News about Russell Brand

RICHARD EDEN: His personal odyssey - from lewd comedian to messianic 'thought leader' and born-again Christian - earned him a manly embrace earlier this year, during his baptism in the Thames, from none other than survival specialist Bear Grylls. But Russell Brand has not, I fear, won over Grylls's Eton College contemporary William Stonor, 8th Lord Camoys, of Stonor Park, the Oxfordshire family seat which successive generations of Stonors have occupied since before the Norman Conquest. Brand, 49, is, by contrast, a more recent member of the county set, having shelled out £3.3million for a six-bedroom house overlooking the Thames in 2016.

Russell Brand is now selling 'magic amulets' to protect wearers from Wi-Fi and other 'evil energies' found in airports for a whopping £180. The disgraced comedian has recently remade himself as something of an alt right Christian influencer but has been branded a 'grifter' online for his latest stunt, which sees him advertising the amulets. The 49-year-old is now the face of the Airestech product, which claims to shield the user from 'electromagnetic fields'. In a video advertisement, Brand can be seen walking through a garden with a yellow suitcase in hand, where he says: 'Hello, I'm just back from Narnia where I had a holiday, Mr Tumnus, Aslan, all those guys.'

Russell Brand previously revealed that he was taken on an 'enforced' holiday by Sean Combs. In a resurfaced interview on Black Ree TV in 2010, Brand said it was hard to 'say no' to the rapper, known as P Diddy , who he described as an 'influential person'. Asked what it was like working with Diddy on the film Get Him to the Creek, Brand remarked: 'Diddy was new to me. He looked after me. He took me on an enforced holiday to Vegas. 'He's a very intense man because I think he come from nothing and now he's very very powerful. People who do stuff like that, they're intense.'

Russell Brand, 49, (pictured) was seen standing in a lake with two other men, one of whom was also wearing nothing but his boxers as they carried out the baptism. Brand posted the photos on social media accompanied by the caption: 'It might seem a bit soon to be baptizing people, but the Apostles did it on day one, so here we are.' Since December 2023, the comedian and presenter has published several posts discussing his growing relationship with Christianity. This week he uploaded a video interpreting the Bible, in which he expressed his gratefulness for God's sacrifice.

Russell Brand has been seen publicly for the first time seen reportedly being axed from the Despicable Me film series after being hit by allegations of rape and sexual assault. The comedian, 49, looked in good spirits on Tuesday as stepped out in Windsor where he excitedly filmed the change of the guard ceremony by the historic castle. Russell cut a casual figure in a tan cardigan with peace sign emblems, white T-shirt and black skinny jeans as he filmed the event on his mobile phone while mingling with other tourists.

Russell Brand was reportedly axed from the Despicable Me film series after being hit by allegations of rape and sexual assault. The disgraced comedian, 49, previously voiced the character scientist Dr Nefario in the animated film series, but for the fourth installment, was replaced by comic Romesh Ranganathan. Last year a Dispatches documentary on Channel 4 exposed allegations of sexual assaults during the height of Russell's fame, as part of an investigation with The Sunday Times and The Times.

Russell Brand got paid nearly $70,000 to appear at Robert F Kennedy's campaign event last month - where he claimed the CIA had infiltrated the media - but has since endorsed Donald Trump. 

Russell Brand got paid nearly $70,000 to appear at Robert F Kennedy's campaign event last month - where he claimed the CIA had infiltrated the media - but has since endorsed Donald Trump.  According to TMZ, Kennedy's campaign splashed more than $68,000 to Brand's production company for 'Event Entertainment', to cover the cost of the comedian's travel expenses, and that of his crew.  The British actor and comedian had appeared at a comedy event for Kennedy's long-shot presidential bid in Nashville, Tennessee, alongside other performers such as Rob Schneider and Jim Breuer. 

EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand 's controversial second bid to turn an 800-year-old village pub into a recording studio for his videos and podcasts has been withdrawn before council chiefs could issue a decision.Families living near the pub bought by the comedian - who is facing allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour from a number of women - were in uproar over the plans with locals accusing Brand of treating their picturesque village like a 'playground'. Fifty three neighbours objected to his first application to convert The Crown in Pishill, Oxfordshire into a recording studio and the plans were rejected by the council in February.

