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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Russell Brand and Dr. Oz joke about hugging female Trump secretary as rape-accused comic joins MAHA panel

British comedian and actor Russell Brand, who has been repeatedly accused of rape, and Dr. Mehmet Oz joked about hugging a female member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet during a panel at a summit promoting the “Make America Healthy Again” movement that the president’s administration has championed.

“Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture [Brooke Rollins],” Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told his audience as Brand, 51, took the stage. “Took MAHA to a whole new level.”

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