The Latest Breaking News from Russell Brand

Culture Secretary tells media bosses to review processes in wake of Brand claims

Lucy Frazer made her comments during a keynote speech at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Conference.

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

What is Rumble, the video-sharing platform ‘immune to cancel culture’?

The $2bn platform where Russell Brand has 1.4 million followers is popular among conservative commentators and conspiracy theorists

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

In the Russell Brand scandal, let’s remember the women

Letters: Too often, the women at the heart of these stories are stripped of their humanity and treated as if they have no worth, writes one reader. Plus letters from Hettie Hope, Angela Donnelly, Michele Roberts and Linda Karlsen

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

Lorraine Kelly recalls Russell Brand calling her a ‘sl*t’ on TV

Lorraine Kelly has recalled an unsettling moment when Russell Brand called her a “sl*t” while appearing on a TV talk show together.

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2023

Calls to change age of consent laws amid Russell Brand allegations

‘We know older men will exploit young, vulnerable women,’ prominent lawyer warns

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

BBC boss says broadcaster will always 'have questions' over Russell Brand departure

BBC director general Tim Davie has said the corporation will always have questions over Russell Brand’s departure from the broadcaster.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2023

Lorraine Kelly left 'uncomfortable' watching old clip of her and Russell Brand

LORRAINE Kelly has said that she was left feeling “uncomfortable” by Russell Brand after he touched her thigh and called her a “s**t” during…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2023

BBC boss on Russell Brand’s Radio 2 exit: ‘We’re always going to have questions’

Tim Davie was the corporation’s director of audio when Brand left his Radio 2 show in 2008 after leaving a ‘lewd’ voicemail for Andrew Sachs.

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

‘Furious’ Russell Brand ‘left Roast Battle’ after Katherine Ryan ‘predator’ remarks

Comedians appeared together on the Comedy Central reality series in 2018

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

OPINION - It’s time to get real — it was our culture that enabled Russell Brand

Russell Brand did not create the lad culture of the Noughties. That was us. We nourished a culture of leaked sex tapes and upskirt pictures of female celebrities “falling out” of nightclubs, a world where women were asked to laugh along with rape jokes but still branded as sluts for…

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2023