Russell Brand used to walk around his Channel 4 colleagues naked whilst presenting programmes for the broadcaster but his behaviour was dismissed as 'Russell being Russell', an investigation has found. The TV star is also accused of making women he worked with uncomfortable and asking runners to get the phone numbers of female audience members. Brand would also often wear only his underwear while in his dressing room according to the inquiry commissioned by television company Endemol, who the presenter worked for from 2004 to 2008. No formal complaints were made at the time and informal complaints, made by junior staff, 'were not escalated or adequately addressed at the time', a summary of the investigation by law firm Lewis Silkin stated. It added that staff, and in particular junior employees, felt an inability to raise concerns about Brand as he was regarded as 'talent'.

Russell Brand performed at a campaign event for Robert F Kennedy Jr where he claimed that the CIA had infiltrated the media. The embattled comedian, who was accused of sexual assault by five women, did a short set in Nashville, Tennessee for Mr Kennedy's long shot Presidential bid. Mr Kennedy praised Mr Brand and the others who performed as 'high priests of society'. Mr Brand spewed conspiracy theories which were welcomed by supporters for Mr Kennedy, who is one of America's most prominent anti-vaxxers.

Russell Brand has been pictured hugging Bear Grylls in the River Thames after the scandal-hit comic revealed he'd been baptised. Brand, 49, announced that he had been baptised last month and saw it as 'an opportunity to leave the past behind' and 'leave behind the sins'. The ceremony happened with his high profile friend Bear Grylls, 49, in attendance and a newly released photograph shows the pair embracing in a group hug. Brand, Bear Grylls and an unknown person can be seen pictured stood in the River Thames after the comic's baptism.

Russell Brand's bond with Bear Grylls began when the scandal-hit comic appeared on the former SAS soldier's Apple TV+ series Running Wild last August. As the pair sat beside a crackling fire dressed in their Scottish attire wearing no underwear, Grylls lay on the grass and intently listened as Brand opened up about how his addictions could have killed him. It was during this heart-to-heart that Brand, 48, touched upon his faith and how he had felt a disconnection from a 'higher purpose or God'. Fast forward nine months, former Buddhist Brand, who lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, is following a different path with the help of his new pal. Grylls, 49, stood in the Thames next to Brand and his 'mate Joe' as the comic was plunged into the dirty waters during his baptism ceremony.

Russell Brand being baptised in the Thames has raised more than a few eyebrows. And the revelation he was flanked by his high profile pal Bear Grylls during the ceremony has caused a further stir. Yet the disgraced comic's conversion to Christianity may have resurrected the ancient tradition of river baptisms in England. Brand, 49, said he got baptised as he saw it as 'an opportunity to leave the past behind' and 'leave behind the sins'. He told his four million Instagram followers that his baptism was an 'incredible and profound experience'. Brand said: 'This is my path now. And I already feel incredibly blessed, relieved, nourished, held.'

Surely not since hardened Pharisee St Paul had his vision on the road to Damascus has there been quite such an unlikely convert to the Christian faith. Russell Brand announced this week that he has become a Christian, and was baptised last weekend. The Apostle Paul was baptised in Damascus whereupon the 'scales fell from his eyes' and his blindness was cured. The disgraced comedian's experience was apparently rather more prosaic: he says he was fully immersed in the notoriously dirty River Thames. The Mail has learnt that the embattled Brand's spiritual rebirth - if that is what it is - has been mirrored by an upturn in his earthly fortunes. Thames Valley Police has closed its investigation into allegations by a woman that he stalked and harassed her between 2018 and 2022.

Russell Brand has announced that he is 'taking the plunge' and is soon going to be baptised as it is an 'opportunity to leave the past behind'.  The controversial comedian and actor, 48, took to Instagram this week to say he was cementing his Christian faith - after a difficult year. Last year a Dispatches documentary on Channel 4 exposed allegations of sexual assaults during the height of his fame, as part of an investigation with The Sunday Times and The Times.

