Russell Brand, Come on down!

[Doctor Phibes]

@Renauda said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

Until this thread and the news headlines I had no idea who this Brand guy was.

Still don’t.

He was a fairly big name in the UK, and there was a big scandal about him in 2008 where he phoned up the actor Andrew Sachs and left a message on-air that he'd been sleeping with his granddaughter. He ended up with him getting fired by the BBC, as did some BBC managers. I didn't think many Americans knew much about him either until this happened. He's pretty sleazy IMHO, and like many celebs seems to think he's a lot cleverer than the evidence would suggest.

[Horace]

I don't doubt that he has some extraordinary mental horsepower, at least when it comes to weaving a ton of words together on the fly. But lots of people think he's an incoherent crazy person.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

I don't doubt that he has some extraordinary mental horsepower, at least when it comes to weaving a ton of words together on the fly. But lots of people think he's an incoherent crazy person.

He was, when he was coked up and kicking. He's also an extremely good writer, occasionally weird subject matter notwithstanding.

[George K]

The United Kingdom wants Brand removed from Rumble:

Rumble: FOAD.

[Horace]

Good for rumble. Witness the culture wars being fought.

[George K]

Megyn Kelly commented that the accusations against Brand seem pretty credible, particularly the contemporaneous visit to an ER after the alleged assault and a rape kit being taken.

But...that's for courts to decide.

[Horace]

Yes they are credible.

[Mik]

They seem so. But due process is due him like anyone else.

[Horace]

I’m not clear when a company like YouTube becomes ethically free to monetize a criminal’s videos. I don’t think anybody is clear about that. Actually some deep thinking about ethics is probably never involved to begin with. We appear to be fine with letting people into society even after they’ve been convicted and punished. Most areas of society at least.

[Jolly]

Catch the opening monologue...

Link to video

[Rainman]

Jolly, what the hell was that?

[Doctor Phibes]

Did somebody hack Jolly? It was originally a Gutfeld program, but it's been replaced by something even weirder...

[Horace]

It’s the same link. The video was replaced.

[Rainman]

Must be mushroom season down south, eh, maybe?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

It’s the same link. The video was replaced.

I'm guessing the illuminati are behind this.

[Rainman]

No no no no no.
It's just exactly what Jolly intended.
Clever guy, wink wink nod nod double-wink spit.

[Doctor Phibes]

Fox is certainly a lot more diverse since Lachlan took over

[Jolly]

@Horace said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

It’s the same link. The video was replaced.

Correct.

[George K]

One thing to demonetize Brand for these alleged affairs.

Quite another to demonetize someone who links Brand.

[Mik]

Both things are dead wrong. They should be sued into oblivion.