023 15:48 (eight months ago) link
was about to correct you then
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 18 September 2023 16:40 (eight months ago) link
If your naomi be klein,Ye be doing just fine
― xl bully romance (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 18 September 2023 16:44 (eight months ago) link
If your naomi be wolf Throw yerself in the gulf
― peace, man, Monday, 18 September 2023 17:04 (eight months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/18/russell-brand-shows-postponed-after-allegations-of-sexual-assault
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 September 2023 17:26 (eight months ago) link
Let's postpone these gigs until this all gets cleared up
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 18 September 2023 17:32 (eight months ago) link
London police have received a report of sexual assault tied to recent allegations made against Russell Brand. https://t.co/nDAxrDMd1R— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) September 18, 2023
Additionally, the promoter behind Brand’s “Bipolarisation” tour decided to postpone the remaining three dates of the run. “We are postponing these few remaining addiction charity fundraiser shows, we don’t like doing it — but we know you’ll understand,” the promoter said in a statement shared with Rolling Stone UK.
― ydkb (gyac), Monday, 18 September 2023 17:34 (eight months ago) link
Oh sorry wrong paste - historical accusation dating back to 2003.
the fine folks on the site previously known as Twitter have informed me that this is a direct result of him going after "big Pharma"...I guess there's a reason nobody ever criticizes them
― frogbs, Monday, 18 September 2023 17:53 (eight months ago) link
Already fed up seeing clips this talentless unfunny cunt on every news programme.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 18 September 2023 18:04 (eight months ago) link
Wasn't that the recent defense of Roisin Murphy as well?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 18 September 2023 18:04 (eight months ago) link
Big Pharma...and Ukraine, apparently...
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 September 2023 18:32 (eight months ago) link
Things you can't talk about...without raking in a lot of money
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 18 September 2023 18:43 (eight months ago) link
So I think we can safely put him down as "dud."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 18 September 2023 19:36 (eight months ago) link