Russell Brand's second bid to turn an 800-year-old village pub into a recording studio for his ranting videos and podcasts comes after 53 neighbours objected to the first one. The disgraced comic, 48, had his first application to convert The Crown in Pishill, Oxfordshire rejected in February with furious locals accusing him of treating the picturesque village like a 'playground'. Then just two weeks later, Brand's production company - Pablo Diablo's Legitimate Business Firm Limited - submitted another application, calling for the pub's first floor to be made into offices with the garage and cottage converted into a filming studio. The latest plans for the Grade II listed building are still under consideration, despite a decision being due earlier this month. Neighbours previously told MailOnline that Brand had been using the space to record his YouTube videos and podcasts, as well as to hold meetings, which they claimed sometimes brought '20 or 30' cars onto the country road.

Since allegations of rape were made against him by women speaking to the Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches programme last October, brands (left) has been arrested twice by police. The comedian has deny wrongdoing and says he has ample evidence to refute allegations. Any senior managers had already been aware of the charges against him, according to Channel 4, an investigation was launched into whether or not they were aware of the allegations. Alex Mahon (right) revealed that one former Channel 4 employee made a'serious and troubling claim' about Brand in 2009, but that was not passed on to the broadcaster's senior leadership team.

A TV BAFTA has been selected for a Russell Brand Dispatches documentary on Channel 4 by Russell Brand Dispatches. As part of an inquiry by The Sunday Times and The Times, the one-episode special revealed charges of sexual assaults during his time in fame. Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Dispatches) has been nominated in the Current Affairs category at the event that will take place on May 12.

After the River Thames fell to break its banks, Russell Brand's £3.3 million home in Oxfordshire has been floodled. In recent months, the disgraced comedian has returned to his countryside bolthole after being questioned twice by police in connection with allegations of rape. Russell's house is also covered in water after heavy rain in the region just a year after poor weather put his house under threat.

Russell Brand claims a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her on a film set has a 'poor memory' of what happened and is'unable to distinguish acting from reality.' The comedian, who denies the allegations, is accused of exposing himself to the woman while she was filming Arthur at the Le Cirque restaurant in New York in July 2010. According to legal records, Jane Doe assaulted her in a bathtub on the same day as production workers guarded the door. Brand's legal papers, which have been seen by the Times, claim he does not recognize the woman or recall speaking to her. Brand, who was then engaged to singer Katy Perry, has since been charged with numerous other forms of inappropriate conduct, including rape and emotional abuse, from 2006 to 2013. He has denied any of these facts.

Russell Brand (left) and his booking staff have been warned that examining the rape charges against him is 'appropriate.' Brand, 48, talked to ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson (right, with Brand) who denied the charges of rape, sexual harassment, and abuse, as well as branding the allegations as a 'painful, hurtful assault.' I think it's for him and also the people watching him on those shows to ask themselves whether this is appropriate,' Home Secretary James Cleverly has since said. These are all very serious allegations.' Brand has consistently denied charges against him, and has stated that his personal ties were "always consensual."

Russell Brand (left), who denied rape charges made against him last week, has hired Hollywood powerhouse lawyer Andrew Brettler (right). Brettler appeared in the civil case brought by Virginia Giuffre, who said she was assaulted by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Andrew's case was dismissed out of court in 2022 for a reported $12 million with no admission of guilt by him.

ALISON BOSHOFF: The Crown Inn near Stonor in Oxfordshire has lunchtime, but the pub is already packed. Well, there's a crowd of young people here, but no one is seated at the polished wooden bar, and there are no beer barrels on top of it, and there are no beer barrels attached to the pumps that gleam on top of it. In lieu, the historic building, which opened to the public in the 1400s, is now under new ownership, and it is no longer a public house. In fact, it is the nerve center of disgraced former comedian Russell Brand's media empire. A sign that reads "recording studio" is propped up against a mantelpiece. The floor is littered with children's toys, some of whom may have belonged to his three young offspring. You may have guessed that Brand, which is under scrutiny by police for historic sex allegations, as well as separate inquiries by the BBC, Channel 4 and production firm Banijay, would be lying low in obscurity. However, it can be announced that he now earns millions from ranting conspiracy theory videos, which are filmed here and posted on social media site Rumble.